If you’re in what they call “Greater Chicagoland’ (I never hear anything like that for other cities—Greater New YorkLand?), and have nothing to do Saturday afternoon, you’re welcome to come to Revolution Books at 1103 North Ashland at 2 pm for a discussion of Faith versus Fact. (The announcement is here.) I’ll talk briefly about the book’s genesis, but it will mostly be Q&A with both a moderator and the audience.
The book will of course be on sale, and I’ll be glad to autograph them and draw a cat as well if you ask nicely.
Revolution Books is a leftist/socialist/communist institution in Chicago, so you’ll find plenty of comrades at the store.
Well there’s San Francisco and “the Bay Area.” IIRC, the term ‘Los Angeles’ can be used to refer to both the city proper and the larger area. DC has the DC (or Washington) Metropolitan Area, which is sometimes referred to colloquially as the Greater Washington Area.
I would guess most large cities have a term for the halo of urban and suburban areas around the city proper. Though I have to admit, I’ve never heard one that combines “Greater” and “-land.” Seems kind of redundant.
Well, I’ve heard the larger Los Angeles area referred to as “greater La La Land”.
Close, but not sure it’s a cigar.
‘Greater NewYorkland’ is probably called New York State. Or maybe not…
‘Greater London’ is in common use. Even used to be a Greater London Council until (I think – I’m hazy on this) a Tory government decided it was leftist-dominated and dismantled it.
(That’s London, England, not London, Ontario or London, Ohio or East London, South Africa)
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It’s the New York Metropolitan area, or the greater metropolitan area, or the Tri-State Area (NY, NJ, Connecticut).
Presumably the Tri-State area doesn’t include most of upstate New York?
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No. It’s just the suburbs of New York City.
I wonder if the DI will come out.
Toronto and its surrounding suburbs is often referred to as “The GTA” which stands for Greater Toronto Area.
I bet they were narked when GTA (the video game) cane out. (That’s Grand Theft Auto, though why an American term is used by a Dundee computer house for a game built about TDA, I struggle to understand.)
I have flashed to the fact that Andrew Schlafly’s “conservative” Bible removed all uses of the word “comrade” to avoid Communist implications.
There are four uses of the word comrade in the “Revised Standard Bible” and NONE in “The Communist Manifesto”.
My visitors find many more at Revolution Books!!
I’ll very likely see you there. Always a pleasure, PCC(E)!
Mr. Coyne,
Might you consider coming to Boswell Books in Milwaukee to promote the paperback release of FvF? This is expected in late May/early June, I’m told. It would be wonderful to be able to see you in person, and perhaps you would enjoy a summertime excursion not far from home?
Daniel Goldin, an admirable force for independent bookselling, would be pleased to host you as a speaker. Are such visits determined by your publisher, or by you, the author?
I was thrilled to meet Steven Pinker when he presented at Boswell while promoting The Sense of Style. To meet you would be a similar honor for me.
Kind regards,
Ellie Schmoeger
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Were I still living in Chicago, I’d be happy to attend your Saturday talk.)
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It would be fun to do this, but email me please.
Jerry, what if we bought the book elsewhere-an approved outlet, Seminary Co Op–but missed any previous book signing events there may have been? The cat drawing is a big motivater, but if I can make it, I’d hate to find that the store thinks I’ve purloined my copy from them. Any idea if that’s kosher, bringing an outside copy?
They probably wouldn’t like it, but you can grab me after the talk if you want a signature, and we can do it on the sly.
Thanks!