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Cannibal embryos & coral snakes, robots & geese, etc., not the usual post-election essay, but non-cannibal food for thought, along with chumbox, a lot to digest, Chris. Wow. And that moon photo, that is fantastic. Suitable for framing, a book cover, or something. When I see your posts in my in-box, it's always the first thing I read, and then I have to look up all of your links and go down those rabbit holes, too. Thanks for blowing another morning out of the water!

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I love your posts - this one was particularly striking in its breadth.

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Thank you so much 🙏

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I love your writing. This post in particular spoke to me.

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And PS I just picked up a copy of Surrender, which has been on my list for a while—looking forward to reading that.

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Oh, thank you. That means a lot. I am trying to work out if 'A Natural History of Empty Lots' is available in the UK. Looks like it is being published here in January 2025? I'd love to get myself a copy!

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Yes, Empty Lots will be officially released in the UK on January 9, 2025. If you'd like me to have the publicists send you a copy, feel free to shoot me a DM or email (chris@christopherbrown.com) and we can hook that up.

I started reading Surrender over the Thanksgiving weekend and am loving it. And realized that I now have two copies, having bought the Fitzcarraldo edition when it came out but been too busy writing my book to read it (or anything else that wasn't related to my research for the book). More on that after I finish it, but it's brilliant—thank you.

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Oh, gosh. How lovely. Will email you!

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Thank you so much 🙏

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Well written. Hope your book promo events are increasing your followers exponentially.

Will publish my latest book on or about (sounds like a criminal charge, doesn't it?) December 1. Futurist novel. Will mail you a copy if you are interested. My email is mastershifu49@gmail.com, if you are willing to send me your postal address. (Yes, I know it is in Texas, but I am okay with sending my books to a few foreign countries.)

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Congratulations. Feel free to send it to me at PO Box 127, Austin TX 78767. Thanks!

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I also fled to The Wild Robot post election. Stories of fictional lands are sometimes the truest things we can hold to in a world seemingly determined to sink itself. Thanks for a lovely post!

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Thank you!

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PS I've been thinking a lot about Planet Bizzarro since the election, myself.

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