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Just ordered it. What am I in for?

>> No.17512686

>>17512653
nothing

>> No.17512689

>>17512653
It has physical copies?

>> No.17512692

>>17512653
A pretty good book.

>> No.17512698

>>17512653
The FBI showing up at your door

>> No.17512730

>>17512698
This
See you soon
/thread

>> No.17512741

>>17512698
It's not a pedo book.

>> No.17512761

>>17512689
Yeah they’re like 2$ if you catch it on sale

>> No.17512762

>>17512741
Anything with a girl under 18 in it is a pedo book

>> No.17512771

How much do you guys think John David Card has made off of this book? High six figures?

>> No.17512776
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17512776

Should've just bought Call of the Crocodile baka

>> No.17512794

>>17512776
This. Gardner's books are honestly entertaining because they're just so retarded. This other guy's book is flat out boring.

>> No.17512800

>>17512776
>>17512794
Because when I read the free parts of People Mover, I enjoyed the prose and was actually interested in reading more. I read call back when it was still free and I still want a refund.

>> No.17512828

If People Mover is actually good, it's a shame he ruined all his chances of success by shilling on 4channel

>> No.17512833

>>17512800
>>17512800
Part of his marketing strategy is that he's insisting his book is amazing and Gardner's are awful. Dude's a dick. If I wasn't so turned off by his mean-spirited attitude, I might consider it.

>> No.17512847

>>17512833
I was kind of interested in his book from the synposis, but the aggressive shilling also puts me off

>> No.17512879

>>17512833
>Try to seize Gardner's fanbase.
>Insult Gardner
>Now his fanbase just thinks you're mean

This has to be the worst advertising stunt ever implemented on this board.

>> No.17513000

>>17512833
>>17512847
>>17512879
I couldn’t give less of a fuck if an author shits on another author that I myself think is a shitty writer. I liked his prose and that’s all I care about, is reading a good book. Also, are you all new or something? Hemmingway and Faulkner did nothing but shit on each other. Most people on this site make fun of gardner already, the fact you’re getting mad that someone with a name is shitting on him too just shows you’re a bunch of snowflakes. Go to tumblr, your cry baby mentality might fit in better there.

>> No.17513055

>>17513000
So just because two famous authors fought amongst each other means it's okay for another writer to take cheap shots at another? That makes no sense. It's just poor sportsman ship, no matter the field.

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17513066

>>17513000
>Gardner and this retard are being compared to Hemmingway and Faulkner.

>> No.17513075

>>17513055
relax it just banter

>> No.17513121

>>17513055
>So just because two famous authors fought amongst each other means it's okay for another writer to take cheap shots at another?
Correction, (multiple) famous author(S) and yes
>It's just poor sportsman ship, no matter the field
Welcome to the field

>> No.17513158

Who was that NY author who wrote those two terrible crime books? Can someone remind me please? His stories are formatted in the same exact way as "People Mover" which leads me to believe this author is a boomer.

>> No.17513901

>>17513158
Stephen king

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17514067

I'm glad /lit/ has an actually good homegrown book now.
Gonna go cop my own from Amazon right now:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TGBGGF8

>> No.17515576

>>17513055
But none of the insults towards Gardner are cheap shots. His prose is bad. His books are terribly written. Gardner is a hack.

>> No.17517347

>>17514067
This is the meanest meme I've ever seen. It makes me want to scream!

Pls delete

>> No.17517357

>>17513055
Hi gardner

>> No.17519074
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17519074

It's actually very good imo

>> No.17519141

>>17519074
Post a page and ill consider buying

>> No.17519157

>>17512653
why didnt he try to get this published somewhere?

>> No.17519181

>>17512653
Either shiling the meme or falling for it. You should feel ashamed, anon.

>> No.17519318

>>17514067
cringe

>> No.17520657

Someone made a thread on /x and I was hoping that at least it would try to get to the bottom of all this weird shit surrounding the book but it just devolved into a pedo debate.

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>>17519318

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17521539

>>17520657
Real Question:
why is this book being shilled on multiple boards through out the day?
For boards where talking about the book isn't acceptable, the shiller is trying to LARP / ARG the book. Was larping earlier trying to talk about the book's plot and tribal eagle tattoos.

>> No.17521574

>>17521539
Probably a combination of the author (or his estate, if he's really dead; or whoever stole the story and published it, if that theory is to be considered) shilling his book hard to outdo Gardner, or people just memeing along.

>> No.17521587

>>17521574
Definitely the author
>shadowy cabal has power to murder the author
>doesnt have power to remove the book from being sold on amazon

>> No.17521631

>>17521587
Only /pol insinuated he was murdered.
As someone else said, it could be a John Kennedy Toole situation.
Or it's fake mystery to drum up meme energy.