Debates
16 May 05
16 May 05
Originally posted by StarValleyWyI'll have to get a copy. Also heard Art Bell (or maybe George Norrie) give it a rave review on the radio about a week ago.
Wow. This is a great novel. It is fast and smart and fun.
It also has something that makes it special. It is the only novel I have ever seen with foot notes for those who might want to know why he wrote what he did.
You won't be able to put it down. Guaranteed.
16 May 05
Originally posted by DelmerHow are you Dell?
I'll have to get a copy. Also heard Art Bell (or maybe George Norrie) give it a rave review on the radio about a week ago.
Art Bell? That guy is a nut case. He has made millions by praying on the feeble minded. I don't like him. Once in a while -- when i am feeling down or depressed -- i'll tune in his "over a barrel" or coast to coast or whatever. It always works. Within five minutes I am hootin' and rolling on the floor at the current ghosts and aliens.
Highly recommend art bell as an aid to laughter and even more deadly to reality than Beer!
To all you lucky enough to live outside of Arts' "sphere of mysterious powers"... consider yourself extremely lucky.
16 May 05
Originally posted by Delmerooops. Did I gore an ox or somethin'? Didn't mean to.
Well, f**k, SVW, I'm sorry I brought up.
The Art Bell thingy? Don't tell me you are angry about that! That guy is a serious hazard to reality. I just assumed that anyone capable of playing chess, chewing gum or walking to the bathroom in the dark would agree with me about the seven to twelve "conspiracies" per week he has on. And/or the five "zero point energy" science programs. Or the "Truth About Amityville" and such. I didn't mean anything mean by it. Sorry. It is just that Bell is what's wrong with the world. He represents the absolute worst parts and parcel of religion. And mindlessness of all sorts is just religion.
Wow. An innocent comment may actually become fodder in the DEBATES FORUM. Who would have thought?
Has anyone else of you RHP'ers ever heard of Art Bell? What do you think of this minnie tiff?
17 May 05
Hi all, have to get a copy too. As for Art Bell ringer.... Besides all that, he is a ham, sorry to say, give hams a bad name🙁 My call is AI3N if anyone is interested. Hey star, haven't heard from you in a while, you sere sending me notes and now you don't even know my goddam name🙂 Did you see my latest rant in the homophile column?
17 May 05
Originally posted by StarValleyWyIt's got nothing to do with Art Bell, SVW. I just made the mistake of thinking you were going to discuss a book in this thread.
ooops. Did I gore an ox or somethin'? Didn't mean to.
The Art Bell thingy? Don't tell me you are angry about that! That guy is a serious hazard to reality. I just assumed that anyone capable of playing chess, chewing gum or walking to the bathroom in the dark would agree with me about the seven to twelve "conspiracies" per week he has on. And/or ...[text shortened]...
Has anyone else of you RHP'ers ever heard of Art Bell? What do you think of this minnie tiff?
17 May 05
Originally posted by DelmerOk.
It's got nothing to do with Art Bell, SVW. I just made the mistake of thinking you were going to discuss a book in this thread.
To quote Will Smith "You and me got to work on this communications thing."
Sorry then. I did discuss the book. I said it was a great novel.
17 May 05
Originally posted by sonhouseActually, I was politely answering your pm's.
Hi all, have to get a copy too. As for Art Bell ringer.... Besides all that, he is a ham, sorry to say, give hams a bad name🙁 My call is AI3N if anyone is interested. Hey star, haven't heard from you in a while, you sere sending me notes and now you don't even know my goddam name🙂 Did you see my latest rant in the homophile column?
I do that with all who pm me.
As I recall you asked me what books I had published and I replied that I had published none. Is that correct?
No. I don't think I have seen the homophile thread. Should I go look it up so that your pm to me will magically grant it my sanction?
18 May 05
Originally posted by DelmerJee shucks. Ok.
C'mon, SVW, you can write reams on the fall of a leaf. What's the book about?
It's about what happens to a political/religious movement gone mad with power, and the lengths they will go to to preserve that power.
The religion in question is "Global Warming".
But that misses the point of the drama, which I wouldn't give away even if I could.
18 May 05
Originally posted by StarValleyWyWell, that's something at least. One question: I have the feeling that you found the foonotes fascinating but I didn't quite understand if the footnotes were also fictional as part of the novel, or if they were non-fictional as in a writer commenting on his work as you read it.
Jee shucks. Ok.
It's about what happens to a political/religious movement gone mad with power, and the lengths they will go to to preserve that power.
The religion in question is "Global Warming".
But that misses the point of the drama, which I wouldn't give away even if I could.
18 May 05
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Originally posted by DelmerCreighton literally uses the real world to document a novel. Very strange. I have never seen such an appendix for a novel. I get the impression that this is an effort to instruct us.
Well, that's something at least. One question: I have the feeling that you found the foonotes fascinating but I didn't quite understand if the footnotes were also fictional as part of the novel, or if they were non-fictional as in a writer commenting on his work as you read it.
18 May 05
Originally posted by StarValleyWyThat does sound like a very intereting technique. I wonder if it will be copied now that this book is such a great success. Perhaps it's been used before but I can't think of an example.
Creighton literally uses the real world to document a novel. Very strange. I have never seen such an appendix for a novel. I get the impression that this is an effort to instruct us.