i really do want to read it [i only put it off, originally, because i was having surgery after surgery. it's HARD to run a computer while on constant narcotics] and [i am ashamed to admit] forgot about it somewhere in between all the surgeries [as always, i blame the drugs.]
now that i have both the time and the brain power to read [and have remembered it!] i can't seem to GET to it. following the link from the comic strip leads one to a page that offers the download, but clicking on THAT gives a 404 that reads:
404 Error
Odds are this is because you clicked on an old-style Casey and Andy link. To visit Casey and Andy, go here: [link to main comic]
this specific 404 pops up a lot, so... i'm pretty sure the novel is still THERE, but i don't know how to access it.
help? PLEASE?
[as an aside, that i should have somehow mentioned right after i did; i went to see The Martian with my dad, because he's the one who hooked me on sci-fi when i was a kid. a battered copy of 'Have Spacesuit, Will Travel' when i was six or so. this is the man who took me to see 'Star Wars' [Episode IV] we swap books opening night. i was FOUR MONTHS OLD. i never had a chance to not be a geek.

