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IronParrot
03-04-2003, 02:37 AM
Wow. This is almost unbelievable.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57528-2003Feb11.html

After I read that interview, I wasn't sure if this was all a big cosmic joke or not - but I did some digging around, and supposedly, that novel's real. It sounds so wretchedly bad I almost want to buy it. I think that's why the author agreed to such a scathing interview in the first place...
Huan
03-05-2003, 02:02 AM
The interview seems almost unreal, like a parody of an interview or something.
Baby-K
03-06-2003, 04:43 AM
What a joke! Think I read as much as I would be able to stomach of the book just in that interview. IP - if you do buy it, please let us know just how horrendous it really is
congressmn
03-15-2003, 02:37 PM
What kinda lousy idiot this guy Burrows must be.

i'd like to read the shi* he writes, so that if i ever write a book i will remmember what it shudnt be
Ninquelote
04-05-2003, 10:24 AM
Political books written by old people don't get up there on the charts.
Elf Girl
04-09-2003, 03:41 PM
Ugh. That sounds really, really, awful.
gimli7410
04-09-2003, 10:25 PM
burrows sounds like he doesnt even kno he is being mocked
miss_poet
04-12-2003, 11:12 AM
Ick! That sounds positively TERRIBLE! I wouldn't wanna read THAT book! :eek:
Aralyn
04-12-2003, 05:23 PM
It's kind of funny actually:D The interview I mean
Willow Oran
04-12-2003, 09:26 PM
I sort of pity the author. Granted his book sounds absolutely awful but still, publishing an interview like that is a rather cruel thing to do to him.
Ruinel
04-23-2003, 09:47 PM
:confused: hmmm... I thought Moby Dick was the worst book written in the English language. :D
Elfhelm
04-29-2003, 01:50 PM
Here's a review from closer to home:
http://www.purpleonline.com/021113/news/5.html

You know, it worked for Ayn Rand...
congressmn
05-02-2003, 03:58 PM
Originally posted by Ninquelote
Political books written by old people don't get up there on the charts.



yeah, I never wannabe an ol' writer. maybe a little to torcher the youngsters :D
Wayfarer
05-02-2003, 07:03 PM
I have said this before, and I'll say it again. I really love my job. I like this reviewer. :D
Was this perhaps deft satire, a nifty Swiftian touch?
Burrows: No.
Me: Ah.


Your book is printed on very white, shiny paper.
Burrows: They did a nice job.


http://www.spacespider.net/emo/lol03.gif
markedel
05-03-2003, 11:44 AM
My goodness. How amusing.
TopazJedi
06-01-2003, 09:43 PM
It's kind of funny actually The interview I mean
Well, that was the point, it wasn't meant to be serious.
Anglorfin
06-02-2003, 10:53 PM
Eh, it sounds like it could be a real interview. But why on earth was it published in the first place? Besides the 400 people that thought it worth buying, who actually thought they'd make money by publishing this book if it's so bad?