"editorial" privileges on it, and spent "many, many hours" with the article's author, Fred Hapgood, pounding it into shape. We understand that Engines of Creation has already sold out its first printing of 5,000 copies and that a second printing (presumably for a larger number) is underway. This would seem to assure that a trade paperback, or (if we get really lucky) a mass market paperback, will be available in the next year or so. Hopefully the OMNI article will vastly boost the book's sales and assure a wider audience for the nanotechnology message, and thus the cryonics message which rides on its coattails. Meanwhile, we understand from a recent conversation with Eric Drexler that he is being kept busy on the lecture circuit, speaking to computer engineering groups, universities, and anyone else who'll listen, about the promise and the perils of the coming revolution.
BUILDING PROGRESS Progress on the construction of ALCOR's new home has been slow but steady. However, the pace has been quickening and we expect that the superstructure will be completed by the end of November or the first part of December. What's been done so far? Well, the walls are up, the ceiling and the roof are on, the front offices are up and the drywall work is done, the electrical work is completed, the roll-up steel doors are installed, glazing of the front windows is underway, and insulation installation is scheduled for November 6th or 7th. What remains to be done? A lot, but we're over the "hump." The "Tbar" ceiling and the doors in the offices have to be hung. Both the interior and exterior of the building have yet to be painted, and final utility hook-ups are ----------------------------------------------------------------------(5)
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underway as we write this. And of course the paving, landscaping, fencing and final outdoor concrete work (steps and entrance patio) need to be put in place. Much of this is going on concurrently, and it seems reasonable to expect a completion date of early December. Of course, once we take possession of the building, our work is