Lisa Wrote:Umm, possible spoilers. Beware!
Oops. Heh.
I think it's misleading because it makes it sound like there's some big conspiracy going on (bigger than just a shyster after Will's money), when really it's just Will having doubts. Maybe I've read too many RJ books. It's YOUR fault, F!
Lisa
It's probably the RJ thing. Although it was an awesome book, I think, initially I was expecting something a little more ominous. So I drew ominous conclusions from that book flap.
My bad.
Lisa Wrote:It's a damn shame T5H didn't sell better, as I believe it deserves to find a wider audience even more than his other stuff.
Lisa
It's hard to sell a book that isn't on the bookstore shelves. There's not a bookstore in my county (population 400,000) that carries _Fifth Harmonic_.
I had a similar problem with _Gateways_. I found only one bookstore that carried it, and they only had one copy, hidden away in a section of the bookstore where no horror or fantasy fan would ever think to look.
It is hard for me to find fpw's books also. What is the best way to remedy this, paul? Just by buying your books or requesting that they carry them or talking to the manager? I own many of your books already, so I would feel kind of weird asking them to put them in their stock and then not buying them. I just want other people to find them. 
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8 Wrote:It is hard for me to find fpw's books also. What is the best way to remedy this, paul? Just by buying your books or requesting that they carry them or talking to the manager? I own many of your books already, so I would feel kind of weird asking them to put them in their stock and then not buying them. I just want other people to find them.
I think it's all alphabetical. King and Koontz are in the middle of the alphabet and appear more favorably on shelves in the "horror" section at book stores. Note that even they used pseudonyms in the early part of the alphabet: King was "Bachman"; Koontz was "Dwyer", "Axton", Coffey, etc., (but also "Nichols", "West" and "Wolfe"). Paul's books are invariably on the bottom shelf. To find them, I have to back up until my kiester bumps into the opposite stack, then tilt my head to the side and down. It's (literally) a pain in the neck. Maybe Colin Andrews needs to make a comeback.
http://www.northernindianacriminaldefense.com
"I don't always carry a pistol, but when I do, I prefer an East German Makarov"
I just wish it wasnt so hard to find books like this one. Stupid Barnes and Nobles in my area doesnt even carry any of the mans books. It really pisses me off. I have spent my life savings on ebay tryin to find everything he has written.
I am just scared what i am going to do when i run out of FPW books.
I am just scared what i am going to do when i run out of FPW books.
Brianmack5 Wrote:I just wish it wasnt so hard to find books like this one. Stupid Barnes and Nobles in my area doesnt even carry any of the mans books. It really pisses me off. I have spent my life savings on ebay tryin to find everything he has written.
I am just scared what i am going to do when i run out of FPW books.
Don't do anything rash! We can be your support group. There are many things that can help you recover from FPW addiction: alcohol, illicit drugs, wanton sex with complete strangers, and gratuitous violence, just to name a few.
http://www.northernindianacriminaldefense.com
"I don't always carry a pistol, but when I do, I prefer an East German Makarov"
Biggles Wrote:Don't do anything rash! We can be your support group. There are many things that can help you recover from FPW addiction: alcohol, illicit drugs, wanton sex with complete strangers, and gratuitous violence, just to name a few.
Hey! I just noticed I'm now a "senior member". When, and how, did that happen? Does this entitle me to discounts at restaurants?
http://www.northernindianacriminaldefense.com
"I don't always carry a pistol, but when I do, I prefer an East German Makarov"
Biggles Wrote:Don't do anything rash! We can be your support group. There are many things that can help you recover from FPW addiction: alcohol, illicit drugs, wanton sex with complete strangers, and gratuitous violence, just to name a few.
Ending up on a rooftop with a rifle until the next FPW book comes out has always worked for me.
:p
jimbow8 Wrote:It is hard for me to find fpw's books also. What is the best way to remedy this, paul? Just by buying your books or requesting that they carry them or talking to the manager? I own many of your books already, so I would feel kind of weird asking them to put them in their stock and then not buying them. I just want other people to find them.
You guys should think yourselves lucky that you aren't from Sunny England, where FPW simply doesn't exist. The only place to find his books over here is on the internet. :mad: