February 2012
31 posts
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
Little, Brown and Company Spring/Summer '12: The... →
littlebrowncatalog:
MARCH 2012 HARDCOVER
The Sugar Frosted Nutsack: A Novel Mark Leyner 978-0-316-60845-9, $24.99
From the bestselling novelist and quirk collector, a romp through the excesses and exploits of gods and mortals.
High above the bustling streets of Dubai in the world’s tallest and most luxurious…
This! This is what I’m talking about. And given that it’s on...
1 tag
5 tags
“And as she steps out onto the patio, her Valkyrian bosom undulating with each...”
– From My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist, by Mark Leyner. Which explains why I am SO excited about this.
EDIT: Well, I say it explains it. Perhaps it doesn’t. Let’s say instead that Leyner’s prose veers from the perceptive and biting to the bizarre, and that ingesting his previous...
6 tags
Wednesday Morning, 3 am
Me: So, this Nose-rot...
Dr Collins: What?
Me: Is it really from Azerbaijan?
Dr Collins: Who is this?
Me: I'm just wondering because I actually have friends from there.
Dr Collins: Oh, my God.
Me: Is that bad?
Dr Collins: I'm sorry, I just saw the time. How did you get this number?
Me: I texted myself from your phone while you were checking out my nose.
Dr Collins: You texted yourself?
Me: "Call me any time with your worries."
Dr Collins: Do not.
Me: I'm concerned about this Azerbaijan situation.
Dr Collins: I thought we had established that I was kidding.
Me: But we did not allay my concerns.
Dr Collins: Apparently not.
Me: I'm also not entirely happy about the term 'flesh-eating'.
Dr Collins: Those would both be your terms. Which you made up. For a condition which does not exist.
Me: So I don't have it?
Dr Collins: No.
Me: Well, that is a relief.
Dr Collins: Is this payback?
Me: This is how I josh.
Dr Collins: I am so glad we are not friends.
Me: And yet part of you is thrilled with this badinage.
Dr Collins: Go away now.
3 tags
1 tag
Regarding Pinterest
I just started using Pinterest. And now I am going to do something a bit nuts.
Pinterest seems to me to have a model predicated almost entirely on the infringement of minor IP. It’s almost certainly not something the majority of those whose rights are technically infringed are going to object to, but it’s still interesting.
So I’m going to do things a bit differently....
3 tags
He's here all week...
Doctor Collins: So, yeah. You recall that you came in and you felt that you had an unusual infection.
Me: Flesh-eating Azerbaijani Nose-rot. Yes.
Doctor Collins: I was scathing.
Me: You were.
Doctor Collins: Because, among other things, there is actually no such condition.
Me: And yet I have it.
Doctor Collins: Well, that is in fact true. You do.
Me: What?
Doctor Collins: Yup.
Me: What?
Doctor Collins: I know. Surprised the hell out of me, too.
Me: But...
Doctor Collins: The tests were pretty conclusive. Nose-rot.
Me: But...
Doctor Collins: So we should talk about treatments.
Me: Seriously?
Doctor Collins: Dude, no. Don't be ridiculous.
Me: Then -
Doctor Collins: I was messing with you.
Me: You're hilarious.
Doctor Collins: I know, right?
2 tags
More "Edie Investigates" soundtrack songs... →
I’ll be honest: I’m testing the tumblr->Facebook feed, because it seems to be all clogged up. But seriously - Chain of Fools? How can you not love this song?
"Go away, I'm reading" dust jackets →
I’m loving these alternative book jackets. Genius.
2 tags
“Before you speak, ask yourself: is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it...”
– Sai Baba (via tropicanastasia)
Best Twitter rule ever…
4 tags
"the fundamental right of a creator to say how and... →
A furious denunciation of copyright infringement in all its forms. I find it fascinating, if somehow at an angle to the world in which I live as a creator-for-profit of copyrighted material. But the thing which I think requires much, much closer examination is the idea that control over an original work is a ‘fundamental’ right. It may be, or it may not be, and the reasons why one...
“If what’s always distinguished bad writing— flat characters, a narrative world...”
– David Foster Wallace (via kadrey)
Love it.
Parental Enthusiasm
Phone: RRRRRIIIIING!
Me: Hello, what, help, Christ, is it the Apocalypse, it's snowing, where's the fire, crap, it's eight in the morning, I was out last night, what what what? Um?
Dad: Hi!
Me: God, you're perky.
Dad: Is there anything in the paper?
Me: What? What paper?
Dad: Duh. Any paper! You've got a book out!
Me: I know this.
Dad: Is there anything new?
Me: I honestly do not know. I will ask the interwebs.
Dad: How long does that take?
Me: Are you high?
Dad: You should come to lunch.
Me: Is it lunchtime?
Dad: You sound fuzzy, is there something wrong with the phone?
Me: that would be my voice.
Dad: Your mother wants to say hello.
Me: HI, Mum.
Mum: He wanted to call an hour ago.
Me: That would have been interesting.
Mum: Is there anything in the papers?
Me: I honestly have no idea.
Mum: Oh, right.
Me: Do you have any papers?
Mum: A couple.
Me: Is there anything in them?
Mum: No.
Me: then it may be there is nothing in the papers.
Mum: But we don't have all of them.
Me: Tell you what, you guys could go and buy them and read them and find out and call me later when you know.
Mum: Your father wants to know if you've decided about lunch.
Me: Hang on, I'm just going to go and inject methamphetamine directly into my brain.
Mum: Okay, I'll wait.
2 tags
“I’m not sure how you would categorise this book – noir detective thriller meets...”
– http://www.britishfantasysociety.co.uk/reviews/angelmaker-book-review/
2 tags
“Angelmaker” is much more than a spy novel. It is a tale of struggle and loyalty;...”
– http://pgmcc.livejournal.com/127874.html
1 tag
“I wanted to savour every syllable. My only criticism was that Angelmaker ended...”
– http://thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Angelmaker_by_Nick_Harkaway
3 tags
“The weapon of Angelmaker is named the Apprehension Engine and serves one...”
– http://www.welovethisbook.com/features/harkaway-world’s-end
2 tags
“Harkaway himself is a bit like one of those wind-up metal insects that skitter...”
– http://www.metro.co.uk/lifestyle/889101-author-nick-harkaway-we-arent-ready-for-the-technology-of-the-future
2 tags
“a tale beautifully and expansively told”
– http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2012/02/02/angelmaker-by-nick-harkaway/
lethal-candyfloss asked: I really want to buy Angelmaker and I don't want to wait until march, but I live all the way down in New Zealand. Is there any way for me to get it before the American release date?
January 2012
21 posts
1 tag
1 tag
3 tags
1 tag
2 tags
“Democracy:
A form of rulership buttressed by the twin pillars of popularity...”
– Harkaway’s True Definitions :)
1 tag
3 tags
“The fruit of her husband is sweet to her taste and she delights to be beneath...”
– In which an evangelical pastor makes the point that blowjobs are biblical, saying in a sermon, “God’s men said, Amen. Ladies, your husbands appreciate oral sex. They do. So, serve them, love them well. It’s biblical.” Our review of his new “sex manual.” (via newsweek)
My eyes are now bleeding....
3 tags
Edie Investigates: short story - now available :)
This is a quick taster, a meeting with Edie Banister before she comes to town in a major way in my new book. It’s eleven thousand odd words of sneakery, dirty deeds, and cake which I really enjoyed writing. It’s a standalone. It’s a species of prologue. It’s a murder mystery.
Oh, and they threw in Chapter 1 of Angelmaker. I’m not sure if that’s a sweetener to get you to buy Edie Investigates...
tumblrbot asked: ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?
WatchHot on the heels of the amazing stop-motion from Type, there’s this as well. Amazing. (Although: I slightly wish they never spoke.)
lethal-candyfloss asked: Hey! I'm a huge fan of the Gone-Away World, it is my favourite book, I love the style so much. I hope you're okay with getting tumblr asks! I was wondering if you ever had a name in mind for the main of GAW or if he was always just nameless to you (it's amazing how long it even took me to realise he didn't have a name, haha!)? Also, what actor, if any, would you want to play...
5 tags
2 tags
4 tags
That Moment When →
“A huge brown box arrives in your house and you cut through the tape and it has your book in it, real and soon-to-be-published and impossibly more solid than it has ever been until now. Very soon, it will be at least reasonably commonplace in bookshops, for a little while, and you may even see someone reading it on the bus. People will react to it, and to you, in different ways. They may be...