Comments for The American Book of the Dead

Comment on Revolution by Henry Baum

Henry Baum — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:10:15 +0000

Hey, thanks for taking a look and listen. I’ll definitely take a look at your book tonight.

Comment on Revolution by Rob Ashcom

Rob Ashcom — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:43:55 +0000

Thanks. TABOTD just obssessed me through a fairly crappy day. Listened to I am a lie as well. Impressive solo performance. Thanks again. If I could return the favor, I would, so try out robashcom.com. The novel could be a useful distraction. If the sample chapters online are appealing, I can send you a hard copy or a discount code to get the eBook for free.
Cheers,
Rob

Comment on Pentagon Papers by Three Stories | The American Book of the Dead

Three Stories | The American Book of the Dead — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:21:16 +0000

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Comment on The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown: A Review by Henry Baum

Henry Baum — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:11:35 +0000

No, go ahead, slice him in half. Amusing that I knew I was going to write this when you wrote that comment.

Comment on The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown: A Review by RW Hedges

RW Hedges — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:39:49 +0000

I take it you dont advise pursuing my Ian Fleming-style Dan Brown assassination story?

Comment on A Wake-Up Call by RW Hedges

RW Hedges — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:10:48 +0000

A glint on a lake glitters into a small spiral….The shape of RW Hedges in combat ninja westsuit rises from its depths and slowly edges toward the security fence at the back of a tasteless pink mansion. Wires cut, RW scales the walls that have silly emblems of cheap templaresque symbols jutting from them. Using these as hoists RW manages to deface them and slips through a careless open window. Dan Brown is startled and drops his Xbox control, goes for a silly plastic sword he has above the fire-place (given him by a very dim witted fan from Japan)…
Dans body slips into two neat halves as a razor sharp blade smoothly taps the floor….He should never have written those books….And he had thought it would be the fundamentalists….His half a sad face shocked and bloody began to leak the rest of his boring unwritten books onto the ninja shoes of RW who laughed like a cat…etc….

Comment on A Wake-Up Call by Henry Baum

Henry Baum — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:02:52 +0000

I don’t see posting this review as that big a deal either. But if he’s worried about posting this paragraph, I’m totally fucked for having written the entire book. If I was ever to be really successful, fundamentalist Christian dementors might start getting scary. I wonder what sort of security Dan Brown has on his house.

Comment on A Wake-Up Call by RW Hedges

RW Hedges — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:39:16 +0000

A good review I think. To me the book was all entertainment though. I felt like I was close to Eugene and was sometimes worried and sometimes slightly irritated by him. That makes sense since college proffesors and teachers are not my idea of fun people (along with people who are supposedly fun!) but that’s what makes Eugenes journey so compelling. He is awkward. But I read the book without awkwardness in three sittings whilst drinking Ale in pubs. I dont know why the pub setting, but this made the book alot of fun as well! The contrast….The apocolyptics were fun. That sort of ‘what would I do?’ aspect. Emptying supermarkets must be sightly fun if your a survivor. Guilt is fun. Pain can even be fun in a community of millions who dont know how to communicate with each other (I gather America is similar to England in this manner…especially Hollywood and London)
As with most great books it would be the small things and the particles of nuance that attract me. The setting could be care bear world for all I care…..Just a great book.
I think that chaps review would be good on Amazon. Why not?
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Comment on Two Novel Responses by The GSpot: Henry Baum | Alterati: The Inside Scoop on the Outside Culture

The GSpot: Henry Baum | Alterati: The Inside Scoop on the Outside Culture — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:13:57 +0000

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Comment on Nick Drake by RW Hedges

RW Hedges — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:06:20 +0000

Yeah, but brad pitt likes him. did a radio doc. Gross…Any way the Drake mothers song is wonderful. Did they release any of her music??