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The lovely Maud points to a funny bit this morning. Imagine sending your favourite writer your book and receiving a note of thanks. Then you find your book listed at Abebooks. Ouch. You know, a couple years back I found a listing on Amazon for a used copy of my last book. It was from a bookstore in California and the description read something like, and I kid-you-not, “Sticker on inside front cover reads ‘The Griffin Trust For Excellence in Poetry, Canadian, 2003′. Never opened.”
SWEAR. TO. GOD.
Of course, I bought it. It’s sitting on my shelf in a place of honour right now.
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August 23rd, 2006 at 10:19 am
They put the Griffin sticker on the *inside* front cover?? Isn’t that a tad counter-intuitive?
August 23rd, 2006 at 10:21 am
John McNally is put out because Ursula K. LeGuin decided to sell his gift of a book on Abebooks.com. Well, so what?
LeGuin didn’t ask for the damed book. McNally didn’t ask what she liked or wanted to read!
LeGuin might have read McNally’s book, enjoyed it and then decided to sell it. McNally doesn’t know if that’s the case either.
People are not obliged to hold onto books, you know!
I now expect to receive caustic remarks from readers who think that disposing of old books is only slightly worse than drowning kittens.
August 23rd, 2006 at 12:00 pm
No, it was obviously one of the judges’ books. “Never opened”………
August 23rd, 2006 at 12:01 pm
I’m shocked! Do you realize what this means? The Griffin judges _don’t read all the submissions_! My world is crumbling around me.
August 23rd, 2006 at 1:33 pm
It’s going to be okay, ZW. Really.
August 23rd, 2006 at 10:01 pm
Don’t listen to Kathryn, ZeeDub. It will never be okay again.
August 24th, 2006 at 6:20 am
What do you mean “again”? When was it ever okay?
August 24th, 2006 at 7:42 pm
Re: #6–Shouldn’t that be ZedDub?
August 25th, 2006 at 2:51 pm
Hey, Franklin. Chill, buddy. Easy. Take a deep breath. My blog is tongue-in-cheek. Yes, I did send a copy to LeGuin, but, no, I didn’t expect her to keep it, nor read it. I thought it was funny to find it for sale on-line. I didn’t realize I’d hit a raw nerve, pal.
August 25th, 2006 at 4:42 pm
Don’t worry. Frankie is just recovering from a total glossectomy a couple weeks back, so he’s at disadvantage. All cheek, no tongue.
August 25th, 2006 at 5:11 pm
Oh, hello there, Mr. McNally! I had no idea you read this blog. Really.
I’ve taken a deep breath and exhaled slowly. I’ve also taken my foot out of my mouth. Not necessarily in that order. But I’m fine now.
On rare occasions, I write intemperate things. I don’t think about the consequences. Then I click “Submit Comment.” I always regret it.
In the future, I will refrain from writing gratuitous personal comments. The ninjas will hold me to this promise. At swordpoint.
Fish Fish is just kidding too. I didn’t have a glossectomy. My tongue and cheeks are intact.
August 25th, 2006 at 5:19 pm
Everyone reads this blog, yo. Tell ‘em, Peggy.