Great, thank you!
‘e’ vIHarqu’ ta’ mIw’a’ neH.
It’s much better in the original Klingon.
That translates roughly as, “Quickly, run and bring me the scissors!”
Just popping in to say I got Spindown on my Kindle a while ago and think it’s great - I love the way Andy has projected from how the world is today to how a particular slice of the future might look. From a social science perspective, it’s overall quite plausible and from time to time very witty.
Alas, despite having started reading quite a while ago, I haven’t finished. That’s not the book’s fault, or if it, it’s because the book is good. I got caught up in work and, unlike the chick-lit mystery/suspense novels that I devour in a day or two as relaxation after a hard day, this book deserves a bit more attention. So I’ll go back to it, and probably restart reading from the beginning to refresh my memory on all the names and events, when I’m a little more relaxed. And unless the book starts to suck badly later on, which I doubt, I’ll leave a favorable Amazon review when I’m done.
Wow, thank you so much for the kind words! I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed it so far, and I’ll be looking forward to reading your thoughts when you finish!
Thanks for your suggestions. Finally, I did download the Adobe Digital Editions. It works well in one respect. I was able to open and read Andy’s books and enlarge the type, which my pdf reader could not do. It does that with pdf files, but while it opens the epub, it cannot enlarge the type. With my eye problems, this is important.
The documentation supplied with ADE contained a link to what I imagine was a list of supported devices. The link was broken; I got an error message from Adobe. So I followed the instructions and plugged my Kobo Arc into my computer. The OS certainly recognizes the Kobo reader, but despite the claim in the ADE documentation that it would automatically recognize the ereader and it would appear in the ADE library, it didn’t. The library in the ADE shows just Andy’s two books, which installed them as soon as I opened, and the documentation.
So the bottom line is that I am happy I installed the ADE since it will make it much easier to read the two books, but I am no nearer to being able to transfer them to my Kobo than before.
If you are interested, here is a curious fact. With the Kobo plugged in to the computer, Windows Explorer sees it and shows a number of directories, most of which are empty and a couple have mysterious contents. Not a single one shows any books. The structure of the book storage is completely opaque. And I am on my computer as administrator. Also there are the two epub files (Andy’s books) that I dragged there in earlier attempts. But nothing like a library.
Anyway, I am clean out of ideas and I will continue to read on my computer.
Sorry to hear that you couldn’t get it on your reader, but I hope you enjoy them anyway.
I just read Chapter 35. Wowsa.
Just wait until 37.
I had problems with the newest versions of Adobe Digital Editions, but when I downgraded to version 3.something, I had better luck with my Nook.
ETA: version 3.0 seems to be available here: https://www.adobe.com/support/digitaleditions/downloads.html
Good news - I had an Amazon gift card burning a hole in my pocket, so I ordered a copy of Spindown along with some CDs. It should be here by Friday.
Bad news - I just started War and Peace a few weeks ago, and I’m not the world’s fastest reader, so I’m only about a quarter of the way through at the moment. So… it may be a while before I get around to Spindown. But I am looking forward to it!
Very cool! Thanks for letting me know and I hope you enjoy it!
Finished it! It was definitely a book that one could read.
Unvarnished review - I really enjoyed the world- and character-building, most of the exposition is excellent while a few other bits could stand a little trimming, but the strength of the book is the “unravelling the sinister conspiracy” story which really keeps the pages turning and the reader second-guessing everyone. This does mean, however, that once the conspiracy is largely unravelled the story loses some of its energy despite going into full action mode (also in part because “zero-G fight scene” is pretty exciting in principle but works a lot better in a visual medium than a written one, unsurprisingly). Still, a clever plot all around.
On the whole, a good read. Would recommend.
Thanks very much! I’m really glad you enjoyed it. If you get the chance, I hope you post that review online.