More on the blurb brouhaha

[Ya Sam]

Thanks for that information. It seems that 'Just a Couple of Days' is a book 
I might like. The blurb about its being 'a Dr. Strangelove for biotech 
century' especially appealed to me. That strange geometrical figure on the 
cover that combines all the numbers and the letters of the alphabet is also 
cool.


>From: jd <wescac at gmail.com>
>To: "Dave Monroe" <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
>CC: robinlandseadel at comcast.net, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: More on the blurb brouhaha
>Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:31:52 -0400
>
>I'm flipping through my copy now, the more I look at it the more I
>think it was self-published.  The book design is credited solely to
>"Bast Books" and the cover was designed by his wife Jess.  Bast also
>seems to be from the same city / state that the author is from.  I
>don't remember how I stumbled across it but I do reccomend it to any
>Pynchon fan, and if he did in fact self-publish, damn, more power to
>him because it seems he's gotten a decent amount of recognition for
>it, and it sounds like now he's going to have the time to dedicate
>himself to writing because of it / his second book which should be
>coming out soon-ish.
>
>On 7/28/06, jd <wescac at gmail.com> wrote:
>>I read Just a Couple of Days a few years back and liked it quite a
>>bit, I'd definitely reccomend checking it out.  If you feel like it,
>>www.justacoupleofdays.com is his Web site and has his email address,
>>so if you read it and have a question or something you can ask him
>>(and he will respond).  What kind of writer is he?  Well, he's pretty
>>funny, but thoughtful too I'd say...  maybe a decent comparison would
>>be something like a humor-laden White Noise...
>>
>>I don't know what's up with Bast Books though... I googled them and
>>their Web page seems to just re-direct to justacoupleofdays.com - the
>>name is familiar but I can't think of any other books off the top of
>>my head that they might have done.
>>
>>On 7/28/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Or a sitcom.  As I've said before, Teri Garr would
>> > have been perfect back in the day ...
>> >
>> > 
>>http://memory-alpha.org/en/images/thumb/4/4d/RobertaLincoln.jpg/200px-RobertaLincoln.jpg
>> >
>> > --- robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:
>> >
>> > > Wish the guy would write more "For The Money".
>> > > Wouldn't it cool if there were a numbered (or
>> > > alphaed) "Oedipa Maas" murder mystery series, like
>> > > Sue Grafton or Janet Evanovich?? With kute
>> > > re-occurring characters and correspondences?
>> >
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