Re: It's On The Way!

Hi Brian and racsfolks!

Nancyg's SO checking in.

Brian, I must add my recommendation and praise of your latest book. I
know I'm going to sound like a gushing hayseed, but "awesome" is too
inadequate a word to describe this work - - to me, it's as compelling
as Jimmy Corrigan and many of the layouts are reminiscent of
Transmetropolitan.

The most astonishing part to me was how many elements you've described
in this story that are an intrinsic part of *my* life -- I collect all
things Bonestell, I used to (and still do) travel to the Space Coast
to watch astronauts climb into orbit - - even your presentation of
Mariner 4 and its oddball swath of Martian photographs was a term
paper for a recent course I'm taking as part of my graduate degree in
Space Studies. Heck, even your grandfather and my dad both served in
the Ninth Air Force during WWII (Dad was in the 386th Air
Expeditionary Wing).

You've captured such a -- well, the Germans use the word "zeitgeist"
but that's not quite the right word -- a sense of the mood of all
these different time periods and you've segued seamlessly between the
eras. The style and the -- maybe "veracity" is closer to what I'm
trying to say -- the mood and the connection with the characters makes
for an absorbing read. My rule-of-thumb on judging a work is how I
feel at the halfway point, and I actually dreaded turning the pages
after the midpoint because I knew enjoyment of reading your book would
come to an end soon. Yes, that sounds corny but it's the way I felt
about reading it.

I'm waiting for Nancy to finish reading now, because I want to see if
she had a similar experience to how I felt about the book. Oh, and I
also want to see if she spots your "minor error" that's purposefully
embedded in the text. When I came across it, I actually said, "wait a
minute- - he couldn't have made THAT big a mistake after doing all the
background work!" but then I read your endnotes and understood.

Brian, thanks for a great read, and a lot of smiles over times past
and times to come.

I can't return the favor, but if you enjoy Bonestell and Ward Kimball,
please try out my Bonestell simulator at http://www.PlanetOKane.com --
the frame of the page is from the viewscreen in Disney's "Man in
Space" series.

All the best,

/ Jim /

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