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[robinbloke]

In Chicago, finished Feersum Endjinn on the way, good book :)

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[sunflowerinrain.livejournal.com]

I read it last month. Very good. I'm trying to borrow some more of Banks' stuff (mustn't buy books, no room in the car for anything else).

[zotz]

I got a job thanks to that book. The one that involved me moving to Cambridge, in fact.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

The phonetic style of one of the characters really annoyed me at first, but he became my favourite :)

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

You did? I'll have to ply you with a beer next time I'm in your area to find out how.

[zotz]

No secret. I had, in the miscellaneous-other-crap bit of my CV, mentioned that I'd been involved (as a member of SFSoc) in organising conventions with authors such as (and I'd thought for a moment about which ones people were most likely to have heard of) Michael Moorcock and Iain Banks. The first part of the interview was technical, and fairly hairily exacting (it seemed to involve trick questions, but actually I found out later that I was probably being pushed as hard as possible to see if I'd eventually say I didn't know rather than start guessing - I did). The second part was being shown around by someone else, who started off with "So you've met Iain banks then? What's he like?" He was in the middle of reading Feersum Endjinn at the time and was a fan generally, so we just talked Banks for twenty minutes.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Usually a good sign for an interview, chatting about things like that.
My previous jobs' interview involved a half hour chat about the pubs in the area with my boss.

[cimmorene.livejournal.com]

Youre in Chicago? for how long? I am 2 hours north of you. :)

[cimmorene.livejournal.com]

nevermind...just saw you were there for a week in your previous entry. If you are time over the weekend for a wee bus trip, I could take you out and get you shitfaced up north. :D My phone # is 608 245 9193.

For stuff happening locally in Chicago over the weekend, you can always check out chigoth. I highly reccomend Saturdays at NEO, as well

[akonken.livejournal.com]

Good name! I'll have to check it out (and not just for that - I like Iain Banks with or without the initial).

[siranui.livejournal.com]

Agree to differ on that, I think. I love Bank's sci-fi, but that was by far the weakest, in my mind. Mmm... Culture

[sunflowerinrain.livejournal.com]

Yes, I had trouble reading those pages, but he had the most vivid personality.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

ASCII Penguins

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Whoohoo! I brought some clubbing gear just in case :)

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Back to the culture fcor the next book for me I think, I like those.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Thats the next choice of book for me, probably Excession

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Wait until I get back and you can borrow my copy :)

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Someone was very penguin bored!

[siranui.livejournal.com]

Excession is cool if you're already into the Culture. Amazing book. Player of Games and Consider Phabius are good Culture 'starters'.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Read them both :) Consider Phabius is one of my favourites ever.

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Hoping to buy it for the trip home!

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Should be free all weekend (at least I hope) so maybe we can sort something out :) I'm down at Gurnee.

[cimmorene.livejournal.com]

you just phoned? my roomate thought you were asking for Simone :P real name be heidi! lol. maybe trya agin in about 15. I am getting ready to step out for a smoke

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Yeah I did and I am dumb, heh, had a mind blank when I tried to remember your name, hehe.

[cimmorene.livejournal.com]

I said "whos that?" he says "some british guy calling from somewhre in Illinois. wrong number". So I figured it was you :P

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

I am the mystery caller, you win $10.

[cimmorene.livejournal.com]

here we are

managed to find the bus schedule

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Groovy, that looks pretty workable :)