Jonathan’s Comments (group member since Mar 05, 2009)

Jonathan’s comments from the fiction files redux group.

. . . i'm still getting kinda' caught up on the environment . . . i've been around reading posts trying to catch up . . .

. . .all i know is, since all you fictionphiles joined goodreads, lulu's rating has plummeted from a 4.10 to 3.94 . . . so much for nepotism!

. . . i got mine just now, and am presently taking it to the bathtub! . . .with a boner . . .

. . . so, we're missing some RSVP's down on the event page . . .if you haven't done it yet, stand up and be counted on the event list!

. . . so my perscription for love is on the way? can't wait-- in fact, i think i'm going to cover it for three guys, one book!

. . . whoohoo! . . .thanks for the sweet words, kidlink, and i hope you enjoy, melody!

July 28-30th at Fort Flaggler. Gonna' be bigger and better than ever! And can i just say how excited I am for my little dude to meet his wonderful aunts and uncles from all over! . . . i'll fill in more deatials this weekend when i have time . . . we've got 30 beds, and there's camping for overflow, and the whole thing is going to be even cheaper than last year! . . . if anybody comes in early they can stay at our place . . . in the meantime, let's get an RSVP list going here:

. . .nice job, you gals and guys, re-enlivening this community . . . a welcome change of venue!

Brian wrote: "amazon sent me an email this morning telling me to buy this book. i think i'll just wait for eddie vedder to give me a copy."

. . . double ha! . . .it's ed, though, not eddie, he doesn't like eddie . . .

Adrian wrote: "God, look at the moderators! It appears to be an Internet rogues gallery.

I think the moderators should have to wear outrageous costumes and fight each other in an arena.

"

. . .would you quit being a weenie, benji, and give your adoring public what they want?

. . .oh yeah, and one more soon to be added to my pile which i won't tell you anything about until i have time:

james p. othmer - holy water!

. . . not sure of the pub date yet, but needless to say, i can't wait for this one . . .

Ben wrote: "you're not going to tell us a little about these books? cuz i can't say you're gettin' me excited... "

. . . well, as soon as i'm done with the 550 page rewrite i'm supposed to finish by next week, i promise i'll elucidate . . . how's this: one of the three is thicker than the others!

Jonathan wrote: " . . . so, it's sort of an occupational prerequisite for me these days to read mostly new fiction, a lot of it in the form of galleys . . . traditionally, we read more dead authors around here, but..."

. . . also, in my capacity as the ambiguous fourth guy in the book blog "three guys, one books," i recently put out a challenge to corporate publishers to send me something dangerous, so it'll be interesting to see what winds up on my pile . . .

. . . so, it's sort of an occupational prerequisite for me these days to read mostly new fiction, a lot of it in the form of galleys . . . traditionally, we read more dead authors around here, but i thought i'd start a thread which deals specifically with current fiction releases of note, since we are in the culture-building business around here . . .

currently in queue and soon to be released, are two indie titles and one big house offering:

peter selgin - life goes to the movies (dzanc, spring 09)

jim lynch - border songs (knopf, june 09)

michael muhammad kinght - osama van halen (soft skull, spring 09)

Slowrabbit wrote: "i haven't read either of his novels... just heard of the guy, like 2 days ago... friend sent me the link i shared with y'all. i am enjoying his book tour travel diary on his blog but haven't gotte..."


. . .didn't chris cleave write incendiary? . . . british guy? . . . if so, i read that a few years back and it was really good (name drop warning: stone gossard of pearl jam actually gave it to me-- he also turned me onto martin amis-- good to know that there's still literate rock stars out there!) . . . so is this the same guy?

. . .excellent resource, shel!

Dan wrote: "hi, I am dan. I have been around the block with some of these other group members for a long time..."

. . .well, we know you've been around the block with alan-- or he wouldn't be using your profile picture!

. . .i'm jonathan . . . i like rabbits . . . but not as much as i like the people in this group . . . i blog here with a few of my friends, as of today:

http://threeguysonebook.blogspot.com/

. . . so wait, you're tomorrow, right, mo? same as my nephew! . . . big big big hugs!!!!!

Dan wrote: "Shel said this over in the myspace group:

I have this vision of a Web 2.5 or 3.0, where we can all build modular, mutable profiles based on our interests; ask our friends to join branches of the l..."

. . . hint hint, shel!