Comments on: The Big Idea: Diana Peterfreund

By: Johnny Carruthers

Johnny Carruthers — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:44:15 +0000

Bonegrinder gets the bacon AFTER Astrid gets the pictures she wants.

By: Raynre

Raynre — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:25:24 +0000

Doesn’t sound like something I would normally be interested in, but I’ve learned to give all of the books in The Big Idea at least a passing glance. I’ll make sure to take a look next time I’m in Barnes & Noble.

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:42:04 +0000

Sheila; were they cute Russian mafia and Malay pirates? :)

By: Sheila

Sheila — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:54:20 +0000

You write about talking raccoons think Russian Mafia and Malay pirates.

Alan, let me put it this way–Steve already did.

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:06:55 +0000

Steve, #42

People who think raccoons are cute and amiable never tried tussling with one over the trash. Little bastards can be nasty. They claw and they bite and they will tell you off in mean and menacing ways. They’ve been known to make bloodhounds back down, and people who handle bloodhounds will tell you the bloodhound is one mean dog.

You write about talking raccoons think Russian Mafia and Malay pirates.

By: EternalDensity

EternalDensity — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:02:22 +0000

Araldi @# 48:
Care to explain why you copied my comment with an added semicolon at the end? It seems a little pointless.

By: WizarDru

WizarDru — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:03:12 +0000

…and I’m done with ‘Ariel’. Guess I’ll need to hunt down Rampant and investigate this new Peter Beagle book.

Damn you, Scalzi. If only you’d HELP other writers, instead of scorn them!

By: Connor Cochran

Connor Cochran — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:26:34 +0000

Hi, Diana!

It was a pleasure meeting you at Peter Beagle’s table at Dragon*Con, and I hope your book does very well.

Interesting that you should bring up karkadanns and kirin, because earlier this year Peter completed new stories about both, which will be appearing next year in a small hardcover collection called THREE UNICORNS. The contents: one Indian/Persian story dealing with karkadanns; one Chinese story dealing with a chi-lin (their version of the kirin); a story called “Olfert Dappert’s Day” in which Peter finally fleshes out the historical reference in THE LAST UNICORN’s dedication; and an essay about his lifetime association with unicorns called “On the Horn of my Dilemma.” Send me your contact information and I’ll make sure you get a copy. I’m reachable at connor@conlanpress.com.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:34:56 +0000

I’ll give that a try. Although the Last Unicorn is possibly my favorite book ever, I’m intrigued by the idea of vicious scary unicorns, and this essay demonstrates that you have writing skill. Sadly, I’m underemployed, so I’m in the library queue for the book.

By: Araldi

Araldi — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:54:29 +0000

These The Big Idea descriptions always make me want to go read the books, as it's an interesting angle on a story description. So I decided to get one on Amazon. Then I decided that I might as well order a bunch of things ij the hope that postage is for efficient for a larger buy, and thus I accidentally five titles by the only person ib the world who isn't not John Scalzi. I figured it was about time I took the plunge.
I'm probably going to hate myself for wasting all me free time, but that's pretty typical for me :D;