IN THE MAIL: An advance copy of Vernor Vinge’s next novel, Rainbows End. It’s a sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky. I’m very excited.

UPDATE: Okay, the promo literature made it sound like a sequel, and Amazon tagged it as a “Zones of Thought” book, but looking at it I don’t think it is. Sorry. I’ll offer more detail when I’ve, you know, actually read it.