Bloggers and supposed to blog ---

--- and I fail to do so for months on end. What a loser!!

"The Island of Mad Scientists" is now out, sort of. I think the official date is Sept 1 in Canada and Oct 1 in the US. but I may have this wrong. Either way, when I was in Toronto last week there were copies in the shops, and I signed them. It's amazing how people in repsonsible positions (i.e. book store clerks) will accept my claim that I am, in fact, this "Howard Whitehouse" who has his name on three books on their shelves.

I thought of asking if I could sign the Tom Clancy novels next, but I didn't ----