Regular readers of Republibot (Assuming any survived our recent flame war) may recall that a few months ago I reviewed a book called “Birdie Down” by Jim Graham ( http://www.republibot.com/content/book-review-%E2%80%9Cbirdie-down%E2%80...
). I called it the best independently published science fiction E-book I’d read. As that book was a sequel, I decided to give the first book in the series a shot, and I’m happy to say it, too, is a really good book. Mr. Graham has some genuine talent.

This actually came up in conversation in the comments about nine months ago, but I thought it bore repeating:

One of my college roomates, Jim the Idiot, had a piece of crap car his last two years in high school. Never ran right, always on the edge of dying, maybe worth $300, but he put about a grand into it every year. Even though he was a pusher in high school, he could barely afford to keep it running. I guess he wasn't a very good pusher.