Thursday, September 10, 2009

Hum It With Me Now -- The Theme from Indiana Jones ...


Dah, dah, dot, dah, dah-dah-dah -- dah, dah, dot daaah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah ...

So, in a couple weeks (26 September 2009) Indie and the dead folk officially hits the racks. Already starting to climb the sales list at Amazon -- in the top 22,000. Can fame and fortune be far behind? (Well, yes, they can, alas ...)

I hope Harrison Ford reads my dedication -- and my apology for the first line in the novel ...
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13 comments:

  1. Surviving the NewsThursday, September 10, 2009 at 10:58:00 AM PDT

    This is great news, Steve. I will look forward to picking up a copy, and reviewing it. I hate to disappoint you with my old-fashioned preferences, but I intend to pick up a copy of Master of Pamor -- in what you call "treeware," ha ha.

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  2. Bobbe EdmondsThursday, September 10, 2009 at 11:04:00 AM PDT

    Wow, can't wait! Pre-ordered mine from Amazon.

    By the way...is there a "Navy of the Dead?"

    Just wondering.

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  3. Steve PerryThursday, September 10, 2009 at 11:25:00 AM PDT

    Navy? Sure.

    I'm thinking of doing Indiana Jones and the Coast Guard of the Dead. Or maybe Indiana Jones and the Undead Girl Scouts ...

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  4. Surviving the NewsThursday, September 10, 2009 at 11:26:00 AM PDT

    Sure, but it's not very large. All their ships operate with skeleton crews.

    * ducking *

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  5. C. Jane ReidThursday, September 10, 2009 at 1:22:00 PM PDT

    Excellent! I'm going to order mine now, too.

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  6. AnonymousThursday, September 10, 2009 at 2:18:00 PM PDT

    First sentence?
    Anything like, "Death came for him wearing a fedora"?

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  7. NardaThursday, September 10, 2009 at 3:44:00 PM PDT

    Indie rides again?!

    I'll order my copy ASAP! :)

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  8. Bobbe EdmondsThursday, September 10, 2009 at 3:50:00 PM PDT

    I was wondering that...What was the first line?

    "Call me Ishmael!"

    "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

    "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins"

    "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen"

    ""With the coming of the Second World War, many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully or desperately toward the freedom of the Americas."

    "I owe everything to George Bailey. Help him, Dear Father."


    Can anyone name these WITHOUT using the web? I practically gave a couple away.

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  9. Daniel Keys MoranThursday, September 10, 2009 at 11:05:00 PM PDT

    Got 'em all except the ones with clocks striking thirteen. I had to google that.

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  10. Bobbe EdmondsFriday, September 11, 2009 at 12:37:00 AM PDT

    I thought a clock that had "13" on it would be a dead giveaway.

    Come over to Seattle, the Chimay's on me.

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  11. Steve PerryFriday, September 11, 2009 at 9:49:00 AM PDT

    ""With the coming of the Second World War, many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully or desperately toward the freedom of the Americas."

    Missed this one, I am embarrassed to say. I was thinking "books," and as many times as I have seen it, I never really paid attention to the opening V.O. in Casablanca.

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  12. Bobbe EdmondsFriday, September 11, 2009 at 12:18:00 PM PDT

    Well, I can't hold it against you. Figure someone who was around to do the editorial work on "In the beginning..." can't be expected to remember EVERYTHING.

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  13. AnonymousSunday, September 13, 2009 at 12:48:00 PM PDT

    I've been ridiculously excited about this book ever since you announced it, way back when.

    And according to the Infernalnet, it hits shelves the day before my birthday. Which I'm sure ya'll had in mind from the first draft.

    Thanks for the perfect birthday gift!

    (And yes, the theme is now stuck in my head...)

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