Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:47:56 -0500 (EST) From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net> To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: How to sell books..... Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Mike B. wrote: > At 1/12/2006 07:44 PM, Eric Jablow wrote: >> On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Mike B. wrote: >> >>> Shoot out at the OK Coral, in space ==> Outland >> >> Not quite. Outland was "High Noon" in space, with > > Ok, I can go with that. > >> what Harlan Ellison pointed out as an extreme >> example of the idiot plot. > > "Guy vs. evil corporate managers, while the rest of the population does > nothing to improve their lives." Way too realistic... > >> Now, ask Oprah how to market books.... > > Who? You know -- Justin Timberlake's squeeze. -- Dick Eney