That's an unfortunate juxtaposition with talking about Hec and his book....
So glad that wasn't just me.
Spike: Ladies. Come on in. Plenty of blood in the fridge, don't be shy. Dawn: You mean like, real blood? Spike: What do you think? Dawn: Mostly I think, 'Eew!'
'Potential'
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."
amych - Apr 17, 2008 4:51:43 pm PDT #5504 of 28344
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
flea - Apr 17, 2008 4:53:08 pm PDT #5505 of 28344
information libertarian
Hee, Steph! Well, book-writers can marry and have kids, I guess...
There's a scene where Paul Farmer stops to visit his wife and daughter (who is like, 3) in Paris for 12 hours on his way to Russia, and he hasn't seen them in 2 months, and he basically doesn't live with them or in fact anywhere, and as the parent of young children I just can't imagine choosing to live that way. For the child's sake. If I were that committed to saving the world, I wouldn't have kids.
Consuela - Apr 17, 2008 4:53:30 pm PDT #5506 of 28344
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
but also, the dude is a little nuts
Paul Farmer, not Hecubus, I assume. *g*
And yeah, that seemed clear. But then again, I think you kind of have to be, to do what he's done. I agree that he's probably not the best father on the planet, and his children are going to have some serious issues of living up to Dad's legacy. And yet, so many lives he's saved.
I think my brother did some work with Partners--at the least, one of his email addresses is a Partners addresss, and he did do some international public health work in Africa at one point...
Steph L. - Apr 17, 2008 4:54:59 pm PDT #5507 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
but also, the dude is a little nuts
Paul Farmer, not Hecubus, I assume. *g*
Don't rush to judgment about Hec...
flea - Apr 17, 2008 4:56:40 pm PDT #5508 of 28344
information libertarian
Sorry, I responded to Suela before going back to read the review. Two *entirely* separate topics.
DavidS - Apr 17, 2008 6:40:09 pm PDT #5509 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Swordfishtrombones, reviewed: [link].
Thanks for linking that, Cor. The reviews have all been good but very sparse on the ground. It was disheartening to see that my book is selling just a notch above the one on Throbbing Gristle. No slight to the TG book, but I just gotta figure there are more Tom Waits fans in the world.
Hayden - Apr 17, 2008 6:44:13 pm PDT #5510 of 28344
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm sure that's because of cumulative sales. I mean, your book did just come out.
Tom Scola - Apr 18, 2008 4:47:26 am PDT #5511 of 28344
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
A project to read all of the 33 1/3 books: [link]
DavidS - Apr 18, 2008 5:08:50 am PDT #5512 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm sure that's because of cumulative sales. I mean, your book did just come out.
Yes, I'm hoping it will have legs. I'm really not that worried about sales so much as the relative lack of critcial response. (For which, incidentally, I need to thank you Corwood for your review.)
I think my expectations were probably weirdly set by the first two books I did which were more widely reviewed. You know? Bubblegum got a mention in ArtForum, and we did NPR on LitG.
DavidS - Apr 18, 2008 7:53:03 am PDT #5513 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
A project to read all of the 33 1/3 books:
He'll get to me eventually!
Sorry to be buzzkill with my bitter sounding sense of writerly entitlement. It's not that. It's just working on something for two years you want a response; you want to know it finds an audience and people get it.
I have gotten reviewed at Popmatters and Under the Radar and several blogs, and the curious thing is that all of the reviews have been remarkably alike. Everybody gets it -- gets my structural choices and tone. Every single review has noted: well-researched, well written, funny and a good read.
Which is what I set out to create so that's good. It's not like I was planning a down payment on a Ferrari with this book. I just want readers.