Brin: Existence has arrived...

2012-08-22 Thread Charlie Bell
It's a shiny 3D hologram trade paperback. Very excited! Um. That's all. Charlie. ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Brin: Existence has arrived...

2012-08-22 Thread David Hobby
On 8/22/2012 10:08 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: It's a shiny 3D hologram trade paperback. Very excited! Um. That's all. It's interesting how books get published differently in different countries. I got the hardcover, which has a shiny dust jacket. I liked the book, although I do have some

Re: Brin: Existence has arrived...

2012-08-22 Thread Kanandarqu
On 8/22/2012 10:08 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: It's a shiny 3D hologram trade paperback. Very excited! Um. That's all. David wrote: It's interesting how books get published differently in different countries. I got the hardcover, which has a shiny dust jacket. I liked the book, although I do

Re: Brin: Existence has arrived...

2012-08-22 Thread David Brin
Heh! Both covers are great though the lensatic one is so cool. I assume you've all seen the even-cooler preview trailer tinyurl.com/exist-trailer Thrive all From: kananda...@aol.com kananda...@aol.com To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wed, August 22, 2012 7:41:08

Space again

2012-08-22 Thread Keith Henson
Unfortunately, I don't think any chemical only rocket can get the cost to GEO down to where power satellites make sense. Only 1.3% of a Falcon Heavy makes it to GEO (19 tons out of 1440). Skylon, because it burns air a quarter of the way to orbit, gets 6 tons out of 300 to GEO (2%) At high

Re: Brin: Existence has arrived...

2012-08-22 Thread Warren Adams-Ockrassa
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:33:33 -0700 (PDT), David Brin db...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Heh! Both covers are great though the lensatic one is so cool. Doesn't work as well on Kindle though. -- Warren Adams-Ockrassa | nightwares.com ___

Re: Brin: Existence has arrived...

2012-08-22 Thread Nick Arnett
I made up for John by buying the hardcover and the Kobo e-book. Had pre-ordered the hardcover on Amazon, then ended up traveling without and was overcome by the desire to read on, so I bought and downloaded the latter (and finished it on my trip). Nick On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:15 PM, John

Re: Brin: Existence has arrived...

2012-08-22 Thread John Garcia
Thanks Nick! On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com wrote: I made up for John by buying the hardcover and the Kobo e-book. Had pre-ordered the hardcover on Amazon, then ended up traveling without and was overcome by the desire to read on, so I bought and

Re: Brin: Existence has arrived...

2012-08-22 Thread David Brin
I concur! Thanks Nick! On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com wrote: I made up for John by buying the hardcover and the Kobo e-book. Had pre-ordered the hardcover on Amazon, then ended up traveling without and was overcome by the desire to read on, so I bought