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Aug 26, 2011 2:39 PM

Armadillocon XXXIII, Austin

*Yes, I will be there this weekend.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/books/2011-08-26/steam-versus-cyber-at-armadillocon/

*And I will be selling books. LOTS of books. OTHER PEOPLE's books. Some of them decades old, and many never seen or read by anybody including myself.

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