tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post7249824885642030523..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: I am reading some great literature, y'all, really great stuff, let me tell ya...or somethingLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-45691288686634169442010-08-19T12:13:30.114-05:002010-08-19T12:13:30.114-05:00Larry: Yes, I was daring you to buy a used copy o...Larry: Yes, I was daring you to buy a used copy of that book, or try to find the full text online to save yourself cash. Most of it is available to read here: http://books.google.com/books?id=fvlmnhC98qcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=patokafus&hl=en&ei=6GVtTMSEKoOC8gaR6LyuCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false<br /><br />There are a couple chapters missing, but I don't think it really matters.<br /><br />So, yes, I'm daring you to read it and tell us what you think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-24748231470978637822010-08-18T16:51:34.826-05:002010-08-18T16:51:34.826-05:00Still not reading it. There are better female aut...Still not reading it. There are better female authors to read than Meyer or Hamilton. Charlotte Gilman's works are one. Le Guin is another. Plus I need to read Tiptree sometime.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-7421901181708040352010-08-18T16:22:55.306-05:002010-08-18T16:22:55.306-05:00Twilight is not terrible! It's cute. Sure it&#...Twilight is not terrible! It's cute. Sure it's silly, but the writing is not worse than Laurell K. Hamilton in later books.Anastasianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-68681854932224371252010-08-18T10:19:44.854-05:002010-08-18T10:19:44.854-05:00Don't be juvenile, guys :p Everybody who wishe...Don't be juvenile, guys :p Everybody who wishes to be up to date with modern pop-culture has to have read Twilight. It takes only an evening :p<br /><br />http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/Simeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435940295167464898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-78906427127982884472010-08-18T00:11:47.098-05:002010-08-18T00:11:47.098-05:00Nearing the halfway mark now. Just read the multi...Nearing the halfway mark now. Just read the multi-page description of a character falling off a horse. Oh, this is <i>gold</i>!Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-42974414160974784282010-08-17T22:32:59.659-05:002010-08-17T22:32:59.659-05:00OK, would you review yaoi then, Pat? :POK, would you review yaoi then, Pat? :PLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-46266948621351374732010-08-17T22:27:51.887-05:002010-08-17T22:27:51.887-05:00For the record, I'd rather be sodomized than r...For the record, I'd rather be sodomized than read Twilight...<br /><br />Ain't going to happen, both the butt-slamming and the reading of the Twilight saga...Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16282597036862004865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-33232395760142765072010-08-17T22:15:02.032-05:002010-08-17T22:15:02.032-05:00Twilight is quite decent btw, in a modest misogyni...Twilight is quite decent btw, in a modest misogynist way. Not nearly the worst vampire story you could find. Also, sparkling daylight vampires - not nearly as kitsch in written form. It even makes a kind of poetic sense.<br /><br />http://rolandscodex.blogspot.com/Simeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435940295167464898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-17136173855068696762010-08-17T16:30:35.273-05:002010-08-17T16:30:35.273-05:00Just so you know, I will not be reading Twilight. ...Just so you know, I will not be reading Twilight. Ever.Jameshttp://dazedrambling.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-22729954960749468382010-08-17T15:53:00.299-05:002010-08-17T15:53:00.299-05:00im quite sure this review's gonna be a masterp...im quite sure this review's gonna be a masterpiece, larry.<br /><br />damn, robert stanek is STILL at it? anything to make a quick buck off his shitsauce books of his.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-37747899312352458172010-08-17T15:48:21.960-05:002010-08-17T15:48:21.960-05:00Until Pat, James, Aidan, and let's say Paul Sm...Until Pat, James, Aidan, and let's say Paul Smith do reviews of Twilight, I'm not going to read/review it. Simple as that :PLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-71756258708977014852010-08-17T07:56:14.345-05:002010-08-17T07:56:14.345-05:00A actually pity that 13 year old girl. Her father ...A actually pity that 13 year old girl. Her father is not doing her a favour. What she needs is a good crit group aimed at younger writers where she could get help to improve her craft, not parents who try to keep reality out. <br /><br />But I would like to see a Twlight review. :)Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-87840599679402469332010-08-17T01:35:52.794-05:002010-08-17T01:35:52.794-05:00Patrick, we both know a good Stanek soul shitting ...Patrick, we both know a good Stanek soul shitting is umm...good for our souls? Do it! It could become a meme for all I know, the quoting of Stanekverse as if it were <i>The Rocky Horror Picture Show</i> :P<br /><br />Joe,<br /><br />I'm taking a break from reading that sort of anti-literature after this. I'm about to resume full-time work in the near future (working 40 hours this week in training), so I won't have the requisite time for reading such parvenu literature ;)Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-12167729515657106122010-08-16T23:17:23.874-05:002010-08-16T23:17:23.874-05:00Funny you should be doing this. Coming back from t...Funny you should be doing this. Coming back from the Balkans, I almost ordered a used copy with my little Amazon Associates revenues.<br /><br />Decided against it, in the end. Maybe I should reconsider...<br /><br />Eagerly awaiting your review to see if Robert Stanek shat directly into your soul! :PPatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16282597036862004865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-84900862237134630882010-08-16T22:29:55.682-05:002010-08-16T22:29:55.682-05:00The fuck?
I'm always confused / distressed ...The fuck? <br /><br />I'm always confused / distressed when I see something <i>I could have written</i>. That just shouldn't happen. <br /><br />On the other hand, if you're looking to punish yourself, perhaps I can interest you in <a href="http://joesherry.blogspot.com/2009/08/fate-of-thorik-by-anthony-g-wedgeworth.html" rel="nofollow">The Fate of Thorik</a>?Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094675116398769415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-33362138599673263202010-08-16T21:27:19.535-05:002010-08-16T21:27:19.535-05:00You heard it from me, and it's not just one co...You heard it from me, and it's not just one country. He's been published at least in four others. So, he has, like, credentials and shit now...<br /><br />Larry, please quote for me the part about the stone face. I do not even remember what it was about, just that it was wildly hilarious.<br /><br />http://rolandscodex.blogspot.com/Simeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435940295167464898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-53924003350269947832010-08-16T18:22:56.081-05:002010-08-16T18:22:56.081-05:00Hmm, can we really compare "her" to Stan...Hmm, can we really compare "her" to Stanek though? It seems entirely unfair, pitting a thirteen year old girl's work against someone as masterful as Stanek. Besides, she is self published and I heard somewhere that someone managed to dupe a foreign house into publishing Stanek, which makes him worse be default.Jameshttp://dazedrambling.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-13882288440064812592010-08-16T18:17:17.657-05:002010-08-16T18:17:17.657-05:00Ha. I can't wait.Ha. I can't wait.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093997168286551055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-67069033566235578412010-08-16T18:13:32.622-05:002010-08-16T18:13:32.622-05:00Hrmm...That other book is presumably by a 13 year-...Hrmm...That other book is presumably by a 13 year-old girl. Don't know if I'd take as much pleasure from tearing that one apart as I would an adult's shitty work :(<br /><br />And yes, there shall be copious quotage!Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-51696977080265928932010-08-16T18:05:00.459-05:002010-08-16T18:05:00.459-05:00Yes, quote copiously! :DYes, quote copiously! :DJameshttp://dazedrambling.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-46168241091976333292010-08-16T18:02:42.230-05:002010-08-16T18:02:42.230-05:00Are you daring me to buy a used copy of this book ...Are you daring me to buy a used copy of this book for review? :(Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-58098675322583138872010-08-16T17:53:12.117-05:002010-08-16T17:53:12.117-05:00He's not the worst. Try this book: http://ww...He's not the worst. Try this book: http://www.amazon.com/Patokafus-Trilogy-Book-Goldstone-Bk/dp/1434373754<br /><br />The author's father once tried to force someone I knew to remove unkind words about the author's work using a Hotmail address and a fake DMCA notice. The father also threatened to sue. And that's not the only time that's happened. The author also does a lot of the stuff Stanek does, but has even less credibility to do so. Stanek sucks, sure, but his writing is at least occasionally coherent. The Patokafus guy...not so much.<br /><br />You can preview the book on Amazon (if you dare).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-29001847477856766392010-08-16T17:49:45.852-05:002010-08-16T17:49:45.852-05:00Think I should quote copiously here? ;)Think I should quote copiously here? ;)Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-7847335519784590942010-08-16T17:40:42.333-05:002010-08-16T17:40:42.333-05:00On the edge of my chair waiting for this review.On the edge of my chair waiting for this review.Jameshttp://dazedrambling.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com