DannyC Wrote:I have 4 FPW completist recruits, 3 are friends, the fourth is a student. I teach three sections of high school Creative Writing in New Jersey, and keep a library of groovy authors in my classroom; on the front wall stands the Hall of Greats where Harbingers resides. (It's my only FPW spare that hasn't been stolen.) One student drank down it down in a couple of days. He salavated for more, so I've been feeding him the RJ series in order. Tonight I put Hosts in my bag for him. Another student in the same class - a great non-reader - is crawling through Harbingers right now. The Repairman Jack side-chats in class have created a waiting list. I'm thrilled.
Now THAT is definitely cool!
I was having dinner at a Denny's in Fort Collins, Colorado last month and I noticed that my waiter's name was Ty. I asked him what that was short for and he told me it was short for Tyrell, a character in one of the Louis Lamour novels his father loves.
So naturally, we got to talking about books, and also naturally, I mentioned FPW. Last time I saw him, I gave him a copy of THE KEEP. (And L. Neil Smith's THE PROBABILITY BROACH.) Next time I see him I expect he'll tell me how much he loved it/them -- he was pretty enthusiastic when I gave him the basic plot of the novels.
Another copy of THE KEEP goes to a young waitress who loves vampire novels and is working on writing thrillers of her own. (She can learn a lot from studying FPW's writing style.)
And just today I was on the phone with Elizabeth, a financial advisor in Colorado. She's going to get a copy of AN ENEMY OF THE STATE next time I go to Colorado. Along with the explanation that the novel was decades ahead of its time with regard to what is happening (economically) to this country today.