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MaterialWitness
Single Cell Organism
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scarrow
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Posted - 25 July 2007 : 3:45:32 PM
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AndyCanty
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 25 July 2007 : 10:04:40 PM
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Top review there Ben! 
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Bush.KIA
Single Cell Organism
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Posted - 26 July 2007 : 07:01:13 AM
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Good review - my copy is on its way from Amazon! :)
Alex - 10 Questions - On the Beach?? Really?, I found that to be one of the most depressing books I have ever read!
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26 July 2007 : 10:39:46 AM
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Nice review, Ben!
"We are Starfleet Officers, weird is part of the job."
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mike
Dinosaur
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27 July 2007 : 7:17:37 PM
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My copy has only just arrived today.
One thing I've noticed - there are no quotes on the front or back.
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scarrow
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Posted - 27 July 2007 : 7:28:15 PM
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You mean the ol' "a brilliant book by a brilliant new talent" - Stephen King....kind of thing?
Yup. Apparently (unless you're some bigshot) authors have to arrange that themselves. ie: get a well known author buddy to pass judgement. Sadly, in the thriller world, I know no one.
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mike
Dinosaur
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27 July 2007 : 7:40:11 PM
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Not sure they do Alex.
When browsing in bookshops, I'll rarely buy a novel that doesn't have at least one acclamation on it.
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AndyCanty
Homosapien
United Kingdom
6782 Posts |
Posted - 27 July 2007 : 8:00:49 PM
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i'd have to disagree mike, i dont think i've ever brought a book on he strength on a quote.
i'm sure most of the books i've read over the years (especially the starwars ones and I think the Eddings ones) dont have them.
Thing is invariably if there is a quote, on the cover i will view is with cynicism. thoughts like "did they actaully read it!" and if this si book 4 have they even read it at all????
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mike
Dinosaur
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27 July 2007 : 8:19:12 PM
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I'm with you Andy - I've never bought a book on the strength of a quote.
But it has tipped the balance, especially when I'm browsing in discount bookshops.
When I pick up the 'three for a fiver' novels by unknown authors (I bought Under the Eagle like this from the Works), the quotes do make a difference.
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Laidback
Invertebrate
Thailand
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 Posted - 27 July 2007 : 8:26:29 PM
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My copy arrived today 
I'm looking forward to reading it when i'm finished the book i'm on now.
I can't speak for anyone else, but personally i can't remember the last time i even read one of those comments on the back of a book, let alone use it to make a decision........... I mean, they only print good comments don't they? .............. if they printed comments like "crap book, but came in handy as i had run out of toilet paper " as well as the backslapping ones then i'd start paying attention. |
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Bush.KIA
Single Cell Organism
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Posted - 28 July 2007 : 05:40:18 AM
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Mine too - :)
As for quotes - they never sway me, but good reviews on Amazon do for sure.
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Bush.KIA
Single Cell Organism
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Posted - 28 July 2007 : 2:39:49 PM
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Scarrow - my wife wants a piece of you!!! I have been reading all morning and we it would seem "need to go to Harrods to look at a mirror", one more chapter and we can go! ;)
Great read :)
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scarrow
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Posted - 29 July 2007 : 12:46:51 PM
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| Bush...do me a huge favour and post the most wonderful review you can come up with on Amazon, would you? :-) |
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Bush.KIA
Single Cell Organism
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Posted - 29 July 2007 : 2:30:17 PM
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Done - just don't shoot me for any spelling mistakes! ;)
And remember I am Telecoms Exec not a book reviewer, so I hope its what you were after! :)
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 July 2007 : 4:54:13 PM
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back to the quotes on the covers...i think a lot of readers view them with scepticism these days, when you see the same quote on many covers it loses value...the cover should be the big draw and is with me, it needs to catch the eye and make you pick it up. I am really starting to see the value of a neutral cover, it makes you pick it up and read the blurb...and thats what sinks the hook in.
Centurion Parmenion
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mike
Dinosaur
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 July 2007 : 6:27:17 PM
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On reading your thoughts Parm, I leaned back and picked up a couple of Simon's books off the shelves. Crammed with quotes, they were. Bernard Cornwell was quoted twice on Eagle in the Sand and once on Young Bloods!
These quotes are there for a reason- because they work.
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 July 2007 : 6:32:38 PM
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they did not make me touch the books though, the covers did that, i remember when i picked up Under the eagle, the cover intrigued me, thoe cover of young bloods is fantastic, the colour the texture the pictures...i didnt even notice the quote. Id rather rely on a mate telling me its good, from experience some authors write well but read utter crap books so their endorsement is not that worth while, id rather some one like andy with similar taste told me about a good book.
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02 August 2007 : 10:48:14 AM
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Finished the book on the trains/plane home....WOW!
I tell you, Alex, it's a stunner. It was sooooo real that it's spooked me into stocking up my larder big time.
[David is complaining that he's been on to me for years about keeping a stocked larder, but no, I don't listen to him; but I'll listen to you! Humpf!]
"We are Starfleet Officers, weird is part of the job."
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AndyCanty
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02 August 2007 : 10:53:12 AM
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That is what I call serious reading time Ankhsy!
Did your CE arrive ok?
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
14676 Posts |
Posted - 02 August 2007 : 12:42:45 PM
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if any area can survive this it would be your island ankhsy...the problem you might have is a couple of dozen scarrow wags decending on your house to hide out the appocalypse.
Centurion Parmenion
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AndyCanty
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02 August 2007 : 1:27:29 PM
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LOL, good point, do you think we should all ship in to help Ankhsy finish the Scarrowag hotel?
Maybe find that celler thats supposed to be there....
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 August 2007 : 10:03:39 AM
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You can have your pick of Napoleonic forts or German bunkers here. And when I find the German reinforced concrete cellar that is supposed to be somewhere on our property...........I'll stock the wine.
Who needs interruption of oil supplies to run our of food here? Five days of fog has the same effect.
"We are Starfleet Officers, weird is part of the job."
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 August 2007 : 10:05:58 AM
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Oh yeah, CE edition arrived hunky dorey. Thanks, Andy. Next time, don't forget the bubble wrap. Twice it hasn't mattered, but we don't want to be presumptuous of Fortuna a third time.
[goes off to slaughter a virgin as sacrifice just in case]
[sorry, fresh out of virgins on Alderney. Will a sheep do?]
"We are Starfleet Officers, weird is part of the job."
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 August 2007 : 10:15:12 AM
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if the sheeps a vigin ...why not!!...but how can you tell??
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AndyCanty
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 August 2007 : 10:26:20 AM
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Ankhsy, yeah i've been looking at bubble wrap, just gotta find the right stuff.
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
14676 Posts |
Posted - 03 August 2007 : 11:25:06 AM
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there are some suppliers who sell it in nice big rolls mate..
Centurion Parmenion
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AndyCanty
Homosapien
United Kingdom
6782 Posts |
Posted - 03 August 2007 : 12:07:35 PM
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yeah i know, but it's storing it etc...those rolls are big!
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
14676 Posts |
Posted - 03 August 2007 : 1:03:07 PM
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thats what attics are for mate...you should see mine...cardboard hell up there
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AndyCanty
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 August 2007 : 1:18:08 PM
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hmm, small problem it's full of other stuff, that the wife 'deems' we have to hang onto.....bane of my life!!!
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
7861 Posts |
Posted - 06 August 2007 : 12:05:26 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Parmenion
if the sheeps a vigin ...why not!!...but how can you tell??
...maybe is you catch the sheep young enough? A lamb?
"We are Starfleet Officers, weird is part of the job."
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