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My first novel in over thirty yeas, "The Edge of Chaos," has just been
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 |
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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 droberts at rti.org doug at parrot-farm.net 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com> wrote: > > My first novel in over thirty yeas, "The Edge of Chaos," has just been > 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 > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20070913/ca098717/attachment.html |
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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 > droberts at rti.org > doug at parrot-farm.net > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com> 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 "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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4051 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20070913/94dbb427/attachment.bin |
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Josh makes the same claim, but who's going to believe him?
;-] (I know he reads this). --Doug -- Doug Roberts, RTI International droberts at rti.org doug at parrot-farm.net 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com> wrote: > > 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 > > droberts at rti.org > > doug at parrot-farm.net > > 505-455-7333 - Office > > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > > > On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com> 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 > > > "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 > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20070913/2986a7c8/attachment.html |
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The Amazon truck came today. Congratulations, Pamela!!
-S > -----Original Message----- > From: friam-bounces at redfish.com > [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] 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 > droberts at rti.org > doug at parrot-farm.net > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com> 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 > > > > |
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Merci!
On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:09 PM, Stephen Guerin wrote: > The Amazon truck came today. Congratulations, Pamela!! > > -S > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: friam-bounces at redfish.com >> [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] 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 >> droberts at rti.org >> doug at parrot-farm.net >> 505-455-7333 - Office >> 505-670-8195 - Cell >> >> On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com> 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 > > "A Messiah who actually arrives is no good to anybody. A hope fulfilled is already half a disappointment." Michael Chabon, "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" |
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Mine has not yet arrived. I *Know* I ordered mine before Stephen did.
--Doug -- Doug Roberts, RTI International droberts at rti.org doug at parrot-farm.net 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell On 9/26/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com> wrote: > > Merci! > > > On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:09 PM, Stephen Guerin wrote: > > > The Amazon truck came today. Congratulations, Pamela!! > > > > -S > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: friam-bounces at redfish.com > >> [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] 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 > >> droberts at rti.org > >> doug at parrot-farm.net > >> 505-455-7333 - Office > >> 505-670-8195 - Cell > >> > >> On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com> 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 > > > > > > > "A Messiah who actually arrives is no good to anybody. A hope > fulfilled is already half a disappointment." > > Michael Chabon, "The Yiddish Policemen's > Union" > > > ============================================================ > 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 > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/attachments/20070927/985bb289/attachment.html |
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They're probably checking to make sure you're old enough to read the
X-rated parts. On Sep 27, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > Mine has not yet arrived.? I *Know* I ordered mine before Stephen did. > > --Doug > > -- > Doug Roberts, RTI International > droberts at rti.org > doug at parrot-farm.net > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > On 9/26/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com > wrote:Merci! >> >> >> On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:09 PM, Stephen Guerin wrote: >> >> > The Amazon truck came today. Congratulations, Pamela!! >> > >> > -S >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: friam-bounces at redfish.com >> >> [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] 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 >> >>?????? droberts at rti.org >> >>??????doug at parrot-farm.net >> >>??????505-455-7333 - Office >> >>??????505-670-8195 - Cell >> >> >> >>??????On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com> 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 >> > >> > >> >> >> "A Messiah who actually arrives is no good to anybody.??A hope >> fulfilled is already half a disappointment." >> >> ????????????????????????????????Michael Chabon, "The Yiddish >> Policemen's Union" >> >> >> ============================================================ >> 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 "A Messiah who actually arrives is no good to anybody. 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I'm all a-quiver. I checked the tracking -- my copy was in Albuquerque last
night... On 9/27/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com> wrote: > > They're probably checking to make sure you're old enough to read the > X-rated parts. > > > On Sep 27, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > > > Mine has not yet arrived. I *Know* I ordered mine before Stephen did. > > > > --Doug > > > > -- > > Doug Roberts, RTI International > > droberts at rti.org > > doug at parrot-farm.net > > 505-455-7333 - Office > > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > > > On 9/26/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com > wrote:Merci! > >> > >> > >> On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:09 PM, Stephen Guerin wrote: > >> > >> > The Amazon truck came today. Congratulations, Pamela!! > >> > > >> > -S > >> > > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: friam-bounces at redfish.com > >> >> [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] 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 > >> >> droberts at rti.org > >> >>doug at parrot-farm.net > >> >>505-455-7333 - Office > >> >>505-670-8195 - Cell > >> >> > >> >>On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <pamela at well.com> 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 > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> "A Messiah who actually arrives is no good to anybody.A hope > >> fulfilled is already half a disappointment." > >> > >> Michael Chabon, "The Yiddish > >> Policemen's Union" > >> > >> > >> ============================================================ > >> 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 > > > "A Messiah who actually arrives is no good to anybody. 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On Sep 27, 2007, at 9:35 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > I'm all a-quiver.? I checked the tracking -- my copy was in > Albuquerque last night... Doing unspeakable things in Old Town, I fear. "A Messiah who actually arrives is no good to anybody. A hope fulfilled is already half a disappointment." Michael Chabon, "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" |
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