Apparently, Richard Morgan has weighed into the Waterstones blog sacking affair. Aside from being cool, it's also a bit of a coincidence, 'cos I'm just reading his latest paperback, Market Forces. His first novel, Altered Carbon, was absolutely stellar. His second, Broken Angels, was a crushing disappointment. Thus far, Market Forces is looking somewhere in the middle...

Hmmm. Perhaps it's not that much of a co-incidence after all. Market Forces only came out in paperback this weekend. I'm I just being cynical in wondering if Morgan's letter to Waterstones might be a well aimed publicity stunt. After all, the nerd demographic is well represented in blogging circles, and it has to be his main target audience...