As of this writing, [The Variant](http://johnaugust.com/variant) has [11 reviews on Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/The-Variant/dp/B0029ZAPRW/) — and nice ones, too. My thanks to everyone who’s left one. Eleven is not bad for something that’s been out for a little over a week.
But several of the books nearby it on the [bestseller list](http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/digital-text/ref=pd_ts_pg_4?ie=UTF8&pg=4) have more. A lot more.
Norah Roberts’s Vision in White has 96. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea has 187. Bill O’Reilly’s A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir has 193.
I’d love a few more reviews. I think they make the book feel more real in a wisdom-of-crowds way. So if you’ve already read The Variant, but haven’t yet posted a review, let me offer you some enticement:
If we can get to 40 reviews by noon (LA time) on Thursday, I’ll post a scene from my never-finished comedy Greeks, a collegiate buddy comedy set in mythological times.
Make no mistake: it’s not The Greatest Thing Ever Typed. But it is fairly amusing, and you’ll only see it if you and enough of your fellow readers spend a minute or two [placing a review](http://www.amazon.com/The-Variant/dp/B0029ZAPRW/).
Twenty-four hours, starting now.