Posted on November 6, 2014 Posted by John Scalzi 18 Comments
If you want to send me something (usually books/magazines, but other things, too), you don’t have to send me an e-mail asking me. Just send them. Here’s how.
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Is that the same address to send homemade cookies or sweets to as well?
Dude, I just noticed the name of the street, of course i recognized it from androids dream, but damn, that’s slick. Every time I turn around there’s another subtle detail about your books that makes my brain hiccup. that’s awesome!
Rick LaCroix:
It’s the address for everything, although I would suggest not sending cookies, etc because I don’t actually eat unsolicited food sent through the mail.
I don’t actually eat unsolicited food sent through the mail.
(looks at freshly made fruitcake)
ah crap.
Is it the mail? I could have it delivered by owl….
And your policy on receiving live llamas?
Todd Stull:
I’d prefer not, please.
RE: I don’t actually eat unsolicited food sent through the mail.
Well, brazzlefraggit. There goes my plan for sending you homemade pie to thank you for Lock In.
Oh, well, my family will just have to force themselves to ingest it instead. That shouldn’t be difficult, fortunately.
I don’t actually eat unsolicited food sent through the mail.
What about underwear? What about edible underwear?
Which leads to the burning question – do SF writers have groupies?
Some might. They wouldn’t be me. And my standard line is that anyone who wanted to be one would have to clear it with Krissy first.
I believe there was a story involving some guy who claimed to be part of the team writing under the Asimov pen-name as a line for chatting women up in bars.
These days you’d probably have to claim to be part of the Nora Roberts or R.L.Stine team, which probably wouldn’t get you the results you wanted…
I know you post pictures of all the books and ARCs that come into the Scalzi compound, and by the looks of them I’d say you have quite the impressive library growing. I was wondering if you keep all the books that people send you without return postage, or do you donate them/give them as gifts? Or does it depend on the magazine or book?
Probably not helping your cause here, but I’ll note that you didn’t rule out dead llamas.
Just sayin’
So what was the reasoning for the post – was something sent to you that you didn’t want eg live/dead Llama or ???
…or was the llama delivered in a box with a small vial of hydrcyanic acid and a geiger counter?
siebelink3223:
http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/03/08/because-people-ask-book-acquisition-details/
Why would I send anything?
Wonder how pften john gets naked pics sent to him.
So schrodinger’s llama would and simultaneously would not be acceptable to send in the mail.