tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post4771650871601082642..comments2023-11-02T12:15:47.847+00:00Comments on Quinquireme: Top Ten 11 Books By Bloggerspatroclushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1234928773436188922009-01-08T11:29:00.000+00:002009-01-08T11:29:00.000+00:00Yay, number 6, what a result!Cheers!Hope you, the ...Yay, number 6, what a result!<BR/>Cheers!<BR/>Hope you, the kitten and cat all had a lovely Christmas. xxLucy Diamondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831060852859704680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-23261998615744422962009-01-04T21:07:00.000+00:002009-01-04T21:07:00.000+00:00Jayne: I think I can guess, but I'd better be disc...Jayne: I think I can guess, but I'd better be discreet too.<BR/><BR/>Chris: Microblogging, slowblogging, extreme blogging - it all seems to be fashionable these days. The only thing that isn't fashionable is Second Life. I'd suggest starting a Second Life revival, but the only time I went in there I got stuck behind a sign and couldn't get out and it was horribly embarrassing, like one of those anxiety dreams where you've gone to school in your pyjamas. Only real. Ish.<BR/><BR/>FR: And you a bookshop man as well! Praise indeed for the towheaded shitbird.<BR/><BR/>GSE: That must have been awful. I didn't know you'd written a book about smartcards though, that's impressive.<BR/><BR/>Lisa: Ooh, what is DH's book?<BR/><BR/>Janey: It's a masterwork of literature, I'm sure you'll agree. I read it to the Blue Kitten quite often. I'm not sure if she takes in all of its narrative subtleties but she does like to chew the corners.<BR/><BR/>RG: Ooh yes, a party, like some kind of fancy literary <I>salon</I>. I've always wanted to have one of those.<BR/><BR/>Pleite: Ooh, good work - My Boyfriend Is A Twat goes in somewhere between no. 6 and no. 5. I see that Petite Anglaise is a book these days too - sales rank 95,078 at time of writing.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-63857211835055874642009-01-04T02:24:00.000+00:002009-01-04T02:24:00.000+00:00Have thought of another one: http://www.amazon.co....Have thought of another one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Boyfriend-Twat-Recognising-Dealing/dp/1905548583 by http://www.myboyfriendisatwat.com/ (and sorry for the wrong linking).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-83434603714666580132009-01-03T22:26:00.000+00:002009-01-03T22:26:00.000+00:00hey, i think christopher's onto something - we sho...hey, i think christopher's onto something - we should totally have a party x<BR/>vw - catolap<BR/>honest, patroclus, your wv is the best i've ever seen! how do you do that. xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-74756788860346745682009-01-02T01:54:00.000+00:002009-01-02T01:54:00.000+00:00Oh, oh, I actually own one of these books, and I'v...Oh, oh, I actually own one of these books, and I've read it! Sadly, it's the one written by James Henry (who he?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1586386491706581832009-01-01T19:13:00.000+00:002009-01-01T19:13:00.000+00:0047 squid for a remaindered book eh?dh found his bo...47 squid for a remaindered book eh?<BR/><BR/>dh found his book remaindered in a supermarket selling for 50p a copy and bought the whole box<BR/><BR/>cashier clearly thought he was nuts<BR/><BR/>(and the books then sat in our garage for six years before we moved house so they're now in the attic and we'll be lobbing them into the woodburning stove when russia cuts off our gas supply)<BR/><BR/>ta da!Lisa Laterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14635669978357785259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-1822058494397478272008-12-31T19:11:00.000+00:002008-12-31T19:11:00.000+00:00Yeah, it's another one. My first ISBN number was i...Yeah, it's another one. My first ISBN number was in the early 90s for a charity booklet*. The one on Amazon however dates from 2001 and is about smart cards. I think they only sold about 10 in total.<BR/><BR/><BR/>*There was a horrible irony to this - it was for Alzheimers Scotland. Years later, having forgotten all about it, I rang Alzheimers Scotland for help when Mum was diagnosed and they sent me the booklet I'd written.GreatSheElephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589100964804729527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-76280169029981752582008-12-31T18:57:00.000+00:002008-12-31T18:57:00.000+00:00Vicus - "Towheaded shitbird" is the best thing I h...Vicus - "Towheaded shitbird" is the best thing I have ever read ever in the history of me reading things.Fat Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-48277871983962547702008-12-31T18:29:00.000+00:002008-12-31T18:29:00.000+00:00Re: slow blogging.So - writing long posts about th...Re: slow blogging.<BR/><BR/>So - writing long posts about things which are as un-topical as possible is now <I>fashionable</I>?<BR/><BR/>How annoying.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961928950277859778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-49908597121622320092008-12-31T17:37:00.000+00:002008-12-31T17:37:00.000+00:00I've read a couple of these. Hated one, was meh ab...I've read a couple of these. Hated one, was <I>meh</I> about the other. Neither were written by people you are related to, have created a kitten with or are on your blogroll but I'm still being discreet. Because I'm nice. Ahem. <BR/><BR/>Mill Millington's another earlyish example of blogger turned publisher. I think his first did well.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09821105000840199542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-18973217484899562432008-12-31T16:21:00.000+00:002008-12-31T16:21:00.000+00:00RG: Holha, mysterious anonymous commenter!GSE: I t...RG: Holha, mysterious anonymous commenter!<BR/><BR/>GSE: I thought your <I>magnum opus</I> was still in the process of being written - do you have another one?<BR/><BR/>Bureauista: Let me guess: was it Girl with a One-Track Mind?<BR/><BR/>Nibus: Pepys weighs in with an Amazon sales rank of 15,257, placing him somewhere between Lucy Diamond and Marie Phillips.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-90571098966670225882008-12-31T16:17:00.000+00:002008-12-31T16:17:00.000+00:00Doesn't Samuel Pepys count?Doesn't Samuel Pepys count?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-3117824741554181242008-12-31T15:15:00.000+00:002008-12-31T15:15:00.000+00:00Read two of those books, one of which I deliberate...Read two of those books, one of which I deliberately left on top of a cupboard in a hotel room north of the Arctic Circle.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10121585470904286533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-89607311926573085912008-12-31T14:46:00.000+00:002008-12-31T14:46:00.000+00:00You missed my magnum opus but as it doesn't even s...You missed my magnum opus but as it doesn't even seem to have an Amazon Sales ranking I suspect everyone else did too.<BR/><BR/>Mind you, I bet mine's the only one where a second hand copy is on offer for over £1400.<BR/><BR/>However Citizen of Woking (see my blog roll) is currently at rankings 385,891 and 2,425,690GreatSheElephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589100964804729527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-85228570960707880942008-12-31T12:41:00.000+00:002008-12-31T12:41:00.000+00:00i love you even more now yoursanonymousxxxwv - hol...i love you even more now <BR/>yours<BR/>anonymous<BR/>xxx<BR/>wv - holha!<BR/>(exclamation mark added by me)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-33952421882680959902008-12-31T11:36:00.000+00:002008-12-31T11:36:00.000+00:00Not at all; it's my pleasure.Not at all; it's my pleasure.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-72452794694241706652008-12-31T11:32:00.000+00:002008-12-31T11:32:00.000+00:00Oh no! Now I feel bad! But thank you Patroclus, th...Oh no! Now I feel bad! <BR/><BR/>But thank you Patroclus, that is very kind indeed.Maushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15424063741963301754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-10378806017539703982008-12-31T11:29:00.000+00:002008-12-31T11:29:00.000+00:00Billy: Let me guess - it's Welcome to the Machine ...Billy: Let me guess - it's Welcome to the Machine and, er, Girl with a One-Track Mind?<BR/><BR/>Maus: My apologies, I have now updated the list. Only another 89 to go till we have a top 100!<BR/><BR/>Tim: I would totally read that.<BR/><BR/>Simes: Well, apart from the Radiohead soundtrack; that might put a bit of a dampener on it.<BR/><BR/>FR: Vicus begs to differ. Although Fry *is* all over Twitter. (Another sentence that would have meant nothing five years ago.)<BR/><BR/>Dave: What with you and the people from Lulu, I'm starting to think I might have to tweak my criteria a bit.<BR/><BR/>Dad: I have a few spare copies. This time next year we could be millionaires!<BR/><BR/>Vicus: Surely it's Boris who's tow-headed, rather than Fry?patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-46835412083482835372008-12-31T09:47:00.000+00:002008-12-31T09:47:00.000+00:00In reply to an earlier commentator, Stephen Fry do...In reply to an earlier commentator, Stephen Fry does not have a blog, he has a web diary which he uses to recycle material he has published elsewhere (like Boris) and is looking for ways to make money out of it. Towheaded shitbird.<BR/>I have no idea what that last phrase means, but I was captivated when I read it at Former Frontier Editor, and was determined to use it at the first opportunity, never mind whether it is appropriate. Plagiarism lives.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-77251053162339666792008-12-31T09:37:00.000+00:002008-12-31T09:37:00.000+00:00I have a copy of French Leaves, signed by the auth...I have a copy of <I>French Leaves</I>, signed by the author. I shall look on it as investment.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-85910136407954177262008-12-31T09:23:00.000+00:002008-12-31T09:23:00.000+00:00Great post, great company, proud to be included......Great post, great company, proud to be included... <BR/><BR/>(Incidentally (as it's all about money, really) <EM>French Leaves</EM> has been out of print for almost a year. Originally it sold for £8.49, but I see second-hand copies are (or were, some weeks ago) going for <B>£47</B> (UK) and $82 (USA). Why, oh why didn't I hang on to a few copies?)<BR/><BR/>...could we have a party together?Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-85400077634575874552008-12-31T09:21:00.000+00:002008-12-31T09:21:00.000+00:00My books aren't sold by Amazon, being a tiny bit s...My books aren't sold by Amazon, being a tiny bit specialist.<BR/><BR/>I'm not bitter.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-58794879170393715542008-12-31T08:31:00.000+00:002008-12-31T08:31:00.000+00:00Does Stephen Fry count? I think he has a blog, an...Does Stephen Fry count? I think he has a blog, and he has his America book - although it is probably being lit by halogen as we type.Fat Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-58733900581568787912008-12-31T02:22:00.000+00:002008-12-31T02:22:00.000+00:00You should definitely pitch that one as a movie. I...You should definitely pitch that one as a movie. It's got "feelgood summer hit" all over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3607123.post-76678275714031422622008-12-30T23:44:00.000+00:002008-12-30T23:44:00.000+00:00What about a condensed version of the whole lot? B...What about a condensed version of the whole lot? Bored, ambulance-driving wife unwillingly relocates to France where she has multiple orgasms from being unfaithful in wet cement with Greek deities while listening to Radiohead. Include free Venn diagram.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.com