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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: Pete Velcro on April 10, 2008, 07:49:43 PM
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Butch Patrick: One
Tom: Zero
From Wikipedia:
Butch Patrick...has completed his upcoming biography with his author Helen Darras. The book, published in early 2008, details Butch's first 25 years in Hollywood and is entitled "Eddie Munster AKA Butch Patrick."
That title really pops.
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(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61rJquZ8CKL._SS400_.jpg)
Wow. This is real. Check out the cover.
"Foreword by Sister of Beatle George Harrison, Louise Harrison"
I guess he was promoting his book at Beatlefest.
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Holy Shit!
Louise Harrison was a speaker at BeatleFest when I went there in 1995. I am NOT joking.
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I think I heard Howard Stern talking about this. He declined to write a forward so they just put in a transcription of some of what he said on the radio, without his knowledge.
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The RZA wrote a book called THE WU-TANG MANUAL. If you aren't a Wu-Tang fan, I could see it being called a terrible book...but you know what? I am a fan, and I loved it.
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Dee Snider.
Rocker.
Concerned parent.
Author.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Dee-Sniders-Teenage-Survival-Guide/Dee-Snider/e/9780385239004
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Let's not forget Jamie Lee Curtis, the acclaimed author of "Is There A Human Race".
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http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2007/10/artie_lange_to_publish_memoir.html
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Nikki_Sixx.jpg/220px-Nikki_Sixx.jpg)
Nikki Sixx: 1
Tom: 0
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(http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://brianromero.com/blog/2007/11_november/slash_signing_whisky.jpg&imgrefurl=http://brian-romero.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html&h=800&w=533&sz=63&hl=en&start=1&sig2=59sKzfs9xjwfM7ii4ODNew&tbnid=vZJVWlbzQsn98M:&tbnh=143&tbnw=95&ei=0fwESKLPB5eMigH6ocTECg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dslash%2Bsigning%2Bbook%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den)
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(http://www.hitzonly.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/miley-cyrus.jpg)
Miley Cyrus: 1
Tom: 0
http://thebestwho.com/2008/04/22/miley-cyrus-to-write-memoir-of-her-whole-15-years/
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David Letterman: 1
Tom: 0
(http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5192/vlcsnap4316099to8.jpg)
(actually, counting all the "top ten" books probably makes it 10-0)
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Danielle Steel: 74
Tom: 0
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The RZA wrote a book called THE WU-TANG MANUAL. If you aren't a Wu-Tang fan, I could see it being called a terrible book...but you know what? I am a fan, and I loved it.
I saw a "Method Man" graphic novel at this year's Comic Con, co-authored by Method Man. It... didn't look good.
http://www.amazon.com/Method-Man/dp/0446699721
What if Tom wrote the story for a one-shot graphic novel (something that writes itself, like "A Newbridge Halloween To Remember") and has one of the FOTs illustrate it. That'd get him on the board, right?
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As EXTREMELY sad as it is for me to say... Andy Milonakis 1, Tom 0:
http://www.amazon.com/Andy-Milonakis-Quote-Book/dp/1416532854/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221603006&sr=1-1
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holy crap, that andy milonakis book is the topper. it's like tom's worst nightmare!
the eddie munster one is fantastic too. that cover looks like something omar would photoshop or something, hahaha.
also, that wu-tang manual is pretty awesome.
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"Celebrity Vinyl" by Tom Hamling
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51g9-hx-ZOL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
I don't know who he is but
Hamling: 1
Scharpling: 0
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(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/42/18/c05b729fd7a01455a1d10110.L.jpg)
Anne Frank: 1
Tom: 0
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(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/42/18/c05b729fd7a01455a1d10110.L.jpg)
Anne Frank: 1
Tom: 0
She didn't write a sequel? Lazy.
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(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61rJquZ8CKL._SS400_.jpg)
Wow. This is real. Check out the cover.
"Foreword by Sister of Beatle George Harrison, Louise Harrison"
I guess he was promoting his book at Beatlefest.
Off topic but,
Louise is a friend of my family. She stays over at my parent's house sometimes. It's pretty weird.
I'm not bragging....
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The RZA wrote a book called THE WU-TANG MANUAL. If you aren't a Wu-Tang fan, I could see it being called a terrible book...but you know what? I am a fan, and I loved it.
I thought the Wu-Tang Manual was a really cool format for a band book. A mixture of history, their personal beliefs, and annotated lyrics. A fun read.
I love the fact that the Butch Patrick memoir is about the first 25 years of his entertainment career. It suggests that there could be a sequel, and also I think I'd much rather read about his life during the past 25 years where he is a washed up child actor.
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(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/39/94/362bb220dca0104aefba8010._AA240_.L.jpg)
Bob Uecker!
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(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01001/460-david-beckham_1001088c.jpg)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3107140/David-Beckham-to-launch-childrens-books.html
David Beckham is to launch a series of children's books with plots set in his football academies.
The stories, aimed at seven year olds, will be about what a group of young footballers get up to on the pitch and after training.
The books will also have tips, a pull-out tactics board and statistics on the game.
The first book in the series, which has not yet been given a title, is due to be released in June 2009 but publishers say the books will not be written by Beckham.
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A series!
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No one's posted this yet?
(http://media.kansan.com/img/photos/2008/04/16/candy_girl.jpg)
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Not that surprising and possibly not a terrible book, but:
Tina Fey Signs Book Deal (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/04/tina-fey-signs-book-deal_n_131866.html)
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(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X1JNIthxL._SS500_.jpg)
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That is a very optimistic way of looking at the "book problem."
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Found out about this one today.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wE1n6eO6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
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Rock & Roll Heaven: A Fascinating Guide to Musical Icons Who Have Joined the Great Gig in the Sky
by Robert Dimery and Bruno MacDonald
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ocw6BqV4L._SS500_.jpg)
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joe the plumber!
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/11/joe_the_plumber_gets_book_deal.html (http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/11/joe_the_plumber_gets_book_deal.html)
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(http://trishsdiary.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/swine-not.jpg)
From Wikipedia:
Buffett has written 3 No. 1 best sellers. Tales from Margaritaville and Where Is Joe Merchant? both spent over seven months on the New York Times Best Seller fiction list. His book A Pirate Looks At Fifty went straight to No. 1 on the New York Times Bestseller non-fiction list, making him one of seven authors in that list's history to have reached No. 1 on both the fiction and non-fiction lists. The other six authors who have accomplished this are Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss and Mitch Albom.
Buffett also co-wrote two children's books, The Jolly Mon and Trouble Dolls, with his eldest daughter, Savannah Jane Buffett. The original hard cover release of the The Jolly Mon included a cassette tape recording of him and Savannah Jane reading the story accompanied by an original score written by Michael Utley.
Buffett's novel A Salty Piece of Land, was released on November 30, 2004, and the first edition of the book included a CD single of the song "A Salty Piece Of Land", which was recorded for License to Chill. The book was a New York Times best seller soon after its release.
Buffett's latest title, Swine Not?, was released May 13, 2008.
Buffett is currently writing a follow-up to his autobiography A Pirate Looks At Fifty, which he says may take up to ten years to write and complete.
Jimmy Buffett: 7
Tom: 0
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Ick. I just saw Olivia Munn on Talk Show with Spike Fereston talking about her upcoming book "Why I'd Rather Date A Geek"
Is there anything worse for her than the Hate Pit?
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Is there anything worse for her than the Hate Pit?
Yeah, Spiker Feresten's couch.
http://www.instantrimshot.com/ (http://www.instantrimshot.com/)
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Ick. I just saw Olivia Munn on Talk Show with Spike Fereston talking about her upcoming book "Why I'd Rather Date A Geek"
Is there anything worse for her than the Hate Pit?
You'll find out soon enough (shakes fist).
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXgJ7X5c8cI[/youtube]
Who wouldn't want to hear what she has to say?
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(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51abFJZW27L._SS500_.jpg)
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Ick. I just saw Olivia Munn on Talk Show with Spike Fereston talking about her upcoming book "Why I'd Rather Date A Geek"
Is there anything worse for her than the Hate Pit?
Oh god this is true. Just found this on the G4TV forum, posted by 'omunn'
I am writing a book. It's gonna be a book of essays.. probably going to consist of really inappropriate stories :) working on it now.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: no justice.
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I'm a fan of Michael Ian Black, but http://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Cheeks-Michael-Ian-Black/dp/1416948643
That probably took five minutes to write and he's getting paid for it. He doesn't even draw it! Moose Caboose. Come on.
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I'm a fan of Michael Ian Black, but http://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Cheeks-Michael-Ian-Black/dp/1416948643
That probably took five minutes to write and he's getting paid for it. He doesn't even draw it! Moose Caboose. Come on.
hey, give him a break, My Custom Van is great and definitely worth checking out.
http://www.amazon.com/My-Custom-Van-Mind-Blowing-Essays/dp/1416964053/ref=pd_cp_b_0?pf_rd_p=413864201&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1416948643&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=12BRGQ5MZCRZ0K49HA6T
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(http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:SSEuoJCXeaSPsM:http://www.jumpcut.com/media/dyn/aa/6a09/59bc7509240151f1237a14a86f/lq.jpg)It's time for Tom to go on sabattical in Atlantic City and return with 300 pages for the new year.
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(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4773/51vuxzmte2lss5006301002.jpg) (http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=51vuxzmte2lss5006301002.jpg)
In Causing a Scene, the group's agents provide a hilarious firsthand account of their mischievous antics. Learn how they created a time loop in a Starbucks and gave Best Buy eighty extra employees. Join in on the fun with this irreverent, behind-the-scenes look at Improv Everywhere's world-famous missions, and get inspired to create your own memorable mayhem. (http://www.amazon.com/Causing-Scene-Extraordinary-Ordinary-Everywhere/dp/006170363X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242766290&sr=1-1)
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I only know Michael Ian Black from his appearances on VH1's 'I Love the Whatevers,' but if those are any indication of his act, I would definitely pay to see him punched in the face.
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Have I mentioned that I have a book?
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One of the many things I do to make sure my next apartment isn't a refrigerator box over a subway grate is ghost writing. As a ghost writer, I'm actually responsible for 3 books -- two you've almost definitely never heard of, one you almost definitely have.
Having worked in publishing for over a decade, I can tell you that -- with rare exceptions -- getting published as a non-celebrity/non-parasite is a tiring, demoralizing experience. C'mon, does Tom really want to be classed with Tila Tequila?
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Kanye! (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090526/entertainment/centertainment_us_kanyewest)
His book is 52 pages -- some blank, others with just a few words -- and offers his optimistic philosophy on life.
"Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed," West said. "I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph.
"I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life," he said.
I urge you to follow the link above. The whole article is really amazing.
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He is so, so dumb. I love it.
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Thank god someone finally has the guts to speak out on the tyranny of books. Knowledge, your cruel reign is over!
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Kanye West calling someone self-absorbed? That's richer than the piece of Dutch chocolate cake I wish I were eating right now.
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He is so, so dumb. I love it.
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For some reason, I just read "Angels and Demons." I don't know why I did it.
Anyway, the book has 137 chapters. No good book has 137 chapters. I'm just saying.
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Cat's Cradle has 127 chapters. Though they're mostly one or two pages long.
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(http://cache.thephoenix.com/secure/uploadedImages/The_Phoenix/Arts/Books/JoeyKramer_HitHard_bkCover%281%29.jpg)
I wonder how this compares to "Hey Ho Let's A Drummer's Life."
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(http://cache.thephoenix.com/secure/uploadedImages/The_Phoenix/Arts/Books/JoeyKramer_HitHard_bkCover%281%29.jpg)
I wonder how this compares to "Hey Ho Let's A Drummer's Life."
That has to be one of the worst book covers I have ever seen.
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Kanye! (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090526/entertainment/centertainment_us_kanyewest)
His book is 52 pages -- some blank, others with just a few words -- and offers his optimistic philosophy on life.
"Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed," West said. "I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph.
"I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life," he said.
I urge you to follow the link above. The whole article is really amazing.
Wow - this has to be a joke, even for Kanye.
I think I"ve only heard one or two Kanye songs - the one where he just rephrases the lyrics of the Daft Punk song over-top of the Daft Punk song, and then I saw him when he was on SNL - was that one of those auto-tuned songs? This guy is supposed to be a genius?
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THANK YOU AND YOU'RE WELCOME
has been out for ages.
I sent it to my secret santee last xmas.
Surprised that it's news now.
But it is mental.
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One day very soon: Spike: 1 - Tom:0
I am not, however, prejudging Weirdos On Parade as terrible.
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Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 Characters or Less (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061897272/thedayhascome-20)
Product Description
Sometimes, what happens on Twitter shouldn't stay on Twitter.
Twitter Wit is the first ever compilation of Twitter aphorisms and witticisms, celebrating a medium that has enabled millions of users to broadcast their lives and quips within Twitter's 140-character limit, thus reinventing wordplay in the tradition of Dorothy Parker and Oscar Wilde. This collection includes hundreds of the most memorable and hilarious tweets to date, demonstrating that inside every moment is a joke waiting to be written.
Everybody's twittering—from millions of regular folks to world-famous celebrities and writers like Ashton Kutcher, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Sarah Silverman, Penn Jillette, Neil Gaiman, Paula Poundstone, Susan Orlean, Russell Brand, Margaret Cho, Stephen Fry, Rainn Wilson, and Diablo Cody—they're all here, and all of them sharp as stilettos.
Then again, I suppose Tom could be in it.
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Not one terrible book, but I was infuriated to find out that James Patterson just signed a 17-book deal.
http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/celebrity/best_selling_authorformer_adman_james_patterson_signs_massive_book_deal_with_hachette_130698.asp
What's even crazier is that the deal ends in 2012. That's almost 6 books a year. Insane.
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It's not really a problem when you don't actually write any of them.
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Not one terrible book, but I was infuriated to find out that James Patterson just signed a 17-book deal.
http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/celebrity/best_selling_authorformer_adman_james_patterson_signs_massive_book_deal_with_hachette_130698.asp
What's even crazier is that the deal ends in 2012. That's almost 6 books a year. Insane.
I have a couple of friends who have gotten jobs out of this. I'm not sure how I feel about that, given how tough da biz is right now.
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Not one terrible book, but I was infuriated to find out that James Patterson just signed a 17-book deal.
http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/celebrity/best_selling_authorformer_adman_james_patterson_signs_massive_book_deal_with_hachette_130698.asp
What's even crazier is that the deal ends in 2012. That's almost 6 books a year. Insane.
I have a couple of friends who have gotten jobs out of this. I'm not sure how I feel about that, given how tough da biz is right now.
If it puts people to work then, I guess I have less of a problem with it. Everybody's gotta eat. Still frustrating for the aspiring writer, though.
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If it puts people to work then, I guess I have less of a problem with it. Everybody's gotta eat. Still frustrating for the aspiring writer, though.
Well, that's the thing ... this is not exactly a stable time in this or any other business. I'd hate to hook my wagon to one author, despite the fact that the guy shows no signs of stopping.
His whole thing is "I have so many ideas that I have to have co-authors, because I literally don't have enough time on the planet to make books out of all of them".
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He's also far from the only guy to do that. Nearly every big "franchise" author farms out most of the actual writing.
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Speaking of books, Dan Brown's new brick drops next week in the US. The release of the Swedish edition of the book is a mere week later - the Swedish publishers don't wanna risk people picking up the English version. However, due to insanity, the American publishers refuse to hand over the manuscript to the Swedes until it goes on sale in the US, which gives the Swedes about one week to translate and print the book. Rather than backing off from such an impossible proposition and wait a couple more weeks, the Swedish publishers have decided to chop the book up and give six translators one part each (of about 100 pages), and one week to translate it. Then copy + paste = done.
The potentially schizoid translation might the only reason to read this book.
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Speaking of books, Dan Brown's new brick drops next week in the US. The release of the Swedish edition of the book is a mere week later - the Swedish publishers don't wanna risk people picking up the English version. However, due to insanity, the American publishers refuse to hand over the manuscript to the Swedes until it goes on sale in the US, which gives the Swedes about one week to translate and print the book. Rather than backing off from such an impossible proposition and wait a couple more weeks, the Swedish publishers have decided to chop the book up and give six translators one part each (of about 100 pages), and one week to translate it. Then copy + paste = done.
The potentially schizoid translation might the only reason to read this book.
Just read today that this book might feature clones of Jesus. There's a part of me that really wants to read it.
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I'll read it with disgust/pleasure round Christmas, when my dad inevitably gets a copy. Jesus clones deserve an afternoon.
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I'll read it with disgust/pleasure round Christmas, when my dad inevitably gets a copy. Jesus clones deserve an afternoon.
Also for those of us who have to travel a lot, you can play a little game with yourself where you try and guess what percentage of the people on your plane are reading a Dan Brown book. The backlist counts. Once, at the height of the Da Vinci Code frenzy, no lie - 25%.
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Speaking of books, Dan Brown's new brick drops next week in the US. The release of the Swedish edition of the book is a mere week later - the Swedish publishers don't wanna risk people picking up the English version. However, due to insanity, the American publishers refuse to hand over the manuscript to the Swedes until it goes on sale in the US, which gives the Swedes about one week to translate and print the book. Rather than backing off from such an impossible proposition and wait a couple more weeks, the Swedish publishers have decided to chop the book up and give six translators one part each (of about 100 pages), and one week to translate it. Then copy + paste = done.
The potentially schizoid translation might the only reason to read this book.
This crazy Swedish translation process would make a better movie than any of Dan Brown's book. I think Ron Howard should direct it -- it would be a nice book end to Apollo 13 -- and I think Omar should have a cameo as a scrivener.
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Just read today that this book might feature clones of Jesus.
"The Boys From Nazareth?"
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I'll read it with disgust/pleasure round Christmas, when my dad inevitably gets a copy. Jesus clones deserve an afternoon.
Also for those of us who have to travel a lot, you can play a little game with yourself where you try and guess what percentage of the people on your plane are reading a Dan Brown book. The backlist counts. Once, at the height of the Da Vinci Code frenzy, no lie - 25%.
Copies of DaVinci Code litter crash site (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/36322)...
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It's not really a problem when you don't actually write any of them.
He's the Keith Haring of tossed off thrillers?
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Cast of Jersey Shore: two
Tom: zero
Two Jersey Shore Cast Members Sign Book Deal (http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/03/two_jersey_shore_cast_members_1.html)
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The cast of Jersey Shore was visiting Mets spring training camp today, for some reason. That filled me with a terrifying vision of one of those shaved apes sucker punching Johan Santana.
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Pete Wentz: 2 (I think)
Tom: 0
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ng4pX4j0L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Looks like it's an autobiographical novel about the alienation of being a rock star.
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From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Wentz):
Writing
Wentz has written a book entitled The Boy With the Thorn In His Side, a story based on nightmares he had as a child. The title is a reference to a track on The Smiths' album The Queen Is Dead. Wentz explained that writing books serves as another mode of self-expression other than songwriting: "My inspiration and my ideas don't begin and end at the beginning and the ending of a song. It is too limiting." It was reported that he was to publish another book entitled "Rainy Day Kids". Years went by without any word on the book's progress and Wentz even expressed on his Twitter account that he didn't think it would ever come to fruition. However in February 2012, he posted a photo on his personal blog of what appears to be a rough draft of the book's manuscript, explaining that he is currently in the process of editing Rainy Day Kids and that it will be 40-50 pages longer than he originally expected. On December 13, 2012, Wentz revealed the cover for the book, now titled "Gray", on his personal blog. The cover states that he co-wrote the book with MTV News writer and former FNMTV co-host James Montgomery. Wentz went on to announce that the book was available for pre-order and would be released on February 26, 2013.
In June 2009, it was announced Wentz was working on a five-issue comic book mini-series called Fall Out Toy Works, to be published by Image Comics. The idea was conceived by Wentz and designer Darren Romanelli. The plot is loosely based on the Fall Out Boy song "Tiffany Blews" and focuses on "a mysterious toymaker, a cyborg gal named Tiffany and a kid in a bear suit that looks lifted from the cover of Fall Out Boy's Folie á Deux". With writing by Brett Lewis, and art by Sam Basri, the first issue was released on September 2, 2009.