Author Topic: I met the author of this book. (Read 2059 times)

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.

Green Shinobi · « **Reply #1 on:** March 11, 2010, 08:10:08 AM »

Did his previous job include watching The Lion King repeatedly?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2 on:** March 11, 2010, 08:24:42 AM »

I can't tell if this is supposed to be a joke or not.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #3 on:** March 11, 2010, 08:25:20 AM »

I can tell you that this is dead fucking serious to him.

Green Shinobi · « **Reply #4 on:** March 11, 2010, 08:37:35 AM »

Did you check out the book at all? Is it well-written?

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #5 on:** March 11, 2010, 09:44:25 AM »

If you havent clicked the amazon preview, you havent lived

Also dont miss the 'reader review' where he forgot to log out of his account

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6 on:** March 11, 2010, 10:06:15 AM »

Every bit of the first 8 pages is nothing but dialogue!

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Is it well-written?

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #7 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.

Mupepe · « **Reply #8 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:30:26 PM »

ACTION!!! DRAMA!!! INTRIGUE!!!

Mupepe · « **Reply #9 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:33:16 PM »

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"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.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #10 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:36:06 PM »

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #11 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:37:04 PM »

Fuck you guys. You don't understand the genius of my book.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:41:51 PM »

This is one of those self-published books, right?

Right?!?!?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13 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.

Mandark · « **Reply #14 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:57:07 PM »

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Chinner · « **Reply #15 on:** March 11, 2010, 01:00:49 PM »

this is the kind of thing i would read ironically.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16 on:** March 11, 2010, 01:13:21 PM »

I want someone to do a dramatic reading of the first eight pages.

rodi · « **Reply #17 on:** March 11, 2010, 01:47:08 PM »

I didn't think it was possible to suck more than Eragon.

Diunx · « **Reply #18 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

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #19 on:** March 11, 2010, 02:59:14 PM »

Also, it takes place in medieval 'gual' and the kid has a toy train

Diunx · « **Reply #20 on:** March 11, 2010, 03:33:02 PM »

Yeah I was gonna comment on that

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #21 on:** March 11, 2010, 04:08:17 PM »

Richard is a prince, but he's never been into the city or rode a horse.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #22 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.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #23 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.

That's because George gets to do all the cool stuff, pay attention

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #24 on:** March 11, 2010, 05:19:36 PM »

Who is Scott supposed to be anyway and where did he get a magic wand from?

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #25 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?

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.

Ichirou · « **Reply #26 on:** March 11, 2010, 05:43:10 PM »

http://www.freewebs.com/jackandthejourneythroughtime/pictureofbook.htm

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #27 on:** March 11, 2010, 05:45:03 PM »

That's the guy

I can prove it with my own pic if necessary

Ichirou · « **Reply #28 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.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #29 on:** March 11, 2010, 05:49:01 PM »

So does his book ever having anything except dialogue?

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #30 on:** March 11, 2010, 05:50:18 PM »

EMOTE THIS

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

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #31 on:** March 11, 2010, 05:57:48 PM »

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #32 on:** March 11, 2010, 06:08:07 PM »

This guy's got fuckin connections

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #33 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

He's published, dude.

Ichirou · « **Reply #34 on:** March 11, 2010, 10:06:05 PM »

I want an autographed copy.

Mupepe · « **Reply #35 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

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #36 on:** March 12, 2010, 11:07:57 AM »

He looks like a nice guy, but...perhaps a career in writing is not for him.

Diunx · « **Reply #37 on:** March 12, 2010, 12:18:57 PM »

He's fat so I have no problem making fun of his distinguished mentally-challenged writing.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #38 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.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #39 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.

Ichirou · « **Reply #40 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.

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

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

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Author Topic: I met the author of this book. (Read 2059 times)