The Amazon truck came today. Congratulations, Pamela!! -S
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pamela McCorduck > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:55 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Shameless self-promotion > > One of our complexity scientists in this novel claims she > plays the piano passably. > > > On Sep 13, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > > > > What?! No saxophone-playing complexity scientists? > FRIAM has at *least* two of those... > > Hmph. See if *I* read your novel. > > ;-} > > Seriously, congrats, Pamela! > > --Doug > > -- > Doug Roberts, RTI International > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > released. The authors' copies arrived last > night. Set mostly in Santa > Fe, though parts of it are set in Frankfurt and > Munich, Germany and two > of the major characters come from New York City. > > Here's the copy blurb: > > An internationally renowned scientist who fears > she's taken one > scientific risk too many; a distinguished > archaeologist who's haunted > by taking too few; a world famous financier > who's lost everything > except his money; an art gallery owner with a > heartbreaking burden; a > fugitive filmmaker; the head of a battered > women's shelter--these are > some of the people who find themselves at the > end of the Old Santa Fe > Trail at the end of the 20th century. Chance > has brought them from all > over to beautiful legendary Santa Fe, New > Mexico, where they shape, > illuminate, and even deform each other's lives > unexpectedly, as if on > the very edge of chaos. > > This edge of chaos, a scientific term for that > slender territory > between frozen predictabililty and hopeless > disorder, is a dangerously > unstable place. Learning and change can only > happen there, but always > under threat of sliding back to frozen > order--or over into the chaotic > abyss. And Santa Fe's sons and daughters, even > now, keep a precarious > foothold on The Edge of Chaos, bringing their > own pasts and their > city's rich history into an uncertain but > exhilarating future. > > Available on Amazon: > > > http://www.amazon.com/Edge-Chaos-Pamela-McCorduck/dp/0865345783/ > ref=sr_1_2/102-5640244-6038511?ie=UTF > > Sorry for the shameless self-promotion, but > getting a book out is about > like having a baby, except it takes longer. > > > > > "A little patience, and we shall see the reign > of witches pass over, > their spells dissolve, and the people, > recovering their true sight, > restore their government to its true > principles. It is true that in > the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, > and incurring the > horrors of war and long oppressions of enormous > public debt...If the > game runs sometimes against us at home we must > have patience till luck > turns, and then we shall have the opportunity > of winning back the > principles we have lost, for this is a game > where principles are at > stake." > > > Thomas Jefferson > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at > http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
