Friday the meerkat slept in...

[lagilman]

I am informed that the Kindle edition of FLESH AND FIRE is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com. Yes, there will be other e-formats, but I know there are some Kindle konverts out there who have been waiting specifically for this information. So there, now you have it.

And, in light of my earlier link to the pricing controversy over e-books, I point out that it is available for $14.30 (list price $26).
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Here at Chateau Felidae, we have another day of cat- and manuscript-wrangling. As proof of how busy I am, last night's dinner was a bowl of pasta tossed with salmon -- from a packet. Yes, it's true, I bought ready-to-eat salmon. I may never live down the shame... (I did grate the grana padano fresh, though, so I am not totally lost to foodie sense)

Later today, I will close the voting for the feline picspam caption contest. it's literally a matter of single votes between first, second and third place, so get your votes in while you still can...

EtA: and apparently, one of the local newspapers reviewed A STEADY RAIN unfavorably, claiming that all the action happened off-stage. Um... WTF? [the play is told through the occasionally conflicting POVs of the two characters, each unreliable in his own right, and the action IS the retelling and personal conflict -- what actually happened is less important that what each man believes happened.] I just... argh. As my mom said, "this is why nobody reads those papers for theater reviews." But still, it makes me weep for the Arts in America all over again...

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I'm reminded of the complaining letter to the editor many years ago in Anchorage when a mother had brought her early-teens-daughter to a touring performance of A CHORUS LINE, and was upset at 1. the language in the show, and 2. the lack of costumes. o.O

[lagilman]

When wossisname Radcliffe was in the production of Equus recently, apparently there were a number of doting parents who bought their pre-teen Harry Potter fangrrl daughters tickets without, um, checking to see what the play was about. Oh, and also, dear.

[wedschilde.livejournal.com]

ooooo kindle!

[jslinder.livejournal.com]

FYI, you have to do a separate search to find the Kindle version, Amazon has not linked them yet (if you are like me an put the paper copy on a wish list until Kindle shows up)

[wedschilde.livejournal.com]

i find the kindle searches really are lacking. :::sighs:::

[jslinder.livejournal.com]

The problem is, unlike most pre-orders, Kindle books only show up a few days before releases (I asked Amazon, its because they don't post it until they have confirmed the files are available). So I just put dead tree copies on a wishlist and then order the Kindle version when the tree version shows as for sale.

[smoemeth.livejournal.com]

Over the years it's become clear to me that NYT reviewers go into a performance already knowing what their opinion of the show is going to be, and woe upon the show that challenges that pre-set opinion.

This reviewer clearly had serious disdain for Big Hollywood Actors On Broadway, so really, there was nothing the show could do.

[lagilman]

oh, this wasn't the NYT -- the NYT would at least have understood what the play was attempting, even if they didn't appreciate the acting. No, I think this was the Post, or something equally "vulgar" (in all senses of the word)

[smoemeth.livejournal.com]

Oh, b/c the NYT didn't like it either, and that was one of the reasons.

[lagilman]

*facepalm*

Well, maybe I was wrong. Maybe it sucked entirely.

I still thought it was wonderfully written and staged and performed. So take that for whatever it's worth.

[smoemeth.livejournal.com]

I trust an opinion like yours far more than a NYT reviewer, believe me!! Your write-up of the show made me definitely want to see it.

[lianneb.livejournal.com]

Hopefully there will also be a Sony version (which is what I have since a) Kindles aren't sold in Canada and b) after recent stories, I'm not sure I'd buy a Kindle if it *was* available).

Or better yet, an epub version.

[lagilman]

I am assured it will be available in a variety of e-formats.

[lagilman]

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Flesh-and-Fire/Laura-Anne-Gilman/e/9781439126875/?itm=2&USRI=gilman%2c+flesh+and+fire