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Title: So...cool...
Post by: EUOL on November 11, 2004, 05:24:16 PM
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0765311771/qid=1100208208/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i4_xgl14/102-9591344-5817741?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
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Post by: House of Mustard on November 11, 2004, 05:45:18 PM
That's awesome!  Congrats!  Is that plot synopsis going to the be one used on the dust cover?
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Post by: stacer on November 11, 2004, 06:10:43 PM
Yay! That's so cool. You know, there'll be a huge Boston purchasing surge when it comes out. I've been talking up the book to all my friends here. Cassy says she'll borrow my copy, but we'll see about that.   ;)
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Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on November 11, 2004, 06:18:01 PM
dude, there are so many cool things going for you with a new book. All this stuff has got to be so self affriming. It keeps getitng reinforced that you're living the dream!
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Post by: Tage on November 11, 2004, 06:34:34 PM
Wow, who wrote the editorial review for that? Sounds like someone from Tor, but it sure sounds nice either way.
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Post by: JP Dogberry on November 11, 2004, 07:43:21 PM
Yeah, I'm going to require a signed copy of this book for my collection.
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Post by: Entsuropi on November 11, 2004, 07:59:29 PM
When SE finally gets published I expect a signed copy for all the times I molded his mind talked with him about the subject.
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Post by: Spriggan on November 11, 2004, 08:17:13 PM
Very nice, time to get some amazon links created.  EUOL, you need to go make an amazon account so you get paid via any sales linked from your site.
Title: Re: So...cool...
Post by: EUOL on November 11, 2004, 09:06:48 PM
Tage thought I should mention this.

I know some of you have read ELANTRIS.  I think it's be best not to post any reviews of the book until it's actually available.  I think that if it's obvious they were written before the book came out, it would look suspect.

Once it's out, of course, you're free to go wild with the reviews.
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Post by: 42 on November 11, 2004, 09:43:53 PM
I've started telling some of my family members to pre-order.
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Post by: Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock on November 12, 2004, 12:34:45 AM
Yeah, that's pretty cool. Got me to look through my Goldbox too. Good jorb EUOL. Does the book make any mentions about your interneted alias? =P
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Post by: fuzzyoctopus on November 12, 2004, 01:08:40 AM
So I saw this thread and thought, "Now what on earth could happen that EUOL (calm and collected) thinks is extremely cool?"

Then I clicked the link and shrieked.

Way cool, man.
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Post by: Peter Ahlstrom on November 12, 2004, 05:02:41 AM
Very very cool.

Noted about the don't-review-yet policy.

So who DID write that review? I thought the editorial reviews were by Amazon staff people.
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Post by: EUOL on November 12, 2004, 05:41:11 AM
Apparently not.  One of those quotes is from Simon Green, the other is from the jacket flap, courtesy Moshe and myself.
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Post by: Spriggan on November 12, 2004, 09:33:32 AM
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. It's also the wonderful debut of a welcome new star in the constellation of fantasy.


Who wrote that cheesy line?
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Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on November 12, 2004, 09:48:49 AM
the STARMAKER did.
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Post by: stacer on November 12, 2004, 10:11:36 AM
I didn't notice that one. But it puts you right up there with the shimmering, glowing stars in the publishing firmament, EUOL.
Title: Re: So...cool...
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on November 12, 2004, 10:13:01 AM
he shot for the moon, and even if he misses, he'll be among the stars.
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Post by: Entsuropi on November 12, 2004, 10:55:37 AM
Did all of you people get injected with happy drugs or something?
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Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on November 12, 2004, 11:46:15 AM
/me teaches Entropy about sarcasm and mockery.... among the stars!
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Post by: House of Mustard on November 12, 2004, 11:52:08 AM
Personally, I'm high on life.  And crack.
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Post by: Lieutenant Kije on November 12, 2004, 12:04:33 PM
sic itur ad astra
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Post by: stacer on November 12, 2004, 12:29:52 PM
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Did all of you people get injected with happy drugs or something?


Obviously, someone hasn't watched Singin' in the Rain. (At least, for my part of it.)
Title: Re: So...cool...
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on November 12, 2004, 01:25:20 PM
I know stacer, it's sad.  But I made my husband watch The Sound of Music and was told that's inhumane.

So I guess there's no way to force them to it.
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Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on November 12, 2004, 01:36:08 PM
I'll say this, on the torture scale, Singin' in the Rain is considerably more humane than The Sound of Music.
Title: Re: So...cool...
Post by: EUOL on November 12, 2004, 03:01:58 PM
That line was written by Moshe, actually.  So, I guess he's the starmaker....
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Post by: Spriggan on December 02, 2004, 09:19:30 AM
Elantris is now #378,276 on amazon.  So close to #1, yet so far away.
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Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on December 02, 2004, 09:46:28 AM
hey, #378,276 is better than #378,277
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Post by: stacer on December 02, 2004, 12:41:01 PM
I just googled it, and someone has it on their Christmas wish list:

http://www.shadowbot.com/

(Scroll down a bit, under books.) He's only got three books on the list, and one of them's the Bible.

Does anyone here know the guy who does that page? If not, the word is getting out.
Title: Re: So...cool...
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on December 02, 2004, 12:58:03 PM
don't recognize him, but skimming the page, he seems cool. Maybe if we link (http://www.shadowbot.com/) to (http://www.shadowbot.com/) his (http://www.shadowbot.com/) page (http://www.shadowbot.com/) a (http://www.shadowbot.com/) lot (http://www.shadowbot.com/), he'll come hang with us.
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Post by: Spriggan on December 02, 2004, 01:02:29 PM
Probaly someone who went to Worldcon.
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Post by: Skar on December 02, 2004, 01:46:04 PM
Probably someone who read Orson Scott Card's review.
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Post by: Mr_Pleasington on December 02, 2004, 01:50:38 PM
Wow, that is awesome to the extreme!

Bet that sparked some holiday cheer.