Starting at 8:15 AM, after I had run to the Starbucks around the corner from the hotel, Brian and I met in his room, picked up the two phone extensions, and began working our way through 13 radio interviews around the country, one after another, with occasional breaks.  We talked on stations from Raleigh/Durham, Los Angeles, Grand Rapids (MI), Portland (ME), Baltimore (MD), Charleston (WV), Boston, Peoria (IL), Colorado Springs, Denver, Cleveland (OH, Pittsburgh (PA), and Jackson (TN).  Toward the end, in between interviews, I ran back to my room to change into dressier clothes.  Finally, at 2:15 the last...
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Wonderful and unexpected news yesterday: scientists have named recently mapped features on Saturn's moon Titan after planets in Frank Herbert's Dune novels.  Just another example of how much of a widespread impact DUNE has had.  Read the full story here. FanCrush Network has just run a detailed interview with me on their site, which you can read by clicking the link above.
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Wonderful and unexpected news yesterday: scientists have named recently mapped features on Saturn's moon Titan after planets in Frank Herbert's Dune novels.  Just another example of how much of a widespread impact DUNE has had.  Read the full story here. FanCrush Network has just run a detailed interview with me on their site, which you can read by clicking the link above.
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No early call today, so we got a chance to sleep in.  I used the hotel gym for a quick workout, then ate breakfast and packed the suitcases for our morning train to Boston.  Sick of train food after traveling across the country on Amtrak, Brian went to an Italian deli across the street and got us each a wrapped sandwich for lunch, then we caught a cab to the train station. Penn Station during morning rush hour was like San Diego Comic-Con with mundanes instead of fans.  After picking up our tickets, we waded through the people to get...
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