Much to my disgust, it turns out that 25 minutes of the 40-minute mini-disk interview I did with Al last year turns out to be toast -- "pause" enabled, at a guess. So I'm going to have to bounce a bunch of questions at him via email tomorrow, or whenever I finish reading "Redemption Ark" (which is as gripping as "Chasm City" wasn't -- unlike his earlier books, this one doesn't feel overweight).