I was in the bookstore today and what did i see? The MMPB Version of The Steel Remains. And it includes ravells' awesome map! The black n white does not do it justice but ah well...it still looks top notch. AND what else did my eyes detect? Yes, the url to the cartographers guild. Cool stuff! Thanks ravs!
Cheers
Eilathen
I'm trapped in Darkness,
Still I reach out for the Stars
Originally Posted by Eilathen
WHAT??? It's out??
I've been trawling the bookshop every week or so and haven't seen it ....curse Waterstones!
Oh man, I should have dithered in b&w rather than going greyscale....I hope it looks ok.
Toff! I'm amazed you could see the esturies....at that size of print they've got to be really small.
Eilathen, the Editor said that they would use the colour version on the website....so let's hope.
ohhhh....Eilathen...thank you, thank you, thank you.....It would have never happened without you!
Seriously I'm going to break out the champagne tomorrow...this feeling beats the heck out of being a lawyer and winning cases. I don't think I've ever felt such a sense of accomplishment in my life.
Last edited by ravells; 06-25-2009 at 07:34 PM.
Well, there's towns on top most of the estuaries (which makes sense) but one's clear. Anyway, this map's estuaries look fine; it's the headwaters that made me rant in general.
CHEERS! Here's to Ravells on bookstore shelves!
Venus Public Transit, Map Of Ceres, Jack Vance's Ports Of Call & Lurulu ... why do I only have 3 maps here?
Wait... you're a lawyer?
I guess we all do what we have to in order to make a living... but it's what we do for love that really defines us! [At least lawyering is more interesting than what I do.] If you're a lawyer in England, does that mean you have to wear the robes and wig? I wonder what court would be like over here if we made our lawyers do that.
Also... since this is now in a real live fantasy novel, doesn't that make you an industry pro, too?
Last edited by Karro; 06-26-2009 at 04:28 PM.
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lol...no we got rid of wigs and gowns in the '90s, although I still have mine somewhere. It was quite a contested issue at the time: the antis said that it was antiquated and out of touch and the pros said that it gave court proceedings a sense of gravitas.
I wouldn't consider myself an industry pro - this is strictly a hobby for me!
cheers
Ravs
Last edited by ravells; 07-17-2009 at 02:47 PM.
hah - who would think that wearing robes would give a sense of gravitas - thats so silly... oh erm shuffle shuffle.
Ah. I assume your judges at least still wear the robes, though (at least ours do... although I can't even tell you when they ditched the wigs).
I think there is a lot of room between "purely a hobby" and "working professional", and I suspect there's room in that spectrum for "getting paid and/or publicly lauded to do my hobby".
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Depends on the court. In the commercial court they wear suits, but in the criminal courts they still wear robes...probably to add that sense of gravitas. Don't believe the serial criminals buy it for a second though.
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