Worf!

Seven days to Indian Summer!

Bollywood movies are obviously a part of the mix, but would you believe Klingons appear in the novel as well (to an extent)? One of the main characters was a huge fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation as a teenager, going so far as to have a cardboard cut-out of that character standing in his bedroom for over a decade. So in honor of that cardboard cutout, I give you: WORF!

(Note: I'm happy to say the Indian/Star Trek thing occurs in other places, like the first page of Salman Rushdie's Shalimar the Clown, and one interesting scene in Meredith McGuire's Bollywood Becomes Her. Is it because Data mentions Diwali in one of the episodes, I wonder?)

Sample of Indian Summer

Just for fun, here's a quick sample of Indian Summer. This is the scene where Don goes all Bolly-mad at a truck stop in California.

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/118983676/?key=OGRhNjlkZmIt&pass=M2FjYS00YjI1

To read the beginning chapters, go to http://authonomy.com/books/43028/indian-summer/, and make sure to comment, give a star rating, and if you like (and this would be truly helpful to me), click on "Back the Book."

Thanks,

Daniel