tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post4120196262067183093..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: Presented Without CommentJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-68544275589897712382009-08-13T23:28:50.824-07:002009-08-13T23:28:50.824-07:00I suppose one "advantage" of the new adv...I suppose one "advantage" of the new advances in self-publishing is that demented self-published books will now never disappear. They'll always be lurking on some Lulu-style server somewhere out there, at least until nuclear war or the Y3K bug get them.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-34815688955901274612009-08-13T23:26:34.366-07:002009-08-13T23:26:34.366-07:00Wonderful. I wish I could remember he self-publish...Wonderful. I wish I could remember he self-published horse story I stocked a few years ago - the cover looked as if someone had dropped some acid and the plot was utterly bizarre. <br /><br />The one thing I miss about working in a bookshop is having mad people trying to sell me their ridiculous, self-published books.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-8198944089592855262009-08-11T16:36:10.649-07:002009-08-11T16:36:10.649-07:00I tried looking for a cover of 'Tongue House&#...I tried looking for a cover of 'Tongue House' online, but no luck. I can't imagine what it would look like.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-49443218316136752542009-08-11T10:27:52.497-07:002009-08-11T10:27:52.497-07:00I got the name wrong. Not Vanguard. Vantage.I got the name wrong. Not Vanguard. Vantage.Bob Fingermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985924051708608925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-51572332606373906012009-08-10T23:10:12.031-07:002009-08-10T23:10:12.031-07:00One of the books this friend had was called Tongue...One of the books this friend had was called <i>Tongue House</i>. If that title doesn't grab you, nothing will.<br /><br />I sent him an email to see if he'd oblige. Let's hope.Bob Fingermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985924051708608925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-31270820630917312462009-08-10T20:44:32.767-07:002009-08-10T20:44:32.767-07:00That would be brilliant! Thank you--some of these ...That would be brilliant! Thank you--some of these things have the sort of mentally unhinged quality you couldn't imagine before seeing them.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-82271198248289812332009-08-10T19:26:47.005-07:002009-08-10T19:26:47.005-07:00A friend of mine used to work for a vanity press c...A friend of mine used to work for a vanity press called Vanguard. He collected some of their more outlandish titles and I seethed with envy (he did this before we met, otherwise I'm sure he'd have snagged me copies, too). Some were the most inspired lunatic outsider "art" ever. Really mind-blowing stuff. If I can persuade him to scan or photograph some of the covers I'll send them to you.Bob Fingermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985924051708608925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-91986493295828791592009-08-08T02:13:10.979-07:002009-08-08T02:13:10.979-07:00Signed copies of 'Latawnya' are selling fo...Signed copies of 'Latawnya' are selling for US$150 online--given that nobody would pay anything for something I wrote, I feel rather less smug now.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-84514527278955824682009-08-07T22:51:29.705-07:002009-08-07T22:51:29.705-07:00I actually own a copy of Latawnya the Naughty Hors...I actually own a copy of Latawnya the Naughty Horse. Only later did I realize that the title page is autographed by Ms. Scott Gibson herself...Neffits.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11404009514919287129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-77213731573079967442009-08-07T10:56:39.036-07:002009-08-07T10:56:39.036-07:00I need to buy that first one ASAP. I have a crisis...I need to buy that first one ASAP. I have a crisis on my hand here...Ian Koviakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06779092543413941740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-89767654872780821632009-08-07T08:33:41.843-07:002009-08-07T08:33:41.843-07:00I'd seen Latawnya, the Naughty Horse, Learns t...I'd seen Latawnya, the Naughty Horse, Learns to Say 'No' to Drugs before: it certainly is something. My favourite thing about it was an Amazon review that called it 'a tour de horse'.Alanhttp://greaterthanorequalto.net/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-52348148105009728292009-08-07T04:46:40.175-07:002009-08-07T04:46:40.175-07:00"Posted by JRSM at 10:11 PM
Labels: awful,..."Posted by JRSM at 10:11 PM <br />Labels: awful, POD"<br /><br />Presented without comment indeed! You scoundrel!John Selfhttp://theasylum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com