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Monthly Archives July 2005

Speaking of Harry Potter Pre-Orders

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 29, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

Publishers Weekly reported that “despite receiving 1.5 million advance orders for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Amazon only broke even on the title,

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Release Date for New Max Barry Announced

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 29, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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Max Barry provides some details on his website about the release date of his new book, Company.

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Bad Writing Honored

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 29, 2005 In News 1 No tags 0

I was never much of one for auto shop in high school, so I would have never thought to compare a woman’s anatomy to a carburetor,

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Hope for the Slush Pile Afterall

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 29, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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There is an interesting article The Daily Telegraph that I learned about via the excellent MobyLives website.

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New York Times — Kentucky Bureau

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 28, 2005 In News 1 No tags 0

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Well, sort of. The New York Times is moving into the bookstore business and their first retail store opening not in Manhattan,

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Sad Events but Looks Like an Interesting Book

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 28, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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CNN has an article on what looks to be an interesting book. The Perfectionist: Life and Death in Haute Cuisine by Rudolph Chelminski recounts the life and death (obviously) of French chef Bernard Loiseau.

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Interview: Kaui Hart Hemmings, Author

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 27, 2005 In Interviews, Slushpile Exclusive 1 No tags 0

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One of the problems with reading so much is, simply, that you read so much. It’s easy to fall into a rhythm where nothing is exciting,

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When Potterites Attack

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 27, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

MobyLives has an interesting item about the uprising of Harry Potter fans determined to squelch criticism of their favorite book.

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More Freed Discussion

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 26, 2005 In Essays, News, Rants 1 No tags 0

This heatwave is really starting to piss me off. Seriously. I’m beginning to take this personal like. I walk to work and by the time I get to my office,

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Batman Influenced by Fight Club?

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 26, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read this post if you plan on seeing Batman Begins and you don’t want to know about the ending.

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Irvine Welsh to Write… a Romanace?

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 26, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

BookSlut picked up a report from The Scotsman that said Irvine Welsh’s new novel follows the adventures of Daniel Skinner who not only discovers that his father is a gay chef working in San Francisco but he also meets an American girl and ends up falling in love.

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Photos of Hemingway Look-Alike

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 25, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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CNN has photos of Bob Doughty, a Florida mailman, who won the recent Ernest Hemingway look-alike competition in Key West.

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Crime Author Bunker Dies

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 25, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

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Also via MediaBistro, there is a BBC report that “Crime novelist Edward Bunker, who taught himself to write in prison and appeared in hit movie Reservoir Dogs,

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Teen Phenoms Proceed with Caution

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 25, 2005 In News 0 No tags 0

MediaBistro noted an interesting article The Christian Science Monitor about teen literary sensations and how hard it is for them to follow up with their second book.

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Who Knew It Sucked So Bad to Be a Published Writer?

By Scott McKenzie Posted on July 22, 2005 In Essays, Rants 0 No tags 0

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I had no idea. All these years, I thought Cool Hand Luke was just a fantastic movie from 1967.

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