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[AstroBoy]

Got mine yesterday and read the 1st interview/upfront presentation and started the 2nd essay.

What I found interesting about the upfront presentation, is that a lot of the stories we've heard over the past 20 years are echoed/foreshadowed in that initial upfront to the media.

It's Deja vu all over again.

[phazedout]

opened my (stunning) purple bok today and inserted the bonus "you ordered within the first x amount" period disc. I haven't really flicked through the book yet but the disc has two mp4s of interviews with JMS or involving JMS, both 3.5 hours long!!!!

This will take me a while to watch all of

Phaze
on the "Tattoo weeping, leaking ink, situation normal apparently" ID

[Jan]

Nicely said, Kal El!

Jan

[Kal El]

Arrived today and in pristine condition as always. Now to find the time to read it cover to ɹǝʌoɔ

[phazedout]

Mine has apparently arrived, I need to go the post office tomorrow and collect it, waiting for my arm to feel a little less tender though, see my post in the tattoo thread for details.
Phaze
on the "Ah good the spell checker is working, one was wondering" ID

[Jan]

I'll be happy to have the transcriptions of JMS' appearances/interviews. Even though I've got recordings of some of them, the man talks so fast it'll be nice to have the written version. The index will be a nice research tool, too. I used to have a list going of what book had what script/photo/outline, etc., but I fell way behind.

Jan

[Ubik]

Would be intrigued to hear what people think of the content / the book in general. I'm probably skipping this one, but still curious what others make of it.

[nottenst]

My copy arrived today. It looks like a nice addition to the collection.

[Kal El]

So DHL fail, apparently my book has been sitting in "des plains, Illinois" since April 21st, last time this happened it showed up as delivered three days AFTER it arrived at my home in the west of Ireland. I can accept it taking a week to get to the Finnish lands but some indication of which country it was near right now would be useful.

Please note this is not in any way a criticism of Cafe press or Capt. JAcyln (who I finally ahd the delight of meeting last year at PHCC.) rather I ma just having a moan at the parochialism of DHL who would doubtless have it tracked to the meter within the continental USA.

Phaze
on the "although snce that is the usa perhaps they would have it tracked to within the inch instead" ID

Snap here for mine coming to the North East of England. Previous books have arrived within 5 days.

[Jan]

Sorry to see you've had trouble posting Pascalahad! It's a glitch that DougO and vBulletin have been trying to fix for some time. Best thing to do is copy your post before submitting and then if it glitches, you won't have lost it. I know it's frustrating, sorry!

DHL's tracking seems to be lacking at the best of times, Phaze. Not sure if it's because they just don't do every-point tracking or if they just suck, but it's a common complaint.

Jan

[phazedout]

So DHL fail, apparently my book has been sitting in "des plains, Illinois" since April 21st, last time this happened it showed up as delivered three days AFTER it arrived at my home in the west of Ireland. I can accept it taking a week to get to the Finnish lands but some indication of which country it was near right now would be useful.

Please note this is not in any way a criticism of Cafe press or Capt. JAcyln (who I finally ahd the delight of meeting last year at PHCC.) rather I ma just having a moan at the parochialism of DHL who would doubtless have it tracked to the meter within the continental USA.

Phaze
on the "although snce that is the usa perhaps they would have it tracked to within the inch instead" ID

[phazedout]

The MIT speach has a fair number of stories that JMS had never told before, if that's any help. I'm going to enjoy having the transcripts.

Jan

I figure you probably wrote most of th aforesaid transcripts...

props btw as I know from experience that transcribing is a serious pain in the proverbial, awaiting my own copy, in centari purple, naturally.
Phaze
on the "heres to hoping it does not eat my post again, nomnom forum nom" ID

[Jan]

The MIT speach has a fair number of stories that JMS had never told before, if that's any help. I'm going to enjoy having the transcripts.

Jan

[Ubik]

Can't decide if I want this book or not!

It looks cool, and is definitely of interest, but I'm unsure how many interviews with JMS I really need. I worry that a lot of the information will cover things I already know, albeit in a slightly different way, or from another angle.

Hmm. Must ruminate on this one for a bit.

[Looney]

Just in case people didn't see the new latest newsletter of April 14th, the discount is ending on the 16th (no shocker there) and it is your last chance to order the Centauri Purple Cover. (I believe I read somewhere that it was meant to be Centauri Purple.) Apparently they didn't sell too well so they lose the battle and are the cover that is being discontinued. So if, like Phaze and Londo, you are stunning in Purple you had better order now.