books 'n' beer

[realthog]

Jeff VanderMeer has just posted on the Amazon blog Omnivoracious the first part of a fascinating two-part investigation into the urgent matter of which beers go best with which books; the second part of this groundbreaking probe will appear Thursday.

Plenty of good books and good authors, plus some very good beer and some surprising gnat-product at http://www.omnivoracious.com/2008/04/beer-and-book-p.html.

But there's more! If you're an author with a digital camera, one (or more) of your books and some suitable bottles/cans of beer, you can submit an appropriately evocative picture for the second half of the thesis. Just go to http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2008/04/22/beers-n-books-on-omnivoracious-delicious-pairings/ for the full instructions.

Sounds like a top-hole reason to head off to the liquor store with a blank cheque and an empty car! "But I want to promote all my books, honey!"