dAN & aTOMiC are about to publish a book. We're sorry!

Post by **dANdeLION** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:20 pm

You, like Obi-Wan Kenobi, are a big fat liar.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:51 pm

aTOMiC wrote:By the way, how did you end up reading the book?
In any case you NAILED the review.

I haven't done it, but it looks like lulu allows you to download it for free?

Post by **dANdeLION** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:53 pm

Which is further proof I didn't write it, because I give nothing away for free!

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:54 pm

Oops.

Nevermind.

Looks like the price went up by $2 and the download option has disappeared since I went to the site earlier.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:57 pm

It wasn't worth the original price! Damn inflation!!

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:01 pm

dANdeLION wrote:It wasn't worth the original price! Damn inflation!!

Post by **sgt.null** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:29 pm

i have started the process btw. i expect kafka, king, kennebunkport at the least.

Post by **balon!** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:23 pm

I'll give it a read!

Post by **aTOMiC** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:26 am

iamarobot wrote:I'll give it a read!

www.lulu.com/content/1830971

I have modified the book site so that you can download it free of charge.
Enjoy

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:58 am

you must read this book!

Post by **aTOMiC** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:10 pm

ALL HAIL THE HYPNOTOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **Cail** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:53 pm

aTOMiC wrote:
Cail wrote:I laughed. I cried. It's better than Cats.

Yay! We have another quote for the back cover of the book.

Thanks Cail!!!!!

By the way, how did you end up reading the book?
In any case you NAILED the review.
That's exactly how I felt when I read it.

Its true. I didn't write a word of it. Dan did it all.

Why bother reading a book you didn't write?

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:01 pm

Some early local reviews:

Land O'Lakes Daily Herald: "Cummins and Southard* prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is the golden age of publishing; literally anything makes it to print nowadays!"

Venice Post: "This book is a major victory for the illiterate."

Tampa Bay Journal: "Amazing book. We honestly didn't know!"

* that was obviously an error on their part; all I did was write a dedication and make the cover and map. I didn't write the bloody book!

Post by **aTOMiC** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:21 pm

FYI. Regarding the book I didn't write. I just had to upload a revision. I've re paginated the format and added one extra chapter.
Don't miss out on this new and improved version of the story I didn't write.

BTW dAN. Judging by the reviews I'm glad to see the Tampa Bay area clearly understands what it is we've created here.

Post by **Cail** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:24 pm

I'm on page 52 and I can't put it down.

Which is really awkward as I'm reading it on my desktop terminal at work, and people keep asking me why I'm holding my computer. It's going to be an issue when I try to take it with me for my morning constitutional.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:28 pm

Too bad you're not paper trained, Cail. My suggestion is for you to print the entire book out on the company printer, one-sided, of course. Then, when you finish the book, flush it downs the toilet.

Post by **Cail** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:35 pm

I'd rather flush the terminal.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:37 pm

To each his own.

Post by **Cail** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:38 pm

I'd share, but I think it'd be awkward with a group in the commode.

Post by **Cail** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:21 pm

Thanks to the film The Sixth Sense, consumers of all fictional media; be it TV, films, or books, have come to expect a plot twist at the climax of the story. Some, like the aforementioned film, become the stuff of legends; a part of the shared social lexicon. Others are doomed to be pedestrian copycats; pale imitations of the truly creative.

The Flower of Doom, a new short novel from Thomas Cummins and Danny Southard is firmly in the former group. It is, of course, not surprising that there's a plot twist (and I won't dare spoil it for the uninitiated). What is shocking is how well the twist is integrated into the narrative. When it comes, it is completely unexpected, yet seamlessly works with the story (unlike, say The Village).

Without giving away the secret, I can say that the cast of characters is large but well fleshed-out (especially the marvelously realized Larry Pernish), the locations are breathtakingly drawn, and the scope of the story can only be described as epic.

Like The Sixth Sense, I found myself starting the journey again the second I finished it, breathlessly looking for clues to the devious twist. Repeated readings do not diminish the impact of the story in the least.

And I think that's the highest praise you can give a book. No twist here, I highly recommend the engaging The Flower of Doom.

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