Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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September 1st, 2009.

Lots of things have happened on September 1st. That's the day the last passenger pigeon died. That's the day Juno (great big space rock) was discovered. That's the day Alberta and Saskatchewan (also full of rocks) joined the Canadian confederation. In America, it's Emma M. Nutt Day -- she was the first female telephone operator, back when the phones were mostly manned by young men. In New Zealand, it's Random Acts of Kindness Day, which really seems to me like the sort of holiday that we could stand to celebrate with a little more frequency.

And it's the projected release date for Rosemary and Rue, the first of the October Daye books. Let me repeat that, in case my tendency to ramble has obscured today's big announcement:

Rosemary and Rue will be coming out on SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2009!!!

That's a hundred and ninety-three days from now. That's really no time at all. And now, some fun with the number '193,' since I love math geeking and Ryan prodded me into doing it:

193 is a prime number -- always lucky for me. It's also the only currently known odd prime for which 2 is not a primitive root of 4p2 + 1. So that's pretty awesome. It's a cuban prime, a happy prime, and a lucky prime. I feel lucky! It's the twin prime of 191 (a twin prime is a prime that differs from another prime by two). And it can be written as the difference between the product and the sum of the first four primes. In conclusion?

193 is awesome.

September 1st is awesome.

And September 1st, 2009 is quadruple extra-special awesome, because that's the day you can walk into your local bookstore, take Rosemary and Rue down from the shelf, and dare the bookstore clerk to pronounce my name.

Today is made of win and pie.
Tags: good things, publishing news, release dates, rosemary and rue, toby daye
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w00t!!!
Ecstatic cat is ecstatic.
Hurrah!
I have glee.
Bweeee!
BOOKS FOR ALL!
YAY!!
I'm so pleased.
Congratulations!!! I put it on my "Book Release Dates" list :)
I feel special now.
Awesome! I'll be eagerly awaiting the day.
Believe me, so will I. ;)
Thank you for all the number information -- I'd never heard of cuban, happy, or lucky primes.

Also, congratulations on the definite release date -- go, you!
Prime numbers make me happy.
Yay!
Happy happy happy.
AWESOME. Can`t wait!
Nor I!
Woohoot!
Heee.
*marks on calendar*

Made of awesome with a side of awesomesauce!
And a dish of extra awesome on the side.

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I like the way you think.
This rocks so hard. :D
I'm with you.
*delighted hug*
*delighted return*
Excellent! Now I shall pre-order it as soon as my stupid local bookstore's computer gets loaded with it. Since we do not trust the monkeys to stock enough of it, oh no.
Also, pre-orders encourage buying more shelf stock, because they show interest.
My maths lecturer 30+ years ago was a university with a professor who could tell you something interesting about any number at all, off the top of his head. He also came up with a proof that ther are no non-interesting numbers, like this:

Assume there is at least one number which isn't interesting. Therefore, there must be some minimum non-interesting number (all those below it being interesting). But that number is itself interesting, because it is the lowest non-interesting number. This is a contradiction, so that assumption must be wrong and all numbers are in fact interesting...
That's AWESOME.
Congratulations on your success. 8-)
Thank you!
WooHoo! Marked on my calendar for a special trip to Nicola's Books!
Glee!
Is this an international release date, or US release date?
US only. We don't have any international publishers yet, but I'll post just as soon as we do.
Eeeeeeeeeee!
YOU CAN BUY TOBY.
This is awesome! Congratulations! :)
Thank you!
Whoo hoo!
*hugs on you*
Yippee!

It's a cuban prime, a happy prime, and a lucky prime.

*Ordering a virtual Cuba Libre & sending it to your table.*
Ooooooooooooooo.
YAY!!!
Happy happy happy.
*dances*
*dances with you!*
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