Spotted while exiting the local B&N Bookstore:Can you say "floodgate"...?

Coming soon: "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"

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Previously mentioned here. Gillianren liked it.

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‘To those who regard “crime fiction” as some sacred icon which must follow a rigid formula, I will always be the man who writes 18-syllable haiku.’Trying to make sense of computers, The Error Log.

It sounds like fun, although I'm not particularly "into" zombies.

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"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

Actually, coming soon is Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. I'm already on the hold list for it. I'll keep you posted.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Of Mice and Mole-Men? Have a few years on that one though.

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!"
"Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything! 14% of people know that!"

For some reasons, this reminds me of the Monty Python sketch "News for Parrots"

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One Earth, One Sky - IYA 2009
All moderation in purple

Gillianren, I'm sure you've seen this already, but just in case and for those you haven't, here's the book trailer.

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Still ~95% content-free.

That was A Tale of Two Cities specially adapted for parrots by Joey-Boy.

Fred

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Now perhaps somebody should follow up on my English class' idea of To Kill A Mockingbird with superheroes.

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Rovers forever! - ToSeek

They've got plenty of time...

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Actually, I don't watch YouTube videos, but thank you anyway.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

So, it really was a good read Gillianren?

I had pre-ordered it, but the order got muddled up and I never got it. I'd been looking forward to it for so long. I'm thinking I should re-order it - you'd recommend this one?

Did you see the bet the author had with his publisher? I think they had to buy him a goat due to hitting however many Amazon pre-orders or something along those lines. Creative contracts - got to love them!

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I did quite enjoy it, yes. It's not anywhere near the top of my list to buy, but since that's an awfully long list, well, neither are a lot of books I really like. I haven't actually read Pride and Prejudice yet, though I do own a copy, but I knew enough of the story to kind of follow along. I'm told by people who have read Pride and Prejudice that it's astonishing how close it is in places. Also bear in mind that I usually find zombies boring. The only way I got through Night of the Living Dead was the Rifftrax version. This? This I found amusing, probably because I found the living so interesting and detailed, and it was rather more about them.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Heh heh. I haven't read Pride & Prejudice yet either, but have seen a couple of the movie versions (past girlfriends who've told me to sit, stay, watch - good boy!) so I'm a little familiar with the story. I also have read a number of reviews of it that say it is fairly true to the original, except for the zombie bits, so I'm rather keen to check it out.

Zombies, vampires and all that sort of thing aren't my bag. This sounds too humorous to pass up though.

Always good to get a perspective from a trusted source though, so thanks.

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Minuteman: You have now been warned!
01101001: I beg to differ. I have been amused. Not warned.

Well, thanks for calling me a trusted source!

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Like a number of the folk here, I've read enough of your posts to hold your opinion in high esteem.

So... my pleasure.

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01101001: I beg to differ. I have been amused. Not warned.

Kill a mockingbird with a superhero? That seems like overkill. Usually a properly pumped bb-gun will suffice.

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.
"Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!"
"Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything! 14% of people know that!"

I've got this book and it's a hoot. And despite the zombie element, it's still sometimes a bit "dry." I can't imagine reading the original (must be a real snoozefest).

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (?) I'll look for it.

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My beautiful city (the view from my front window).

He once was a true love of mine (before turning to the Dark Side).

My advice: read "Pride and Prejudice"; now. Then the other five novels.

Okay, I've finished it. I can officially declare that it's not as good and not as funny. It's trying too hard, for one. It's all hyped up on portraying the ridiculousness of how people of that era treated servants, and a lot of the minor plot points are unnecessary. Silly, I can handle. Silly? That's what it's supposed to be. Boring, not so much.

I am amused, however, by a reference late in the book that the illness one character has is not lupus.

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"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Unless of course the superhero is bb-gun hands man...

I assume there is required context there? Lupus, itself, is nothing funny.

ETA: Wait. After I typed that I went for a quick shower. While gazing at the reflection of my nubile body I realized that obviously that would've been couched within the context of the Sense... story line, which I don't know, and shouldn't expect a quick capsule summary of.
(I would've deleted this post but I though someone may have already read it, and it might cause confusion.)

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01101001: I beg to differ. I have been amused. Not warned.

The motto of the TV show House is "it's never lupus."

Oh, I just realized this thread was about the first one, and my report was about the second--I was talking about Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, to clear up any confusion.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"