Sometimes I Miss My Old Job

It has come to my attention that ARCs (Advanced Reading Copies) of Warren Ellis' new novel are soon to be distributed. Once upon a time I managed the SciFi section of my local independent bookstore, and I might have qualified for such an object. I would have written a newsletter review and made a special sign and obnoxiously recommended it to every poor soul who happened to wander into my section looking for the sports biographies...but alas. I no longer work in a bookstore. Some of my friends still do. But they will not give me their ARCs. Fuckers.