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Post by Dreadlocksmile on Jun 10, 2010 12:20:34 GMT
To highlight the GNS part for everyone:"So I’m going to go with Guy N Smith’s second novel The Sucking Pit. And no, that’s not cockney rhyming slang but it ought to be as it would perfectly describe this novel. Published in 1975 it manages to be racist, sexist and atrociously written with moronic dialogue, almost no characterisation and a pitiful plot.
This said I have a grudging affection for it. In his excellent book On Writing Stephen King talks about the joy you feel the first time you read a book that’s so bad you realise you could easily do better. I was about 12/13 when I first read The Sucking Pit and I was so encouraged by the thought that if something this awful could get into print then I stood more than a chance myself, that I began work on my first novel the very next day.
Now here I am, (ahem) years later, talking to you writer to writer. So I guess when I’m done here I should really head up the apples and pears get on the dog and bone and thank Mr Smith for writing something so Sucking Pit." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jasper who? Pretty arrogant statement to make for a relatively unknown author. What a f**king idiot! This is like the Shuan Hutson interview all over again. Ian, thanks for posting this up. Right...I'm off to revise my hitlist...
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Post by steppedonwolf on Jun 10, 2010 15:38:51 GMT
To highlight the GNS part for everyone:"So I’m going to go with Guy N Smith’s second novel The Sucking Pit. And no, that’s not cockney rhyming slang but it ought to be as it would perfectly describe this novel. Published in 1975 it manages to be racist, sexist and atrociously written with moronic dialogue, almost no characterisation and a pitiful plot.
This said I have a grudging affection for it. In his excellent book On Writing Stephen King talks about the joy you feel the first time you read a book that’s so bad you realise you could easily do better. I was about 12/13 when I first read The Sucking Pit and I was so encouraged by the thought that if something this awful could get into print then I stood more than a chance myself, that I began work on my first novel the very next day.
Now here I am, (ahem) years later, talking to you writer to writer. So I guess when I’m done here I should really head up the apples and pears get on the dog and bone and thank Mr Smith for writing something so Sucking Pit." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jasper who? Pretty arrogant statement to make for a relatively unknown author. What a f**king idiot! This is like the Shuan Hutson interview all over again. Ian, thanks for posting this up. Right...I'm off to revise my hitlist... Crazy. This is the book that Stephen King said was his nominee for 'the all-time pulp horror classic title'.
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Post by Dreadlocksmile on Jun 11, 2010 11:32:31 GMT
I just stumbled across this on the tinterweb: Anyone heard of this before? Perhaps it's the french version of Island Claws?!??
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Post by Dreadlocksmile on Jun 11, 2010 11:45:29 GMT
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Post by ian on Jun 11, 2010 12:22:29 GMT
We're dealing with something REALLY BIG!
There is only one solution!
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Post by Dreadlocksmile on Jun 12, 2010 18:13:04 GMT
I watched the vid this morning (I posted it up yesterday, but I was in work at the time so couldn't view it).
Great stuff! Couldn't stop smirking at it. Absolute genius.
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Post by Dreadlocksmile on Sept 22, 2010 13:45:09 GMT
FYI - There's a long letter from GNS in the most recent issue of Paperback Fanatic (issue 16).
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Post by steppedonwolf on Sept 30, 2010 22:48:55 GMT
CRABS APOCALYPSE:
Dave Jeffrey and Stuart Neild are working on this as we speak.
Gents, fill us in on the details...
And it's all for charity, folks!
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Post by Dreadlocksmile on Oct 1, 2010 10:41:53 GMT
CRABS APOCALYPSE: Dave Jeffrey and Stuart Neild are working on this as we speak. Gents, fill us in on the details... And it's all for charity, folks! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT RELEASE THIS IN EBOOK FORMAT ONLY!
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Post by steppedonwolf on Oct 1, 2010 13:08:56 GMT
CRABS APOCALYPSE: Dave Jeffrey and Stuart Neild are working on this as we speak. Gents, fill us in on the details... And it's all for charity, folks! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT RELEASE THIS IN EBOOK FORMAT ONLY!Good point, DLS! I'll ask them about this. ;D
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Post by steppedonwolf on Oct 1, 2010 15:34:23 GMT
Good news, DLS. There'll be print versions available. They just have to find a publisher first.
Perhaps Aswang could take it on?
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Post by dracenstein on Oct 29, 2010 22:16:05 GMT
Bamboo Guerillas is now available for Kindle, £4.59.
Wasn't Night of the Werewolf supposed to be reprinted sometime?
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Post by steppedonwolf on Oct 29, 2010 22:28:38 GMT
Bamboo Guerillas is now available for Kindle, £4.59. Wasn't Night of the Werewolf supposed to be reprinted sometime? GWP were going to be reprinting it, but Guy withdrew it. At the 2009 convention he was selling the old CDs of the PDF for a pound. If you want, I'll email you a copy.
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Post by ian on Feb 5, 2011 22:07:05 GMT
Does anyone know what Guy is working on at the moment?
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Post by ceriadelle on Feb 10, 2011 15:20:38 GMT
Eighth Day and Psalm 151....Hopefully eighth day will be out at end of this year and psalm 151 next year.....also a crabs novella....
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