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Hello!

You're early to the party: most likely you've received a galley proof or other advance copy. The Gnoll Credo won't officially launch until July 22, 2010, and the content bomb won't drop until that date draws closer.

However, you can pre-order it from Amazon.com, or directly from the publisher—and you can read the first few chapters here.

I strongly recommend that you warm up by spending some quality time with Jared Diamond's essay "The Worst Mistake In The History Of The Human Race" (pdf), and with Keith Thomas' evfit.com. (Warning: very…