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The Simon Kernick Is Awesome Photoshop Contest

July 22, 2009 | Wednesday | 23 Comments

Thanks to this Marketing Week article sent on Twitter by Sarah Weinman, I’m having a massive case of horrified giggles. WH Smith has released an exclusive edition of Simon Kernick’s book “Deadline” with a new cover… with Dan Brown’s name on it. Ruth Mortimer saw the ad and realized, to her horror: ...Brown had not written this book at all. And Kernick is not the detective hero of the piece. The front cover, which proudly boasted that it was “exclusive” to WH Smith, bears the legend: “Dan Brown. If you like your thrillers as fast, furious and unputdownable as Dan… read more »

More farting sluggoth than you can shake a stick at

June 23, 2008 | Monday | 13 Comments

You stumble across a new post from Candy on Smart Bitches. Marvelling at her impeccable grammar and foul-mouthed erudition, you suddenly realize this is a post about Fighting Fantasy gamebooks. What do you say to yourself? “Holy shit! Fighting Fantasy gamebooks! I remember those. They were even better than Choose Your Own Adventure!” Turn to paragraph 73. “What the hell is Fighting Fantasy? Or a gamebook? What kind of nerd vortex have I fallen into?” Turn to paragraph i. read more »

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