I do like a good rant...
... so let's hope this is one: Chuck Palahniuk's new novel Rant. This is my first-edition, first-printing hardback, which just arrived from the States today. It's crazy, even including shipping charges, it still came out at less than the $25 cover price buying it through Amazon.com
By the way, American blogpals are advised they should try to attend a Palahniuk reading. Click here for US dates. And Canadian dates are here.
And see how I'm keeping it old skool with the Quantum Leap T-shirt? Fuck, yeah! That T is at least 14 years old and still in great shape. My comic-shop boss (at the time) brought it back for me from Baltimore.
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22 Comments:
That's not Don Quixote...
I remember when you got the package, but I don't know who Chuck is...Do tell...
I LOVED Quantum Leap! Sometimes, I catch an old episode on you tube...
Quantum Leap - what a great concept for a show; endless possibilities, moral certitude, the chance to make things right. Shame about the shirts.
Puss
Karen: [gulp] Yeah, it is... I've just, um, put the Rant dustjacket on it, um. Yeah, that's it!
Biddie: Chuck is the author of the book Fight Club, which was turned into a film with Brad Pitt and Ed Norton a few years back. You remember...?
G/puss: It was feckin' awesome, is what it was. And which shirts do you mean? Mine or theirs?!
Nice book cover!
Oh, yeah, I remember! He sent you all of that stuff just because? Sounds like a decnt bloke....
i LOVE that you're wearing a quantum leap t-shirt. hahhahaha!!
and that book cover is awesome. i really do need to read some more by him. i've only read a couple of short stories from haunted (i think that was the name of it)
Oooh I didn't realize he wrote Fight Club!? One of those movies I finished watching and went...hmmm. How do I feel about that? I may have to check out some of his other works.
And you really are cool - Quantam Leap was included in Entertainment Weekly's best Sci-Fi on Film in the last 20 years. Congrats babe!
The only Palahniuk I've read was Survivor (and I've seen Fight Club, but I doubt that counts for too much). I wasn't all that impressed, honestly.
I'm now trying to remember what happened in the last episode of Quantum Leap. I remember something about Sam not making it back and someone in a photo "leaping". Or is my memory taking the piss out of me?
I didn't realize he had something new out, must add to reading list - danke.
I looked at the dates. If I'm going to make the NYC one, I better hurry, it's in 1.5 hours!!
Is it out over here yet? I love Chuck. Always an easy and enjoyable read. Don't ruin it for us!
Milla: I think it looks like Batman's sidekick Robin got his ass handed to him big style...
Biddie: That's the one!
Martha: QL rocks, sista!
Karen: And now you know. I saw QL in the EW list and was pleasantly surprised. And glad. It was my fave show for years. I even paid top dollar for back issues of the comic-book series back in the day.
Ben: To be honest, Survivor is not one of my fave three. If you feel inclined, try Lullaby. Fantastic.
Martino: Y'know it's so long since I saw it I can't even remember it. When I get round to my Season 5 DVDs, I'll let you know!
F/ball: Yes, add it to your list. You're welcome!
Pool: Oops. A little laste notice, methinks...
LUVM: Out on the 10th over here, I believe, so tomorrow then.
I might get around to that, if I can chew through the stack of books already on my plate...
wow...that is an awesome cover. Let me know how the book is. I check he isnt coming anywhere near me. A little disappointed. If you had to recommend me to read just one of his books what would it be?
Ben: Yeah, tell me about it!
Shea: I loved Lullaby, and Choke (which is just going into production as a movie), too. But Fugitives And Refugees is a great non-fiction/travel guide about Portland, OR.
love the cover of the book...
oh!
before I got addicted to CSI, I was addicted to quantum leap!
_z.: Cool cover, huh? And I can totally dig the QL addiction!
Hey thanks for heads up...we'll go see him next week...coincidently we are going to see Alexie Sherman read tonight same spot...a superbookstore downtown...
Candy: That's super-cool! I look forward to photos! And now i'll Google Alexie Sherman...
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