Jim Geraghty’s first novel (I believe). Halfway through it now, and it’s depressing reading*, because: it’s all true. Worse, the true stuff includes all the horrible things that you’d think that Jim was making up about government bureaucracies. If anything, I think that he’s sugar-coated it in places, simply because you need to ease people into the Awful Truth of how bad it’s gotten.
Book’s out in a couple of weeks; I’ll almost certainly have interviewed Jim about the book before then. By all means, pre-order the book.
Moe Lane
*The tone is chipper, mind you. And yes, chipper AND depressing is an interesting combo.
Why the heck is the Kindle version more expensive than the physical book?
On what planet does *that* make sense?
Kindle prices are often linked to hardcover prices; the book itself is softcover. Also at Amazon standard discount price.
Same thing occasionally happens on PC games: the disc copy is more expensive than the download. Same thing someimes happens in the grocery and liquor stores. Always check unit pricing
On a planet where book publishing has been a de facto cartel in at least one market, and hence has the business practices screw to gumney and back.
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http://madgeniusclub.com/2014/05/19/let-your-folly-be/
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Or maybe this stuff only describes English language genre fiction?
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Either way, a business environment where one can negotiate away the competition becomes as dysfunctional as a political environment where there is no risk of a faction losing its power.