(2009-09-09) Barry Machineman Serial

Max Barry is serializing his Machine Man Novel. More precisely, he's actually writing it a piece at a time. After getting some for free (Free Trial), you have to pay to get the rest. Not yet finished, it has gotten picked up by Vintage. I am a smart guy. I recycle. Once I found a lost cat in the city and caught it and took it to the cat home. Sometimes I make jokes. I can tell what's wrong with your car just by listening to it. I think women are beautiful and can do anything they put their minds to. I like kids, except the ones who are rude to adults and the parents just stand there, smiling. I have a steady job. I own my own apartment. I don't lie. These are qualities I keep hearing that people like. I can only think there must be some other ingredient no-one is letting on, something vital, because I have no friends, am estranged from my family, and haven't dated this decade. There is a guy in Lab Control who once killed a woman with his car, and he gets invited to parties. I don't understand that.

Ooh, he picked a great point to make you start paying!