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Bryan

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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #45 on: May 26, 2009, 04:23:22 PM »
Kanye!

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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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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #46 on: May 26, 2009, 04:29:15 PM »
He is so, so dumb. I love it.
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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #47 on: May 26, 2009, 04:59:39 PM »
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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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #48 on: May 26, 2009, 05:04:06 PM »
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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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #49 on: May 26, 2009, 06:14:39 PM »

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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #50 on: May 27, 2009, 10:55:49 AM »
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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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #51 on: May 27, 2009, 11:33:46 AM »
Cat's Cradle has 127 chapters. Though they're mostly one or two pages long.
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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #52 on: July 13, 2009, 03:04:43 PM »

I wonder how this compares to "Hey Ho Let's A Drummer's Life."

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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #53 on: July 14, 2009, 09:13:17 AM »

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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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #54 on: July 14, 2009, 09:16:54 AM »
Kanye!

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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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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #55 on: July 14, 2009, 09:18:54 AM »
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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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #56 on: July 22, 2009, 10:03:10 PM »
One day very soon: Spike: 1 - Tom:0

I am not, however, prejudging Weirdos On Parade as terrible.
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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #57 on: September 10, 2009, 11:43:11 AM »
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Then again, I suppose Tom could be in it.

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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #58 on: September 10, 2009, 12:22:09 PM »
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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Re: People with terrible books - Tom: Zero
« Reply #59 on: September 10, 2009, 01:20:47 PM »
It's not really a problem when you don't actually write any of them.
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