Wow, my copy of The Heidelberg Cylinder arrived today. What a great Dave McKean cover! Congrats to Joe, and Jonathan. I'm looking forward to reading it...
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MALGORZATA BYLINSKA
mbylinska@...
Nov 4, 2000 10:11 pm
Wow, I guess not all of us got lucky today. I checked my mail box and unfortunately there was nothing but bills. :((( Now, I can just sit in anticipation and...
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Dagmar Lipovics
dagmarlipovics@...
Nov 4, 2000 10:24 pm
It's a wonderful, wonderful piece. Certianly the funniest, strangest thing Carroll has ever written and that's saying a lot. I couldn't decide if it was like a...
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jillski2@...
Nov 4, 2000 11:02 pm
Woooo I got my TWO copies too! Committed to other reading for a few days but then.....LOOKOUT. THANKS JOE! Jill Book Bunch @ Book Chat Central ...
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Loz
l.pycock@...
Nov 5, 2000 2:56 pm
... Same here, no luck so far. Can we ask for spoiler warning procedures if anyone wants to talk about it, to save those of us who haven't seen it yet? -- Loz ...
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Nikita
krushev@...
Nov 6, 2000 7:43 pm
... I agree. I'm pleased to have my own HC on hand, but won't be able to read it for a little while, yet, and I *really* dislike stumbling upon Spoilers ...
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AntiUtopia@...
Nov 8, 2000 12:42 am
I got my copy too and I've actually read it. It's very short, only 73 pages -- more like a long short story than a novel. I'm going to talk about it from...
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MFGParis@...
Nov 8, 2000 7:21 am
jim, jim, jim.... I must tell you, in all honesty....these books are signed...each one of them. I purchased two and one is in black ink, one in blue. Jonathan...
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Paul
venasque@...
Nov 8, 2000 7:46 am
There's already a copy at ebay. I think some bought extras for just such reasons. I can't wait to get my copy (freaking mail). Take care...
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MFGParis@...
Nov 8, 2000 7:59 am
You will love it....the story is wonderful and the book very special. It is a labor of love....
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Stephen Witkowski
stephenw@...
Nov 8, 2000 9:17 am
Jim (any all other Ronduans especially DB!) , I've got a copy of HC. Let me tell you now that is IS signed by JC and DMcK. The page (as is normal in these...
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Elzbieta Dudzinska
elzbietad@...
Nov 8, 2000 9:37 am
SPOILER (sort of) Steve, Within the bounds of this story what ELSE is Carroll supposed to call certain characters-- they are not of this earth in one way or...
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Stephen Witkowski
stephenw@...
Nov 8, 2000 10:40 am
Elzbieta, Of course I'm nitpicking I wanted to provoke a discussion. I suppose what I'm trying to say (and I've not finished the story yet so I may change my ...
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Elzbieta Dudzinska
elzbietad@...
Nov 8, 2000 11:54 am
SPOILER THE SAME GROUND? Are you joking? You must be to say that this novella fits on the same map as the "Answered Prayers" sextet. This story has literally ...
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Dagmar Lipovics
dagmarlipovics@...
Nov 8, 2000 12:15 pm
I said the thing about the Marx Brothers, Elzbieta, and I agree with what you say her 100%. This story would make a wonderful Jim Carrey movie if he had the...
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AntiUtopia@...
Nov 8, 2000 1:39 pm
I seem to have generated a bit of a furor over the signature thing. First off, I actually got a response from Jonathan Carroll saying he actually did sit on...
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Stephen Witkowski
stephenw@...
Nov 8, 2000 1:59 pm
OK, perhaps I was overstating my case (but it has got people to talk on this mailing list, which must be a good thing!) and most of the comments Elzbieta has...
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AntiUtopia@...
Nov 8, 2000 2:58 pm
SPOILER Elizabeth...I tend to agree with Stephen. The humor is reminiscent of Dog Museum to me, and is quite enjoyable, actually. I didn't feel like I was ...
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Michele McGarrie
MMcGarrie@...
Nov 8, 2000 3:21 pm
I don't think Kevin Spacey would have to play dumb - just contemplative. This guy is simply normal. We expect Jonathan to create these superhuman characters -...
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DC
davecoleman@...
Nov 8, 2000 3:30 pm
*** SPOILER ALERT *** SPOILER ALERT *** YES! I was feeling so mixed about the book. And now I understand. It's not the book I was disastisfied with, it's the...
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Michele McGarrie
MMcGarrie@...
Nov 8, 2000 3:41 pm
... THIS WAS WORTH REPEATING - APPLAUSE! ... is supurb! I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT - BUT ON ONE LEVEL, THE UNDERLINES MAKE THE FORM OF THE TEXT MIRROR THE TONE. THEY...
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Partain, Michelle
michelle.partain@...
Nov 8, 2000 4:19 pm
BoooHooo....I still haven't received my copy... :-( ... From: Paul [mailto:venasque@...] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 11:50 PM To: rondua@egroups.com ...
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Dagmar Lipovics
dagmarlipovics@...
Nov 8, 2000 4:40 pm
I thought it was wonderful that Carroll, who as you say so often gives us characters we wish we were or at least wish we knew, chose to step out of the box on...
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joe del tufo
deltufjp@...
Nov 8, 2000 6:11 pm
Jim- The books all have real, genuine signatures, including yours. Jonathan and Dave would certainly vouch for this, especially after doing 1000 of them. I...
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AntiUtopia@...
Nov 8, 2000 6:17 pm
See, I don't so much see these characters as being "dumb" but as being more like the real people we meet every day than the ones we're used to. They're not...
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Dagmar Lipovics
dagmarlipovics@...
Nov 8, 2000 7:01 pm
I disagree! He turns away from his vision of heaven (so to say), all the people he loves(his parents, family) and who loved him, so he can go back to life and...
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Douglas A. Anderson
nodens@...
Nov 8, 2000 7:50 pm
Joe: I have observed at the website, with great disappointment, that the new Contest announcement is up. For the last contest, there was some bad feelings...
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Fiona Woodford
silverhand@...
Nov 8, 2000 9:36 pm
Hi Doug, I'm glad that you said this; I have have similar feelings for a while, possibly enough to be dissuaded from reading any more Jonathan Carroll books...
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Michele McGarrie
MMcGarrie@...
Nov 8, 2000 9:49 pm
Maybe the rest of you will shun me for not being small business oriented - but I thought having individuals order JC books through Amazon was an effective,...
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Bond, Gwenda (Gov Of...
Gwenda.Bond@...
Nov 8, 2000 9:51 pm
And hey, maybe there's a best-of-both-worlds possibility with Booksense up and running now... (If you aren't familiar, it allows buyers the same ease as...
