What the hell does the PKF think it's up to, Lieutenant? Honestly, I don't think anybody but Melissa has much of an idea

My source on the same base in Afghanistan I'm going to be spending a year at tells me that unlike Iraq there is no private internet or wifi - it's all Army/DOD controlled/restricted stuff that you can't plug a personal computer in. Which probably means no blogging and seems to definitely mean no Kindle downloads which is kind of freaking me out, since there are several books that will be released while I'm there that I'd really rather not have to wait for my return (or mid-tour leave).

But overall I'm happy, because this knowledge inspired me to check on all of the books I really wish I could take with me in Kindle format, which apparently now includes my favorite deeply flawed sci-fi novel, as well as its prequel. Better yet, the sequel which has been in publisher purgatory for 15 years has apparently been bought back and will be self published...eventually. For about five years that's the one book I would have burned a wish to bring into existence. Not because I expect it to be the best, but because I thought it would never happen without supernatural forces brought to bear.

In other news, there's also a torrent of all Barry Hughart's books. I've already bought four copies of Bridge of Birds and and one each of Eight Skilled Gentlemen and The Story of the Stone, and would buy an official Kindle version if it existed, so I feel entitled, but let your own conscience guide you.

The take away is that some of your favorite orphaned books are probably out there in some sort of epub format (you can convert with Calibre). Do some investigation.