Another week has gone by. Still waiting.TheDukester wrote:Still waiting ...
Simon? Byron Brownshirt? Anyone? Where are these "professional" reviews?
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Another week has gone by. Still waiting.TheDukester wrote:Still waiting ...
Still waiting ...TheDukester wrote:So Kevvie, Byron, Simon, any other preek drones, anyone at the HLP ... show me where these "professional" and "rave" reviews are.
I, too, would like to read some professional reviews. I typed "Paul of Dune" into Google last night and got nothing but a few reviews that KJA so proudly talks about, but nothing from the NYT or anything.TheDukester wrote:Still waiting ...TheDukester wrote:So Kevvie, Byron, Simon, any other preek drones, anyone at the HLP ... show me where these "professional" and "rave" reviews are.
Original request was made Sept. 26.
Anyone? Bueller?
Just one link?
Yeah, I didn't think so.
It looks like PoD was in the USA Today Top 150 for two weeks, from 9/25 to 10/02, before it fell off the list. LOL.TheDukester wrote:Wow, this doesn't make any sense.
Byron Brownshirt told me that Paul of Dune was, like, really, really good. It was, like, the "best thing thing they'd ever done."
Yet it cannot be found in the list of the top 150 books in the USA Today rankings:
http://content.usatoday.com/life/books/ ... fault.aspx
So, let me see here: Byron always says that sales and rankings equal quality, right? So, then, does Paul of Dune actually ... suck?
I'm so conflicted here. Explain this to me, Byron. Please email me at byron-sold-his-soul@eat-shit.com
Can someone who is not banned from DN ask Byron if PoD is so awesome than why is it tanking in relation to other novels, some of which have been on the bestseller lists for numerous weeks?TheDukester wrote:Also of note: Amazon sales rank is #648, even with massive deletions of 1-star reviews. And this for a book that's only been out for five weeks.
As our friend Chigger might say, this turd is falllllllllllliiiiiinnnnggg ...
Looks like the HLP will be seeing some smaller checks this time around. And it couldn't happen to a nicer group of assholes.
I'd like to see his rationalization for this, too.Frybread wrote:Can someone who is not banned from DN ask Byron if PoD is so awesome than why is it tanking in relation to other novels, some of which have been on the bestseller lists for numerous weeks?TheDukester wrote:Also of note: Amazon sales rank is #648, even with massive deletions of 1-star reviews. And this for a book that's only been out for five weeks.
As our friend Chigger might say, this turd is falllllllllllliiiiiinnnnggg ...
Looks like the HLP will be seeing some smaller checks this time around. And it couldn't happen to a nicer group of assholes.
It just seems if KJA/BH is so great than why is PoD not in the top 10 ... or even the top 25?
I believe PuD has done much worse on the lists than their previous books. It has always been Byron's argument that sales numbers equals quality, thus we are wrong.Hunchback Jack wrote:Really? I mean, I'm no fan of the new books, but quibbling about whether the book is in the top 10 or the top 20 of the NYT bestseller list seems kind of lame to me.
I don't think anyone doubts the books are *selling*. But that doesn't mean they're any good. It just means they sell to the LCD.
HBJ
Sales and rankings and that sort of thing can be useful in a couple of ways, although I certainly wouldn't argue that they are a definitive answer to anything.Hunchback Jack wrote:Really? I mean, I'm no fan of the new books, but quibbling about whether the book is in the top 10 or the top 20 of the NYT bestseller list seems kind of lame to me.
I hope not, hopefully we'll see a resurgance of FH fans. But I'm alsmost sure this movie is going to suck.DuneFishUK wrote:I reckon Irulan will do better. Not because it'll be a better book or anything, but because of the new film.
The flipside of this, is that we might see some proper reviews for a change. And I'd like to see some proper reviews of this shit.
In Kevin's fantasy world, the new movie will do well because of his and That Other Guy's Dune novels to-date. And IoD will do well because it will just be awesome.DuneFishUK wrote:I reckon Irulan will do better. Not because it'll be a better book or anything, but because of the new film.
The flipside of this, is that we might see some proper reviews for a change. And I'd like to see some proper reviews of this shit.