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Topic: Reviewer comments unlikely to be used on book jackets
CRash
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posted May 23, 2005 06:26 PM
"The book you would take with you to a deserted island... to start a signal fire with."
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Meshugener
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posted May 23, 2005 11:30 PM
"This is what happens when you mix three bottles of vodka and a typewriter"
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Vadon
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posted May 24, 2005 12:44 AM
"They say that 1,000 monkeys with 1,000 typewriters and an undefined amount of time could eventually rewrite all the works of Shakespeare.
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Lock and key
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posted May 24, 2005 08:38 PM
"If you've got nothing better to do, here is a book to fill the hours!"
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Exploding Monkey
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posted May 24, 2005 10:48 PM
Hey Vadon![ May 24, 2005, 11:55 PM: Message edited by: Exploding Monkey ]
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Occasional
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posted May 24, 2005 11:41 PM
"I laughed, I cried. Then I laughed and cried some more. Then I picked this book up."
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Lock and key
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posted May 24, 2005 11:52 PM
"Better then any sleep medication on the market today"
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Occasional
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posted May 24, 2005 11:54 PM
"You'll love the cover art. It has nothing to do with the book."
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CRash
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posted May 24, 2005 11:59 PM
"My favorite part was the chapter titles--the most eloquent passages of the book."
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B-HAX
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posted May 25, 2005 12:05 AM
"Guaranteed to pass Microsoft Office spell check! (Watch for Grammar check in next edition)"
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Mahabarata
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posted May 25, 2005 05:45 AM
"Unlike everything else!"
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kaioshin00
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posted May 25, 2005 01:01 PM
"This book has sold tens of copies worldwide!"
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Von
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posted May 25, 2005 01:36 PM
One of those rare efforts which surpasses all expectaions. Hey...You weren't supposed to put this here. Hey, I'm talking to you. Put it back on "Lying Liars" -- Bill Clinton
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Von
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posted May 25, 2005 01:45 PM
99 44/100% Pure! -- Ivory President
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Von
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posted May 25, 2005 01:51 PM
Now I know my ABC's! -- 3Yr Old
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aiua
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posted May 25, 2005 02:57 PM
The wake-up call I got at the end of this book was just what I needed to wake up from when I fell asleep at the beginning!
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0range7Penguin
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posted May 25, 2005 03:05 PM
The official book of Vietcong torture camps!
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Von
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posted May 25, 2005 03:38 PM
It's like a finch on steriods!
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Von
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posted May 25, 2005 03:54 PM
The never ending story!
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Von
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posted May 25, 2005 04:19 PM
Enigma!
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Von
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posted May 25, 2005 04:25 PM
Idle Hands!
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Von
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posted May 25, 2005 04:32 PM
Man of the Century!
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Von
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posted May 25, 2005 04:40 PM
Ravenous!
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Von
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posted May 25, 2005 04:44 PM
Unfaithful!
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Hamson
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posted May 26, 2005 09:59 PM
Includes all 26 letters!
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Starsnuffer
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posted May 26, 2005 10:11 PM
"All I want to know is why "
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Starsnuffer
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posted May 26, 2005 10:13 PM
Chock-full of mind-numbing goodness!
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SteveRogers
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posted May 26, 2005 10:16 PM
You'll want to take it to a Starbucks and, purposely, spill your gourmet coffee on it!
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Starsnuffer
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posted May 26, 2005 10:17 PM
It wishes it didn't suck
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Starsnuffer
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posted May 26, 2005 10:33 PM
quote: Originally posted by DarkKnight: This book has the appeal of Ewoks, Jar-Jar Binks, and Starship Troopers 2! How dare you imply that the support of Ewoks could POSSIBLY be a bad thing. I mean just look how cute the babies are.
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CRash
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posted May 27, 2005 01:30 AM
This book should be taught in classrooms nationwide...a prime example of 5-paragraph essay writing!
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Orson Scott Card
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posted May 29, 2005 03:30 AM
A book so astonishing, it prompted Von to write four hundred and twelve separate blurbs for the cover!
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TL
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posted May 29, 2005 03:47 AM
An actual book jacket blurb:
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Orson Scott Card
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posted May 29, 2005 03:50 AM
(Which tells you what he thought of the widest possible audience.)
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Peter Howell
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posted May 29, 2005 09:56 PM
The epic twelve book saga, now in this single 15000 page volume! Forklift sold seperately.
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SteveRogers
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posted May 30, 2005 06:30 PM
This book, like a bean burrito, just won't go away.
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AC
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posted May 30, 2005 07:01 PM
"Vile, scabrous, unforgivable, and deserving of the widest possible audience." -- William Gibson.
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Peter Howell
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posted May 30, 2005 07:06 PM
According to Google, he was referring to "Go Now" by Richard Hell
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AC
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posted May 30, 2005 07:08 PM
thanks
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Inspired
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posted May 30, 2005 07:20 PM
Better, more absorbant pages!
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Hamson
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posted May 30, 2005 07:50 PM
You'll wish that you could of had children this cool!
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TL
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posted May 30, 2005 09:01 PM
[Side note: The book "Go Now" by Richard Hell. Yes, this is the book. It's sitting here on my desk right now. Even though I said it was unreadable, I did read it. Guy spends the whole book trying to get fixed and sleeps with his own aunt at the end. It is not entertaining. Dude spends the whole book navel-gazing. I mean, literally, nothing happens. There are chapters where he cuts his own hair and then goes to a thrift store and buys clothes. It is utterly foolish and stupid.]
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Boris
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posted May 30, 2005 09:04 PM
Like sands in an hour-glass, this book should not be read.
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Miranda
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posted May 31, 2005 05:03 AM
Just in time for allergy season, this epic is printed on extra soft paper.
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Scott R
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posted May 31, 2005 07:06 AM
Read the book loved by Saddam Hussein!
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Scott R
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posted May 31, 2005 07:08 AM
"Weird. Just . . . absurd."-- Neil Gaiman
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Peter Howell
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posted May 31, 2005 09:12 AM
I've never seen the word recreant used so many times in one sentence.
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Haloed Silhouette
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posted June 01, 2005 11:50 AM
Cheaper than you'd expect!
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kaioshin00
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posted June 01, 2005 12:25 PM
"An inspiration to those who are afraid they won't get published."
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