[Diaspora] Do you have a copy

[jim.nicholson at utoronto.ca]

I just received my copy here in Toronto (yes, I was hesitant to buy  
through Lulu... what can I say, the "artisan product" argument  
convinced me).

It's gorgeous.  There was no smudging of ink on any of the pages in my  
copy (I know that's a common complaint for Lulu books), and the  
graphics all printed very crisply with no pixellation whatsoever.  The  
binding is very sturdy, albeit with a negligible amount of pinching at  
the top and bottom of the spine; the only real print flaw -- and it's  
uber-minor -- was a bit of excess printer's glue on the endpapers,  
which made the first couple of pages stick together but was easily  
removed with a tissue.  The paper's a bit thin, but it's not  
problematic in any sense.

As for the content, I'm pleased at how unexpectedly lovely the final  
version is in a graphic sense.  The cluster diagrams are nice (of  
course), the spaceship and weapon line art is very well done, and the  
few spot illustrations are a nice surprise.  The tables and appendices  
are very usefully laid out.  Of course, I haven't read the book  
through but I'm very pleased with my purchase and can't wait to  
actually use Diaspora in play.

Great job, guys!

Jim