What is an Eoin Colfer?He might be a great novelist but if that was the case then why resort to plagiarism?
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Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?,
Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:58,
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An Eoin Colferis an Irishman with a silly name who wrote books about a teenage criminal with a silly name. And plagiarism is a great gig if you're getting paid for it, I don't think I'd have turned it down knowing how many people would buy the book.
Which I strongly suspect I will, whether I actually want to or not.
(Which I strongly suspect I will, whether I actually want to or not.
boris the spider,
Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:02,
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True,Plagiarism and being paid for it is called "Licensing" I suppose.
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Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:18,
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That's the one :)And when it's Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson doing it it's called "Raping Frank Herbert's corpse until it squeaks"
( boris the spider,
Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:21,
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Eoin, n. a cherished piece of literature.Colf, vb. to mangle, destroy or embarrass.
Mind you Mostly Harmless and The Salmon of Doubt were both a bit rubbish, so good luck to him, really.
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Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:05,
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Mind you Mostly Harmless and The Salmon of Doubt were both a bit rubbish, so good luck to him, really.
hmmmthis might be a lot better than everyone's expecting. when he can leave off the heavy-handed ecological ranting colfer has a pretty easy, light style and a decent imagination and perhaps unlike a lot of people (or at least that they'll admit) i really enjoyed most of the artemis fowl books while i was lying around in hospital.
on the other hand, it might really, really suck. let's be honest, the last three of the hitch-hiker's books weren't themselves all that great cop either...
(on the other hand, it might really, really suck. let's be honest, the last three of the hitch-hiker's books weren't themselves all that great cop either...
boris the spider,
Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:59,
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Uh-oh.Zaphod stepped out onto the surface of the planet, except he didn't because there was nothing there because the Vogons WHO ARE A METAPHOR FOR HUMANS had fucked it all up with bulldozers and heavy industry LIKE YOU HUMANS ALWAYS DO AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD BECAUSE YOU ARE A HUMAN AND NOT A DOLPHIN. (Free preview of the forthcoming book.)
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Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:19,
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HahahaAlso: Douglas wrote one really great book which breathed new life into a stale genre. The book spawned a large number of mostly inferior imitators, Douglas himself among them. LOL
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Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:33,
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