{ "export": { "source": "https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/6241", "note": "Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright in each message remains with the person who wrote it. Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact.", "addresses": "obscured as 'user at host'" }, "archive": "urth", "thread": { "id": 6241, "subject": "New edition of Peace", "messages": 8, "voices": 5, "first": "2012-04-25T08:47:36+00:00", "last": "2012-04-26T11:48:01+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Daniel Petersen", "address": "danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com" }, "date": "2012-04-25T08:47:36+00:00", "subject": "(urth) New edition of Peace", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57420219-1/tor-books-to-drop-drm-on-entire-catalog-of-e-books/\n\nI'm not techy enough to know what's the fuss about DRM etc., but it's news\nto me that there's a new edition of *Peace *coming out with a nice new\ncover and an afterword by Neil Gaiman! I was possibly going to do a\nre-read of *Peace* soon, but now I'm going to wait until I can do so with\nthis new edition in my grubby paws.\n\n-DOJP" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Antonin Scriabin", "address": "kierkegaurdian at gmail.com" }, "date": "2012-04-25T13:14:12+00:00", "subject": "(urth) New edition of Peace", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Too bad there isn't a nice print version :-/" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:47 AM, Daniel Petersen <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:\n\nhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57420219-1/tor-books-to-drop-drm-on-entire-catalog-of-e-books/\n\nI'm not techy enough to know what's the fuss about DRM etc., but it's news\nto me that there's a new edition of *Peace *coming out with a nice new\ncover and an afterword by Neil Gaiman! I was possibly going to do a\nre-read of *Peace* soon, but now I'm going to wait until I can do so with\nthis new edition in my grubby paws.\n\n-DOJP\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Fred Kiesche", "address": "godelescherbach at gmail.com" }, "date": "2012-04-25T13:18:02+00:00", "subject": "(urth) New edition of Peace", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "There is. Amazon currently has a pre-order up for the print version (no\npre-order fro the eBook, but those usually are delayed a bit)." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Antonin Scriabin\nwrote:\nToo bad there isn't a nice print version :-/\n\nOn Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:47 AM, Daniel Petersen <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57420219-1/tor-books-to-drop-drm-on-entire-catalog-of-e-books/\n\nI'm not techy enough to know what's the fuss about DRM etc., but it's\nnews to me that there's a new edition of *Peace *coming out with a nice\nnew cover and an afterword by Neil Gaiman! I was possibly going to do a\nre-read of *Peace* soon, but now I'm going to wait until I can do so\nwith this new edition in my grubby paws.\n\n-DOJP\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "António Pedro Marques", "address": "entonio at gmail.com" }, "date": "2012-04-25T13:25:13+00:00", "subject": "(urth) New edition of Peace", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "No dia 25/04/2012, ?s 09:47, Daniel Petersen escreveu:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57420219-1/tor-books-to-drop-drm-on-entire-catalog-of-e-books/\n\nI'm not techy enough to know what's the fuss about DRM etc.," }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "DRM is an anti-copy technology and it really is awesome news if it's being dropped by a major publisher. All anti-piracy mechanisms always end up only hurting the legitimate users, not the pirates (who always find ways to circumvent them and end up with a more user-friendly product!)." } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Antonin Scriabin", "address": "kierkegaurdian at gmail.com" }, "date": "2012-04-25T13:31:25+00:00", "subject": "(urth) New edition of Peace", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Nice! It's good to be wrong [?]" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Fred Kiesche wrote:\nThere is. Amazon currently has a pre-order up for the print version (no\npre-order fro the eBook, but those usually are delayed a bit).\n\n\nOn Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Antonin Scriabin <\nkierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Too bad there isn't a nice print version :-/\n\nOn Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:47 AM, Daniel Petersen <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57420219-1/tor-books-to-drop-drm-on-entire-catalog-of-e-books/\n\nI'm not techy enough to know what's the fuss about DRM etc., but it's\nnews to me that there's a new edition of *Peace *coming out with a nice\nnew cover and an afterword by Neil Gaiman! I was possibly going to do a\nre-read of *Peace* soon, but now I'm going to wait until I can do so\nwith this new edition in my grubby paws.\n\n-DOJP\n\n_______________________________________________\nUrth Mailing List" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Daniel Petersen", "address": "danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com" }, "date": "2012-04-25T13:32:34+00:00", "subject": "(urth) New edition of Peace", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Maybe Gene would be all for Pirate Freedom.\n\n-DOJP" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Ant?nio Pedro Marques wrote:\n No dia 25/04/2012, ?s 09:47, Daniel Petersen <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> escreveu:\n\n\nhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57420219-1/tor-books-to-drop-drm-on-entire-catalog-of-e-books/\n\nI'm not techy enough to know what's the fuss about DRM etc.,\n\n\nDRM is an anti-copy technology and it really is awesome news if it's being\ndropped by a major publisher. All anti-piracy mechanisms always end up only\nhurting the legitimate users, not the pirates (who always find ways to\ncircumvent them and end up with a more user-friendly product!).\n\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Darth Ed", "address": "darthed77 at gmail.com" }, "date": "2012-04-26T03:14:50+00:00", "subject": "(urth) New edition of Peace", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:47 AM, Daniel Petersen wrote:\nhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57420219-1/tor-books-to-drop-drm-on-entire-catalog-of-e-books/\n\nI'm not techy enough to know what's the fuss about DRM etc., but it's news to me that there's a new edition of Peace coming out with a nice new cover and an afterword by Neil Gaiman!" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I love the new cover art! I think it's one of the better covers I've seen on a Wolfe book.\n\nCheers,\nEd\n\nMy WolfeWiki profile: http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Profiles.DarthEd" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Daniel Petersen", "address": "danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com" }, "date": "2012-04-26T11:48:01+00:00", "subject": "(urth) New edition of Peace", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Yeah, definitely. Particularly gratifying to me as I find the majority of\nthem quite cringe-worthy. Here's hoping for a new era of quality book\ncovers for Wolfe editions!\n\n-DOJP" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 4:14 AM, Darth Ed wrote:\nOn Apr 25, 2012, at 4:47 AM, Daniel Petersen wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57420219-1/tor-books-to-drop-drm-on-entire-catalog-of-e-books/" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "I'm not techy enough to know what's the fuss about DRM etc., but it's\nnews to me that there's a new edition of Peace coming out with a nice new\ncover and an afterword by Neil Gaiman!" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "I love the new cover art! I think it's one of the better covers I've seen\non a Wolfe book.\n\nCheers,\nEd\n\nMy WolfeWiki profile:\nhttp://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Profiles.DarthEd\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] } ] }