Comments on: Black Friday, or, Holiday Gift Ideas

By: Rebecca Adler

Rebecca Adler — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:16:08 +0000

Oh my gosh, this list is stressing me out. I thought I had read a lot of the TNBooks, but I’ve only scratched the surface.

…I know what I’m doing when I get back to the states.

By: Don Mitchell

Don Mitchell — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:27:39 +0000

Arrgh. No! I was just kidding. Nobody outside of a small group of anthropologists, overwhelmingly Australians, ever read it or ever wanted to or ever will want to.

I should keep my mouth shut, that is to say, hands off the keyboard.

By: Greg Olear

Greg Olear — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:29:04 +0000

January will be here before you know it. It will just seem like forever to you…

By: Greg Olear

Greg Olear — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:28:20 +0000

Thanks, Don. One book per author. I put Tao’s other book on the list.

I’m so gonna add your monograph, even though I don’t know what that means…

By: Don Mitchell

Don Mitchell — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:29:00 +0000

Another one, Greg –

Suzanne Burns. “Misfits and Other Heroes,” which includes the famous finger-cot-as-condom bit (see her TNB posting about the reading that didn’t go well), as well as some other wonderfully-strange stories.

By: Robin Antalek

Robin Antalek — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:48:23 +0000

A simply amazing idea….. thanks for including me, Greg!

By: Don Mitchell

Don Mitchell — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:50:05 +0000

Greg, that’s a handy list. Thanks.

A couple of months ago I started one for myself, but it was less complete. I’m trying to read every TNB book. So far, I’ve gotten through 11 of them.

You missed Tao Lin’s “Shoplifting from American Apparel,” though.

And you somehow missed listing my amazing world-famous anthropological monograph, also available from Amazon.com. For shame!

By: New Orleans Lady

New Orleans Lady — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:06:28 +0000

Yes! Great idea!

By: Alexandre

Alexandre — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:27:28 +0000

thanks man

By: Greg Olear

Greg Olear — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:26:44 +0000

Thanks, Jim.

I had to read Stendhal in college. I don’t remember a thing about that book, other than the title. Which I think is why there’s that song in “Les Mis” about red and black. Either that or they like to play checkers…

By: David S. Wills

David S. Wills — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:28:20 +0000

Awesome! I look forward to it.

By: D.R. Haney

D.R. Haney — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:23:12 +0000

Got it. I’ve just started writing The da Vinci Cookbook, to be accompanied by Empty: The Zac Effron Story and The Raphael Code.

Thanks for your counsel. Korea, I’m taking over!

By: David S. Wills

David S. Wills — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:13:12 +0000

Hey, you could try writing a TV or movie accompaniment? Or what about a celebrity biography? Or a gimmicky cookbook? Or what about a mystery using either the or words ‘Da Vinci’ or ‘Code’ (but not both)?

That’s how you get front window space in the big book stores.

By: D.R. Haney

D.R. Haney — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:10:33 +0000

Yes, well. What you say about Korea follows what I’ve heard elsewhere — mainstream, etc. I simply must learn to like magic and wizards and all that. It’s the only way, apparently, to develop a following in our insistently childish times.

By: David S. Wills

David S. Wills — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:04:31 +0000

I’ll have to read them first… People here like Western movies and translations of books, but nothing too different. They like pretty mainstream stuff - Harry Potter, Sex and the City (edited, of course) and whatnot.

There are a few native speakers out here who might like to read them, but there aren’t enough bookstore or native English speakers to really make it a viable option at the moment. Like I mentioned before, there’s only one bookstore in the capital that would possibly be able to offer them.