Fun at the bookstore
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Re: Fun at the bookstore
Sweet! I want a Dune slingsack back pack!
I thought the event at Book Revue was going to be at 3PM... On another note, I kinda hoped to get them to sign something, but I can't think of anything that wouldn't be sacrilegious.
I thought the event at Book Revue was going to be at 3PM... On another note, I kinda hoped to get them to sign something, but I can't think of anything that wouldn't be sacrilegious.
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Re: Fun at the bookstore
That's why I had him sign Road to Dune.Tleszer wrote:Sweet! I want a Dune slingsack back pack!
I thought the event at Book Revue was going to be at 3PM... On another note, I kinda hoped to get them to sign something, but I can't think of anything that wouldn't be sacrilegious.
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Thanks for the suggestion, FreakZ.
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Yeah, I believe the only reason they claim the books are co-written is so they can be on the shelf next to the originals.SandChigger wrote:File 'em under Anderson and no one will ever find them.
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It might be OK to keep your dope parephenalia in.Tleszer wrote:$10 for that?
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I kinda like the simplicity.
The title with just their names ... kinda implies THEY are the winds of Dune ... the two windy things ... full of hot air.
The title with just their names ... kinda implies THEY are the winds of Dune ... the two windy things ... full of hot air.
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Then it would have to have been called "The Blow of Dune"Freakzilla wrote:It might be OK to keep your dope parephenalia in.Tleszer wrote:$10 for that?
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So...is that thing for hiking with drugs?inhuien wrote:Then it would have to have been called "The Blow of Dune"Freakzilla wrote:It might be OK to keep your dope parephenalia in.Tleszer wrote:$10 for that?
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More fun at the bookstore!
After altering the Winds of Dune display at the local B&N (sadly, those images came out too crappy to post; you've got to stand still as a statue to shoot with the iPhone's useless camera), I jammed upstairs to pick up my new, 100-percent Kevin J. Anderson-free version of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein (as discussed in another thread which I can't find at the moment).
And look, there it is in glorious color: lots of Koontz, lots of Frankenstein ... and no Hackerson at all! As the shirt says: "Woot!"
The guilt-free re-reading begins tonight. I've got it in Koontz's own words: he basically took TheKJA's draft, ignored it, and wrote his own book.
Today is a good day.
After altering the Winds of Dune display at the local B&N (sadly, those images came out too crappy to post; you've got to stand still as a statue to shoot with the iPhone's useless camera), I jammed upstairs to pick up my new, 100-percent Kevin J. Anderson-free version of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein (as discussed in another thread which I can't find at the moment).
And look, there it is in glorious color: lots of Koontz, lots of Frankenstein ... and no Hackerson at all! As the shirt says: "Woot!"
The guilt-free re-reading begins tonight. I've got it in Koontz's own words: he basically took TheKJA's draft, ignored it, and wrote his own book.
Today is a good day.
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Nice one!TheDukester wrote: I jammed upstairs to pick up my new, 100-percent Kevin J. Anderson-free version of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein (as discussed in another thread which I can't find at the moment).
(and the thread is here).
HBJ
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Wow, does Koontz just plain dismiss TheKJA, or what?
A short paragraph with plenty of read-between-the-lines potential, and that is it! He doesn't even mention Hacky by name.
See ya, Keith!
A short paragraph with plenty of read-between-the-lines potential, and that is it! He doesn't even mention Hacky by name.
See ya, Keith!
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Re: Fun at the bookstore
That is so Junior High
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Re: Fun at the bookstore
Is this what kja sent you over here for? I'm not sure he'd be so impressed. Maybe we should ask him?
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Do you think he really cares about you guys?
Give me a break
Give me a break
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If he didn't why would he send his special people across the internet? He cares and so do the publishers and so do you.redbugpest wrote:Do you think he really cares about you guys?
Give me a break
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Cares? No.redbugpest wrote:Do you think he really cares about you guys?
Give me a break
Afraid? Hell yes...
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Oh, he cares deeply, genius. You'd realize that if you weren't dead above the neck.redbugpest wrote:Do you think he really cares about you guys?
I've never seen an author who is so hyper-aware of the criticism leveled against him ... and who is so quick to respond with insults and feigned indifference. It's the very definition of pathetic, considering this is an alleged adult we're talking about.
He's a late-40s man-child who likes to go pew! pew! pew!-pew!-pew! And who gets his widdle feewings huwt if not everybody loves him. Sound familiar?
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He cares pretty deeply. Secretly he wishes that he could change our minds. Hmmm. Maybe that's why he doesn't really care about you. Youve already succumbed to him.redbugpest wrote:Do you think he really cares about you guys?
Give me a break
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So "junior high"? "Do you think he cares?"
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Oh, come on ... that's just not fair.redbugpest wrote:That is so Junior High
Messing with bookstore displays is at least lower-level high school.
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I just wish there was a symbol that one could accidentally leave when one accidentally rearranges an author out of a certain section of a bookstore. A sign, a calling card to let those who know their sietches that this is Jacurutu territory.
Also we ever discuss that Jacurutu is the name of a river in Brazil?
Also we ever discuss that Jacurutu is the name of a river in Brazil?
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We discussed that it was a town, don't know if the town is on the river.Apjak wrote:I just wish there was a symbol that one could accidentally leave when one accidentally rearranges an author out of a certain section of a bookstore. A sign, a calling card to let those who know their sietches that this is Jacurutu territory.
Also we ever discuss that Jacurutu is the name of a river in Brazil?
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I think both Lisan and Carlos have mentioned it (and/or a town?) in the past, either here or on other sites (Arrakeen? DN?).
(Ack! Beat to the punch by da Thang! )
A Jacurutu symbol you could print out on little slips of paper (like bookmarks?) and leave in the pages ... I like it.
(Ack! Beat to the punch by da Thang! )
A Jacurutu symbol you could print out on little slips of paper (like bookmarks?) and leave in the pages ... I like it.
"Let the dead give water to the dead. As for me, it's NO MORE FUCKING TEARS!"