The Printers Row Book Fair is this weekend. Anyone going?
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
shrift - Jun 06, 2007 6:36:57 am PDT #2755 of 28176
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Kathy A - Jun 06, 2007 7:06:11 am PDT #2756 of 28176
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
That place has huge money-suck potential for me, so I'd better avoid it. Damnit. Maybe next year.
shrift - Jun 06, 2007 7:28:57 am PDT #2757 of 28176
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
This is my issue, Kathy. Not to mention that I went on a little shopping spree at Borders last weekend.
Margaret T. - Jun 06, 2007 7:36:00 am PDT #2758 of 28176
Dedicated lurker
Oprah's take on The Road was that it was a wonderful story of father/son love. McCarthy dedicated the book to his young son, and said that he would not have written it if he had not become a father (again) late in life. Oprah didn't deal with the post-apocalyptic idea very much in the interview.
The interview was taped in New Mexico, so McCarthy wasn't exposed to a studio audience. He seemed like a nice guy, dedicated to his writing. Didn't seem to feral in person, despite his writing.
Kathy A - Jun 06, 2007 7:38:07 am PDT #2759 of 28176
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm saving my pennies for Harry Potter next month. Oh, and I'll be keeping an eye out for the next Nora Roberts paperback trilogy--she usually puts one out in the beginning of the summer, doesn't she?
Hayden - Jun 06, 2007 8:44:18 am PDT #2760 of 28176
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
He seemed like a nice guy, dedicated to his writing.
A writer on another board was offended by McCarthy's apparent disinterest in book promotion. I really don't see it that way: do you blame Pynchon for eschewing his fans or Joyce for failing to tour behind Finnegans Wake? I can't see where an author like McCarthy should have to meet the media standards of celebrity authorhood.
lisah - Jun 06, 2007 9:01:02 am PDT #2761 of 28176
Punishingly Intricate
I can't see where an author like McCarthy should have to meet the media standards of celebrity authorhood.
If his publisher doesn't care (or if he doesn't care that his publisher cares) and he is willing to live with the consequences of not promoting his books then it's not really anybody's business what he does.
Hayden - Jun 06, 2007 9:03:36 am PDT #2762 of 28176
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That's pretty much my take. I'm sure his publisher has hired a publicist to deal with the media, so I don't get why Oprah (apparently, I say, because this was described to me) expected him to be all thrilled about her choice of The Road for her book club.
lisah - Jun 06, 2007 10:09:20 am PDT #2763 of 28176
Punishingly Intricate
I don't get why Oprah (apparently, I say, because this was described to me) expected him to be all thrilled about her choice of The Road for her book club.
He should be thrilled if he wants to sell a ton more books then he does normally. It is not an unreasonable expectation.
eta I think he is entitled to feel however he wants about being picked.
sumi - Jun 06, 2007 10:13:12 am PDT #2764 of 28176
Art Crawl!!!
But he was being nice right? He wasn't being all asshatty about it? Like that one guy - who's name I cannot remember.
ETA: Jonathan Franzen - he's the guy.