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Ray Davis's avatar

Belated thanks for your Howard Waldrop note. I always wanted to meet him, never did. Maybe I'll strike it lucky in an alternate history sometime.

Christopher Brown's avatar

What a beautiful sentiment. That may well happen

Linda Bacon's avatar

"there will never be a more just society unless we first attend to our damaged relationship with the land on which we live" -- I so agree with your statement here! Please keep your work where it can be accessed, about all the "weeds" and the migrations of birds, butterflies, the small and large animals. We have such a great opportunity right now, with the chaos, to speak up.

Christopher Brown's avatar

Thank you so much! 🙏

David Todd's avatar

Your fascinating note on Peking Man diet and hackberries reminds me of the intriguing work at Useful Wild Plants in Austin

Christopher Brown's avatar

Thanks, and thanks for the tip—will check them out!

Kaymarion Raymond's avatar

FROSTWEEDS!!!!!!! thanks for the intro :)

Christopher Brown's avatar

They are wondrous—and took me many seasons to understand and really appreciate.

Jill Swenson's avatar

Frostweed. Ice flowers. Wow! Thanks for the photos of this.

Yasmin Chopin's avatar

Ice flowers - stunning. I've never seen anything like this in the UK. Your post has me learning such a lot, Christopher.

Christopher Brown's avatar

Thank you! ❄️💙🙏

Kelpsaltdank's avatar

Christopher, any insight on how I can get an audiobook copy of Tropic of Kansas in Australia? All the usual outlets appear to have it geo-blocked

Christopher Brown's avatar

Sorry to hear that. You might try Downpour (Blackstone), which published the audiobook under contract with Harper (whereas Harper did the audio versions of my other two novels with them in-house): https://www.downpour.com/tropic-of-kansas?sp=193052

Another possibility would be to try to buy the audio version that's MP3s on CD: https://www.amazon.com/Tropic-Kansas-Christopher-Brown/dp/1538438097/ref=tmm_abk_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1706272473&sr=1-1

Here's a copy of the CD's on eBay for a decent price: https://www.amazon.com/Tropic-Kansas-Christopher-Brown/dp/1538438097/ref=tmm_abk_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1706272473&sr=1-1

Kelpsaltdank's avatar

Thanks so much for the direction. Unfortunately downpour is locked and I lack a physical CD player. Will try circumventing their geofence. Thanks again - I did want to play fair first

Christopher Brown's avatar

Maybe you could get an Australian publisher to buy the rights...🤓. Thanks for trying!