The perils of adventuring up the Amazon

[wellinghall]

adaese having recently got me into George RR Martin, we were both excited to see that his next book was due out very soon. So I ordered it from Amazon, which was showing an expected publication date of 30 September.

It hadn't arrived by today, so I checked the website, and saw that it still said despatch on 1 October, delivery on 4 October. So I rang them up. The nice man I spoke to agreed that it looked odd ... then pointed out that it was due for publication on 30 September 2010.

Oh well, at least we've had Unseen Academicals, the new Terry Pratchett, to read. Two, in fact; one arrived on Saturday, and one today.