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Mon, May. 5th, 2008, 05:15 pm
On greasing the pan
Anyone up for a particularly cruel and vindictive practical joke? You know that person who's constantly whining about the merits of print-on-demand books and how they're unfairly categorized as garbage? The one who keeps arguing that there's gotta be a pony in there somewhere? Do me a favor and give him/her this for Christmas. Writers much better than I have commented that every idiot thinks he has a book in him, and that POD manages to allow them all to achieve their dreams. This one, though, tops my previous personal choice for "The Book That Best Encourages Illiteracy". Mon, May. 5th, 2008 10:28 pm (UTC)
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crazy (3)
Mon, May. 5th, 2008 10:39 pm (UTC)
marlowe1
Seriously, I'm tempted to tag this book with the names of everyone that has ever pissed me off. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 10:43 pm (UTC)
marlowe1
Well the Pac Man is the obvious choice, but then there's the former friend who has collected a group of impressionable teenagers to congratulate her when she "announced her publication" via Authors Den. Hm. I wonder who else I don't like very much these days. Oh right. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 10:30 pm (UTC)
jauncourt
Long ago, when I worked at a small new-agey book wholesaler, we had a bin for rejected books sent as samples to our buying department. Occasionally a real gem of WTFery woudl land atop the pile of charcoal starter. My favorite, which I snagged as I was certain no one would believe me, was titled " The Christ Diet" and had passages in it so hilariously full of religous woo that we read it to each other at breaks for a good week. I still own it, because I can't quite bring myself to throw it away. I'm afraid someone will take it out of the trash and take it seriously. Found it at Amazon. At least it isn't sellgin for 150 smackeroos. Wow. Apparently frightening religious woo is expensive these days. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 10:38 pm (UTC)
marlowe1
Although $150 for a joke gift is pushing it. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 10:41 pm (UTC)
sclerotic_rings
Not if you're buying it with your mark's credit card, it isn't. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 10:39 pm (UTC)
marieb
But I DO have a book in me!!!!! And it will include all of the subjects previously mentioned in my entry! *nods excitedly* Mon, May. 5th, 2008 10:42 pm (UTC)
thesaucernews
I don't know what makes me angrier, the caps-locked insanity, that I know people who would find such caps-locked insanity completely reasonable, or the price. It's like this book (and I use that term only because, technically, it is one) has spawned a game of Pong in some dark, reptilian slice of my amygdala, and a fiery ball of rage is bouncing back and forth and back and forth, threatening to burn a path right through my cortex with each building percussion. The terrible truth is, if it were cheaper, a lot cheaper, a lot cheaper, I'd buy it just to see if she can really keep the crazy going... for 648 pages, without cheating with font size or line spacing or something. *bloop* Mon, May. 5th, 2008 10:49 pm (UTC)
czarina69
Apparently, we are on the same wavelength. I was just thinking about writing a book. "God meant for You to Die at Birth: Why scientific medical advances are against God's will." Mon, May. 5th, 2008 10:56 pm (UTC)
sasha_khan
Some people DO have a book in them. I put it there myself. I suggest hardcovers. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 11:24 pm (UTC)
marchenland
Win! I once put a book into someone's eye and nasal passage. It was a feminist child-rearing book, and the eye and nasal passage belonged to a guy who was fairly nice but was being very vulgar and annoying about women at the time. I was flipping through the book and decided that if he said another thing that pissed me off, I was going to throw it at him. He said something that, I admitted later, wasn't THAT bad, but I was tired of waiting. It was just a matter of time, really. He was lucky I didn't put out his eye, and I was lucky he didn't have me charged with assault, but a LOT of people congratulated me for my aim. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 11:05 pm (UTC)
shelleybear
I just ate a wonderful chicken dinner. Right before I clicked on this link. I'm going to share it with you. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 11:18 pm (UTC)
sclerotic_rings
Just so long as you don't box it up and mail it to me fourth-class mail. Tue, May. 6th, 2008 12:12 am (UTC)
shelleybear
Vomit, like revenge, is a dish best served cold. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 11:17 pm (UTC)
catsparx
Christ on a bike!!! Mon, May. 5th, 2008 11:18 pm (UTC)
sclerotic_rings
And just think: I could have sent you a manuscript at the same time and you'd have said that twice in one day! Mon, May. 5th, 2008 11:20 pm (UTC)
catsparx
I did say it twice in one day -- one of your other blog readers posted that link to the Jesus diet. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 11:29 pm (UTC)
catsparx
STOP... STOP!!! Mon, May. 5th, 2008 11:41 pm (UTC)
sclerotic_rings
Hey, you knew I was like this when you married me. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 11:41 pm (UTC)
catsparx
true Mon, May. 5th, 2008 11:32 pm (UTC)
_twilight_
I don't know whether to grab my red pen or ROFL. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 11:24 pm (UTC)
marchenland
I'm REALLY curious about the 7 used and new copies available. I think this is ripe for reader reviews. Mon, May. 5th, 2008 11:36 pm (UTC)
sasha_khan: and now, a dramatic reading of Latawnya...
Tue, May. 6th, 2008 01:26 am (UTC)
gilmoure
I think Eternity of Blood is the main reason for erasing PoD from the world's consciousness. Tue, May. 6th, 2008 03:57 pm (UTC)
graywyvern: POD peeps
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