tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post3967437676550304686..comments2024-02-16T05:17:21.690-05:00Comments on No Moods, Ads or Cutesy Fucking Icons (Reloaded).: I, SteampunkPeter Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-37294853760764665432008-11-05T14:35:00.000-05:002008-11-05T14:35:00.000-05:00If you'd like to know what my privat reader's reac...If you'd like to know what my privat reader's reaction to "The Blindsight" was, you're invited to our www: http://www.dami.pl/~kamil78/slepowidzenie <BR/> Well, yes, google translator is not what it could and should be, but than again, what else we got?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-92047837105674495912008-08-31T17:46:00.000-04:002008-08-31T17:46:00.000-04:00"Once again I am reminded of how fucking impotent ..."<I>Once again I am reminded of how fucking impotent authors are.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Legally there is a lot you can do (breach of contract: does that mean they still have a license to publish your copyrighted work?) but whether you should is another matter. You're almost certain to piss off the publisher if you pursued it now.<BR/><BR/>I don't see why a penalty clause would be a problem. Why stipulateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-13389768476328612382008-08-25T04:46:00.000-04:002008-08-25T04:46:00.000-04:00Having experienced similar approach to contractual...Having experienced similar approach to contractual obligations from other Polish publishers, I can only offer my sympathies. Some of these people really can be petty asshats.<BR/><BR/>As for the number of Poles likely to buy Blindsight (as opposed - or in addition - to the liquor)... well. The book came out in hardcover in a series that opened up with Hal Duncan's novels and thus some people lookUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060887772765443216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-66222484539397978152008-08-19T16:00:00.000-04:002008-08-19T16:00:00.000-04:00Sunday said...How does this affect you? Only posit...<B>Sunday</B> said...<BR/><BR/><I>How does this affect you? Only positively, I am certain. For example, I think there are more than 50 people in Poland.<BR/></I><BR/>Yes, and they all have the same choice to make with their hard-earned money: buy vodka, and drink until yesterday's hangover disappears; or buy a book that will give them a hangover and then drive them to drink.<BR/><BR/>The way I Peter Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-40912780583585210092008-08-13T10:54:00.000-04:002008-08-13T10:54:00.000-04:00Wow, I really like that cover--the art at least. T...Wow, I really like that cover--the art at least. Those greenish gradient blocks they put the title & name in...not so much, but what a kickass image. I think the book paints a much darker picture of space than the cover does, but the brightness sure make Rorschach look dark and badass.Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14154776123543786428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-63751667109075919542008-08-13T09:12:00.000-04:002008-08-13T09:12:00.000-04:00That's an appropriately creepy-ass Event Horizon c...That's an appropriately creepy-ass Event Horizon cover, although I'm not sure you could trick me into getting into that spaceship as pictured for all the kittens ever.The Lake Feverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923786631929275782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-44034625741449104212008-08-13T06:28:00.000-04:002008-08-13T06:28:00.000-04:00As someone who spent ten fucking months in Western...As someone who spent ten fucking months in Western Poland, I am obliged to say that Poland is awesome, populous, and will crush China and America under the heel of their brilliance and culinary badassitude.<BR/><BR/>As someone who will sacrifice a goat or two on occasion to the Almighty Watts, I am also obliged to say (truthfully!) that Poles are so fantastically cynical that you really should Sarastihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02455234120523753523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-62572281808523585362008-08-13T00:30:00.000-04:002008-08-13T00:30:00.000-04:00As a lawyer, I must say that you are right and and...As a lawyer, I must say that you are right and and you are wrong.<BR/><BR/>Right: It is hard to enforce a contract unless you can afford to hire a lawyer to do it. Lawyers make their living in one of two ways: pay by the hour; contingency fee where they get a percentage of your monetary recovery.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately the system in the US and Canada sucks. You can't show monetary damages paulkbibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374575077591723692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-39077287937784474882008-08-12T23:39:00.000-04:002008-08-12T23:39:00.000-04:00I have a friend in advertising that assures me tha...I have a friend in advertising that assures me that the Vodka company Finlandia - which does banging business is America - is actually kept afloat by the utterly profound amount of vodka sold in Poland. How does this affect you? Only positively, I am certain. For example, I think there are more than 50 people in Poland. <BR/><BR/>I like the cover, incidentally. Any attempt to mate 'grim' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-53479385326274000232008-08-12T22:47:00.000-04:002008-08-12T22:47:00.000-04:00I liked the Tor cover, but I like that cover a lot...I liked the Tor cover, but I like that cover a lot more. As a reader, I'm not too concerned about technical accuracy in a cover as long as it looks great and nails the mood, which this Polish one definitely does.Rajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486188015573332029noreply@blogger.com