Wed 8 Aug 2007
Thanks
Posted at 11:21 +1000
Went to the local post office this morning to collect some packages that had arrived whilst I was travelling. It was like Christmas in July, except that it's August... three Amazon packages!
Turns out they were all from people sending me books as gifts for work done in Django. One I knew about, two were surprises. It is difficult to describe the feeling of happiness from receiving things like this. They are entirely unexpected, in the sense that it's not my motivation for contributing; a pure bonus. I am slightly of two minds about even posting this, because I don't want anybody else to feel obligated at all. Still, three boxes in one day brought home how much I appreciate the effort.
So, to four people in the the USA, Belgium and France, my humble thanks. You have made my day (well, the US source made my day a couple of weeks ago, since it arrived the day before I left for the US, but I'll include it in the group here).
In passing, the Allan Steele cover is probably my favourite book cover at the moment — a rocket hung between six huge pillars. Up close, the cover isn't quite as spectactular, since it's a watercolour, so the details are a bit blocky. Not too bad, though. John Scalzi pointed out (3rd comment down) that it's the same cover artist who did his Old Man's War US covers, which also look pretty nice.
I want to write more about book covers I like in the near future. I've been noticing them a lot more lately.