tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5642795057392908919.post9069413375822995435..comments2023-12-11T11:36:37.489+00:00Comments on Macmillan New Writers: An eventful weekendmattfwcurran.com Web Admin http://www.blogger.com/profile/13651266491906006561noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5642795057392908919.post-3088249612397183302008-10-01T10:08:00.000+01:002008-10-01T10:08:00.000+01:00I enjoyed your lovely post, Len. And it reminds me...I enjoyed your lovely post, Len. And it reminds me of the Curious Incident of the Fish in the Chimney. We thought we could detect a smell of fish coming down the chimney, and phoned the fire brigade for advice, expecting, at most, one little man on a bike. Instead, we got 6 huge men in a fire engine, all of whom had colds and were therfore unable to smell fish (or anything else, come to that). This has nothing at all to do with writing/books etc, and as far as I know, the fish weren't even herrings. but it just reminded me...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5642795057392908919.post-46167508283400447652008-10-01T09:09:00.000+01:002008-10-01T09:09:00.000+01:00Whoever said that the pen is mightier than the swo...Whoever said that the pen is mightier than the sword had it right (who was it, by the way, I feel I should know)- swords may frighten people into terrified compliance but they will never affect thinking, change minds, in the way that books can. <BR/>Well posted, Len.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5642795057392908919.post-23288970450446270792008-10-01T07:28:00.000+01:002008-10-01T07:28:00.000+01:00The oddest thing is that people who get bent out o...The oddest thing is that people who get bent out of shape by a book have seldom read it.<BR/><BR/>We seem to have a vice-preseidential candidate like that over here.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5642795057392908919.post-605576311342976672008-09-30T22:18:00.000+01:002008-09-30T22:18:00.000+01:00Thanks, everyone.Just to say that the post has bee...Thanks, everyone.<BR/><BR/>Just to say that the post has been picked up by The Bookseller - see:<BR/> http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/67932-an-eventful-weekend.html<BR/><BR/>where it may (or may not) attract further discussion.Len Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998938558543525457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5642795057392908919.post-54511603620532866942008-09-30T21:56:00.000+01:002008-09-30T21:56:00.000+01:00Well posted, Len.Well posted, Len.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5642795057392908919.post-16470002930039942902008-09-30T15:53:00.000+01:002008-09-30T15:53:00.000+01:00You can imagine me pointing to Matt's comment here...You can imagine me pointing to Matt's comment here and saying "What he said".Faye L. Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962126539347817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5642795057392908919.post-64577544620579217722008-09-30T11:19:00.000+01:002008-09-30T11:19:00.000+01:00Worrying times we live in, indeed.Worrying times we live in, indeed.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811043705085959688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5642795057392908919.post-40868820412263352572008-09-30T09:05:00.000+01:002008-09-30T09:05:00.000+01:00Hi, LenWow. Mixed up in current events, and you s...Hi, Len<BR/><BR/>Wow. Mixed up in current events, <EM>and</EM> you slept through it! I read about this on the <EM>Bookseller</EM> site. It looks like part of the problem is that a US academic called the book "soft-porn". As it's also about Islam, you can see there will be a few 'passionate' people out there getting quite 'passionate' it. (I leave it up to others out there to read 'passionate' as 'bonkers'. I couldn't possibly comment...)mattfwcurran.com Web Admin https://www.blogger.com/profile/13651266491906006561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5642795057392908919.post-7798908038604940082008-09-29T22:20:00.000+01:002008-09-29T22:20:00.000+01:00Wonderful wise and witty post, Len.drwWonderful wise and witty post, Len.<BR/><BR/><I>drw</I>Doug Worgulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999842399881132161noreply@blogger.com