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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: AdmiralViscen on March 11, 2010, 07:41:06 AM

Title: I met the author of this book.
Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 11, 2010, 07:41:06 AM: http://www.amazon.com/Jack-Journey-Through-Manook-Sarkisyan/dp/142597239X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268311178&sr=8-1

Quote from: Product Description
There once lived two brothers, one in which was to become king of the kingdom. the younger brother underwent a series of events that transformed him from good to evil, experiencing jealousy and rage. in the mean time, the older brother had taken on the reign of king. the younger brothers chance of becoming king fell from his hands when his older brother had a son who would be next in line for the throne.

Quote from: About the Author
my name is manook sarkisyan. i am an aspiring author. i got the idea for my book while at one of my previous jobs. i was working at one my jobs one day when i got my idea for the book. it started out as an idea on paper and that idea turned into sentences which in turn became pages and finally those pages turned into a book.

He said this is the first of a 9 part series. A keen eye will derive laughs from the user reviews as well. Never mind the excerpts.
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Post by: Green Shinobi on March 11, 2010, 08:10:08 AM: Did his previous job include watching The Lion King repeatedly?
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Post by: Joe Molotov on March 11, 2010, 08:24:42 AM: I can't tell if this is supposed to be a joke or not.
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 11, 2010, 08:25:20 AM: I can tell you that this is dead fucking serious to him.
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Post by: Green Shinobi on March 11, 2010, 08:37:35 AM: Did you check out the book at all? Is it well-written?
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 11, 2010, 09:44:25 AM: If you havent clicked the amazon preview, you havent lived :lol

Also dont miss the 'reader review' where he forgot to log out of his account
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Post by: Great Rumbler on March 11, 2010, 10:06:15 AM: Every bit of the first 8 pages is nothing but dialogue! :lol

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Is it well-written?

:rofl
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on March 11, 2010, 12:21:03 PM: Quote from: Green Shinobi on March 11, 2010, 08:37:35 AM
Did you check out the book at all? Is it well-written?

From a reader review:
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I think 7-14 year olds would especially appreciate this book.
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Post by: Mupepe on March 11, 2010, 12:30:26 PM: ACTION!!! DRAMA!!! INTRIGUE!!!
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Post by: Mupepe on March 11, 2010, 12:33:16 PM: Quote
"Long ago, there was a king who ruled over his kingdom and made it prosperous. The next even that happened was that he had a son named George. After George came Richard-two sons, one good and one evil. As richard grew up, he had conflicting issues of many events, which led him to become a tyrant. During his childhookd, he had battled with evil and eventually lost that battle and became evil himself. We now head to that prosperous kingdom in seventh-century Gual. We are now heading to the day that George turns twenty-one and becomes king. "Happy birthday, George. Here are your gifts," said George's father."
Best first paragraph ever.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on March 11, 2010, 12:36:06 PM: (http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/page1.jpg)

(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/page2.jpg)

(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/Page3.jpg)

:rofl
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 11, 2010, 12:37:04 PM: Fuck you guys. You don't understand the genius of my book.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on March 11, 2010, 12:41:51 PM: This is one of those self-published books, right?

Right?!?!?
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Post by: Great Rumbler on March 11, 2010, 12:42:30 PM: This is like the world's worst play written as a novel.

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on March 11, 2010, 12:41:51 PM
This is one of those self-published books, right?

Right?!?!?

Yeah, it's self-published through AuthorHouse.
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Post by: Mandark on March 11, 2010, 12:57:07 PM: Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
royal duel, store associate, supreme pizza
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Post by: Chinner on March 11, 2010, 01:00:49 PM: this is the kind of thing i would read ironically.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on March 11, 2010, 01:13:21 PM: I want someone to do a dramatic reading of the first eight pages.
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Post by: rodi on March 11, 2010, 01:47:08 PM: I didn't think it was possible to suck more than Eragon.
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Post by: Diunx on March 11, 2010, 02:11:23 PM: So his father stopped being the king when the kid turned 21? and why 21?.

The cover :rofl
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 11, 2010, 02:59:14 PM: Also, it takes place in medieval 'gual' and the kid has a toy train
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Post by: Diunx on March 11, 2010, 03:33:02 PM: Yeah I was gonna comment on that :lol
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Post by: Great Rumbler on March 11, 2010, 04:08:17 PM: Richard is a prince, but he's never been into the city or rode a horse. :lol
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Post by: Joe Molotov on March 11, 2010, 04:12:07 PM: Quote from: Chinner on March 11, 2010, 01:00:49 PM
this is the kind of thing i would read ironically.

I don't think it's possible to read it non-ironically unless you were 5 or legally distinguished mentally-challenged.
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 11, 2010, 05:13:00 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 11, 2010, 04:08:17 PM
Richard is a prince, but he's never been into the city or rode a horse. :lol

That's because George gets to do all the cool stuff, pay attention ::)
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Post by: Great Rumbler on March 11, 2010, 05:19:36 PM: Who is Scott supposed to be anyway and where did he get a magic wand from? :lol
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 11, 2010, 05:33:11 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 11, 2010, 05:19:36 PM
Who is Scott supposed to be anyway and where did he get a magic wand from? :lol

I dunno.

It might seem cooler than receiving a picture at first, but when you factor in that the guy is getting the picture on someone else's birthday and that pictures won't exist for over a thousand years, it seems pretty awesome.

Oh wait, Richard gives the picture to the birthday boy. No wonder he's pissed.
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Post by: Ichirou on March 11, 2010, 05:43:10 PM: http://www.freewebs.com/jackandthejourneythroughtime/pictureofbook.htm

:lol
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 11, 2010, 05:45:03 PM: That's the guy :rofl

I can prove it with my own pic if necessary
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Post by: Ichirou on March 11, 2010, 05:45:46 PM: How'd you meet the guy? What was he like? Seriously, I am dying to hear this.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on March 11, 2010, 05:49:01 PM: So does his book ever having anything except dialogue?
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 11, 2010, 05:50:18 PM: EMOTE THIS

(http://i42.tinypic.com/mvpy8g.jpg)

I don't want to say too much about where I ran into him because I don't want to leak into his personal life. He was a very nice guy. But :lol
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 11, 2010, 05:57:48 PM: o
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:rofl
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 11, 2010, 06:08:07 PM: This guy's got fuckin connections :o
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Post by: Joe Molotov on March 11, 2010, 10:05:13 PM: Quote from: AdmiralViscen on March 11, 2010, 06:08:07 PM
This guy's got fuckin connections :o

He's published, dude.
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Post by: Ichirou on March 11, 2010, 10:06:05 PM: I want an autographed copy.
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Post by: Mupepe on March 12, 2010, 10:58:19 AM: Quote from: dcharlie on March 11, 2010, 06:01:10 PM
you know when some one looks like a really nice guy , well... this guy looks like a really nice guy.

Yeah pretty much. I actually feel bad about making fun of him now that I've seen the pics. He seems like he's really sweet :(
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Post by: Great Rumbler on March 12, 2010, 11:07:57 AM: He looks like a nice guy, but...perhaps a career in writing is not for him.
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Post by: Diunx on March 12, 2010, 12:18:57 PM: He's fat so I have no problem making fun of his distinguished mentally-challenged writing.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on March 12, 2010, 02:17:54 PM: I take it English is not his native language...

Quote from: Ichirou on March 11, 2010, 10:06:05 PM
I want an autographed copy.

I still have that shit weeaboo book you gave me. :lol
Title: Re: I met the author of this book.
Post by: AdmiralViscen on March 13, 2010, 10:05:43 AM: It shouldn't be too hard to run into him again if anyone really wants an autographed copy.
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Post by: Ichirou on March 13, 2010, 12:10:00 PM: Quote from: Mr. Gundam on March 12, 2010, 02:17:54 PM
I take it English is not his native language...

Quote from: Ichirou on March 11, 2010, 10:06:05 PM
I want an autographed copy.

I still have that shit weeaboo book you gave me. :lol

That weeaboo book is called WildFIRE, and it is about a black super saiyajin mercenary assassin.

(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/8127/display1195735.jpg)

Soon to be a major motion picture (the writer of the book is currently writing the screenplay) and video game.