Hey, Pandemonium made the Locus Awards short list for best first novel!
If only I could be there in person. Then Paul Melko and I could duel to the death for the prize — while this plays in the background.*
(Extra nerd points if you recognized the soundtrack from “Amok Time” episode of Star Trek, the classic Spock/Kirk fight where Spock is mad with 7-Year Vulcan Lust. Pon farr, baby. Until just now I did not know that Theodore Sturgeon wrote that episode.)
Daryl Gregory 
Haha!! That was totally my thought when I saw the list–Daryl/Paul death match!!!!
I would pay money for that.
Congratulations!! You’re ending up on all sorts of great lists!
“Two men enter, One man leaves!!”
Congrats! And put me down for tickets to the Amok time match!
So, this battle. Would it look something like 5:24 into http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1RDwOUfSe4 ?