Journal mcgrew's Journal: Nobots: The whole book is now online! 3
So why did I move the release date up? Readers! Or rather, a reader. A fellow commented "Damn you! I went to see what your book was about and before I knew it I'm on chapter 7 and feel the urge to finish it tonight (otherwise I wont sleep). I've had plans for tonight..."
I'd just gotten my first check for books that had been sold the day before, but comments like that are even better than the check. I mean, I didn't write it to make money, I wrote it to be enjoyed. I walked around with a smile on my face all day and thought "gee, I need to let that poor fellow finish the book." So now you can!
If you're using FireFox to read it, PDF isn't the version to choose since FireFox sucks at rendering PDFs. It is, however, faithful to the printed version. Actually it was used to produce the printed version, and there may be some words in the HTML versions that should be italicized but aren't, I've found and fixed one or two but I'm sure I've missed some. Also, the PDF and printed versions are Gentium Book Basic while the HTML versions are Times New Roman. There is one passage that is Aral and renders funky in the HTML, and later in the book there's a Venusian nursery rhyme that is Comic Sans Serif in the printed and PDF versions.
I haven't posted the e-book version yet because I'm not satisfied with it.
If you select single file HTML (which you can download, of course) the screen will change only slightly, with links to PDF and e-book missing. Links to chapters are internal links.
I hope you folks enjoy it, that's why I wrote it.
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Now maybe Rority won't keep abducting you to play Quake!
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I'll have a lot more time to work on new stuff after Thursday. But I have too many irons in the fire right now. I'm trying to get The Paxil Diaries in print because ten years later people are still nagging me. I haven't worked on Mars, Ho! in months. I'm looking forward to Thursday! That's my last day of work and I'm retired.
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Congratulations! I still have about 15 years to go in that endeavor.