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KilboFraggins
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 August 2008 : 8:43:59 PM
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Saw October Skies in Waterstones in London today. I thought this wasnt out yet?
Nb: obviously, I bought myself a copy which I shall be reading once I've finished Stephenie Meyer's turgid nonsense. (Actually, I may just put that aside now. I'm not sure I can take too much more of it - I just hate to not finish a book once started) |
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 August 2008 : 5:25:14 PM
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It came out today!!
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John Prigent
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 August 2008 : 6:36:38 PM
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And it's excellent! A gripping read, but don't take my word for it - get it and see for yourself.
Cheers
John
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 August 2008 : 7:11:15 PM
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that it is John!!
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Ankhsy
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 August 2008 : 8:06:45 PM
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I can't wait for my book!
""To be clear-headed rather than confused; lucid rather than obscure; rational rather than otherwise; and to be neither more, nor less, sure of things than is justifiable by argument or evidence. That is worth trying for." Sir Geoffrey Warmock
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 August 2008 : 8:12:17 PM
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i have just found a new problem, my scarrow shelf is full, what do i take off ?? i have my October skies Hb and my Proof of the same book...i could take down the wifes discworld books?...but i may suffer for that. I think Mr Cornwell may have a few titles moved to the study!!...oh the problems these 2 give me?? LOL...need to plan for simons next book as well
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AndyCanty
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 August 2008 : 09:09:17 AM
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For all you Scarrowshop customers, I have the numbered run, but not actually been at home for much more than sleep since I got them from Alex,
The CE is really cool and there are only 10 in HB (all sold as well). hopefully I can get them shipped before the weekend. sorry for the delay peeps.
I've not read the finished article only an early one, so will be a new read when I can settle in and find some time to read it.
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Ankhsy
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 August 2008 : 09:17:05 AM
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Wonderful! I mean getting the book...not you not being at home, Andy. LOL.
I have the same problem with book space, Parm. My solution is I just keep one copy of the book on the shelf and my other copies (yes folks, I do have more than one copy of most scarrowbooks) are boxed away in a dark place where the sun don't shine. (my mezzanine loft....oh ye of dirty minds!)
""To be clear-headed rather than confused; lucid rather than obscure; rational rather than otherwise; and to be neither more, nor less, sure of things than is justifiable by argument or evidence. That is worth trying for." Sir Geoffrey Warmock
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 August 2008 : 11:54:56 AM
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i m ight have to do that, at the moment my on show books are shelved as proof then signed HB, the dining room has a gemmell Shelf (x2) an iggulden shelf, A scarrow shelf (now plus a half) and then 4 Mixed historical fiction shelves, a Tom Clancy shelf and a mixed Slip cased limited shelf.....dont get me started on the spare roon ...sorry...study!
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John Prigent
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 August 2008 : 7:38:40 PM
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I went into our local Sussex Stationer/British Bookshops branch this morning and found they had a just-delivered pile of October Skies on the floor. They said the books were going so fast they hadn't had time to put them on the shelf! The bad news is that they only had the paperback, not the hardcover. No, I didn't buy a copy - why would I want another one? I went in to buy a book for my wife's birthday, not for me!
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John
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scarrow
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Posted - 22 August 2008 : 9:17:28 PM
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| that's really good to hear. Thanks John. I never really know how sales are going until nearly 6 months after release. It's quite a disconnected experience being a writer. |
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AndyCanty
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 August 2008 : 09:55:49 AM
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Al, i'll look at bookscan on tuesday for you and drop you a line, should have last weeks sales on it. which will give you an idea on weekend booksales. 
John, the main release is a paperback, there are very few HBs in circulation. although it appears Amazon have HBs but not sure if it's a mistake or not. waiting for mine to arrive.
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John Prigent
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 August 2008 : 10:32:27 AM
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So those of us who have hardbacks are sitting on a rarity? Woohoo! When Alex is famous those will be _real_ collectors' items, like one of the first Sharpe books with only 500 hardbacks printed in the first edition. (Yes, I bought it on publication, gloat, gloat)
Cheers
John
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 August 2008 : 6:01:40 PM
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id not like to gloat too much...but so do i?? LOL!! (signed) SOLD OUT IN ASDA BTW!...well that or they had not stocked up the section yet..(grin)
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John Prigent
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 August 2008 : 6:48:44 PM
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I was having a little gloat about my Sharpe book, Parm. But it does show that those who buy a new author's first few books because they like them are sitting pretty when they become collectors' items. That's a point, just how many hardbacks _are_ in the first edition of October Skies?
Cheers
John
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 August 2008 : 7:33:48 PM
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(so was i mate, the sharpe book...also have 5 limited editions as well!!) sorry bad punctuation!
not sure what the first print of OS is though..maybe alex knows?
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AndyCanty
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 25 August 2008 : 8:58:52 PM
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I dont know the numbers but I know it's not too many as the mass market Paperback will be in most shops. so I think there will be very few in general circulation, as most are off to librarys and a few other selected outlets...
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26 August 2008 : 12:05:10 PM
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So who has read the book ??
what did you think?
(have you put a review on amazon??)
The paperback seems to be starting to barrel up the amazon charts, it was 100k last week and is already at 16k all weekend when you logged onto amazon uk it was the forst thing you saw on the main page , which was fantastic....Alex you must have been pleased with that?
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Simon Scarrow
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Posted - 26 August 2008 : 2:30:49 PM
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I finished it this morning (should have been working on Fire and Sword but Alex's book really had its hooks into me). I think it is by far and away the best thing that Alex has written. After a nice gradual start it becomes tense and the pace ups relentlessly. As ever the dialogue was great, and I think the characters were well rounded. Better still the book was often intelligent and thought provoking in a way that so many thrillers aren't. October Skies is much smarter than The Da Vinci Code and there is no cop out at the end when the story gallops to a very scary and dramatic climax. Even though I saw what was going to happen, it was handled in a gripping fashion. Having only seen an early draft of this (on which I commented but was not mentioned in the acknowledgment - cheers Alex!)I was hugely impressed by the final outcome. There are one or two moments when the coincidences are a bit too pat (the forensic linguist date is a classic) but all writers do that. Even life does that. And OS never even comes close to the kind of dei ex machina that Ian McYawn keeps hoisting out of a hat. If OS doesn't become a really big hit when the mass market paperback comes out then I will buy an edible hat.
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26 August 2008 : 2:37:20 PM
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on which I commented but was not mentioned in the acknowledgment - cheers Alex!
oops brotherly faux pas!! LOL.
not sure i like this idea of slacking off on Fire & Sword though...do we need to crack the forum whip in your direction simon??
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scarrow
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Posted - 26 August 2008 : 4:23:03 PM
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Arggh. Mind you...it is difficult getting all the thankyous in. To be fair, I thought I'd better limit it to those who'd slogged through the whole of the 1st draft and returned pages of notes (-which was no small task. I don't mind admitting that 1st draft was hard work.)
Glad you enjoyed it though, Simon. Hopefully it'll do well...mind you a long way to go to catch up with Mr 8-in-the-national-charts! Congrats on that bro'. I noticed your sales were not too far off Richand-n-Judy reccomended Linwood Barclay's No Time for Goodbye (crap...I read it) Just goes to show, you don't need their bleedin' approval to be a chart-topper. More power to you.
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Parmenion
Homosapien
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Posted - 26 August 2008 : 4:29:19 PM
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If it helps, i hugely appreciate the appearance in the acknowledgement page...makes me grin as soon as i think about it....see im grinning again now!! [HUGE GRIN]
Its also a huge privilege to be involved at that stage.
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John Prigent
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 26 August 2008 : 7:13:17 PM
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Ditto! To both points. It was also tremendous fun, and interesting as well - though very hard to avoid letting anything slip when folk here were asking about the new book. (Though your merry bank of helpers will be very happy to help with the next one too, Alex!)
Cheers
John
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27 August 2008 : 1:33:24 PM
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Still waiting for my book......but from what you guys say, I'v got VERY HIGH expectations!!!!!!!! Congrats, Alex!
""To be clear-headed rather than confused; lucid rather than obscure; rational rather than otherwise; and to be neither more, nor less, sure of things than is justifiable by argument or evidence. That is worth trying for." Sir Geoffrey Warmock
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Parmenion
Homosapien
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Posted - 27 August 2008 : 9:51:54 PM
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Looks like both PB & HB are rapidly climbing...HB up to 37k & PB up to 10k...come on book keep going!!
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scarrow
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Posted - 28 August 2008 : 08:10:45 AM
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Bush.KIA
Single Cell Organism
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Posted - 29 August 2008 : 07:03:05 AM
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Ankhsy
Homosapien
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 Posted - 29 August 2008 : 12:01:32 PM
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Still waiting for my copy. 
""To be clear-headed rather than confused; lucid rather than obscure; rational rather than otherwise; and to be neither more, nor less, sure of things than is justifiable by argument or evidence. That is worth trying for." Sir Geoffrey Warmock
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scarrow
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Posted - 29 August 2008 : 12:29:11 PM
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Thanks Bush. :-)
Ank? Really? The books should have gone out of our shop nearly a month ago! |
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Parmenion
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 August 2008 : 12:37:27 PM
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not got my scarrowshop either, but im not complaining....i only have to suffer when it arrives and i have to re-organise my book shelf
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