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realthog ([personal profile] realthog) wrote2008-04-22 03:37 pm

books 'n' beer


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!"

[identity profile] hutch0.livejournal.com 2008-04-22 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I like it when Jeff describes you as a `non-fiction author.'

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2008-04-22 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)

I like it when Jeff describes you as a `non-fiction author.'

Well, there's the forty or so books that're nonfiction . . .

[identity profile] hutch0.livejournal.com 2008-04-23 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, but I always think of you as a fiction writer.
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[identity profile] quilterbear.livejournal.com 2008-04-23 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Arrogant Bastard Ale.... hmmm

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2008-04-23 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)

"Arrogant Bastard Ale.... hmmm"

Yes, Pam and I agreed it was as if the stuff had been named just especially with me in mind.