Drive-by idiots.... and some good news.

sigh,

We're in good company.... Peter F. Hamilton, J.D. Robb, the Dalai Lama ....

UPDATED UPDATED UPDATED

which is to say we've all been targeted by the same prank reviewer on amazon.com.

I asked earlier for help -- saying "Those of you with time on your hand can help us out a bit by going to the amazon.com webpage for Crystal Dragon and clicking on the (report this) option at the bottom of the drive-by nonsense review by "Rob Runce." If you've read the books electronically or are one of the lucky early readers, *do* feel free to put a real review."

Apparently our plea was quickly heard, because the offending review for Crystal Dragon has been removed. Go Amazon! However, the last time we looked there was still a nonsense review by the same person
under Judas Unchained by Peter F. Hamiton, J.D. Robb's Naked In Death, and the Dalai Lama's autobiography.
Sigh...

and then the good news is:

Ice cream! Made to order. With a Linux operating system.
In under a minute!
snarfed from the groklaw.net right column this morning...

(ver.2c) after a bit of coffee and some more coffee