tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post115218037928284810..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: Polity AgentNeal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1154111699442618602006-07-28T19:34:00.000+01:002006-07-28T19:34:00.000+01:00Ah, Mr Carrots, I spent twenty odd years doing eve...Ah, Mr Carrots, I spent twenty odd years doing every crap job under the sun while also trying to write. I've had it with the suffering and now I want the wonga.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1154073910872817022006-07-28T09:05:00.000+01:002006-07-28T09:05:00.000+01:00I've got it on pre-order, in the absence of any si...I've got it on pre-order, in the absence of any signed free copy of course. "A writer's gotta eat" indeed! I thought you all "suffered for your art" :-p Currently reading "the voyage of the sable keach".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1153155829885807552006-07-17T18:03:00.000+01:002006-07-17T18:03:00.000+01:00Anyone elso think of the gabbleduck? http://news...Anyone elso think of the gabbleduck? <BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5172292.stm<BR/><BR/>"Very big birds... More like ducks, earned the name demon ducks of doom, some at least may have been carnivorous," she said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1152827872705762352006-07-13T22:57:00.000+01:002006-07-13T22:57:00.000+01:00I hope it's balls to the wall ^_^I loved Prador Mo...I hope it's balls to the wall ^_^<BR/><BR/>I loved Prador Moon and most of the Cormac stories (espec Grid and Line). You're stuff blows my hair back almsot every time ;-)<BR/><BR/>jAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1152379606740111152006-07-08T18:26:00.000+01:002006-07-08T18:26:00.000+01:00Apologies to Caroline, but I think Keifer has far ...Apologies to Caroline, but I think Keifer has far outstayed his welcome on 24! Maybe he's a bit too emotional... can't see Cormac overcome by worry/anguish/rage etc. This is a bit off the wall, but the idea of Jude Law just occurred to me?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for penning such enormously enjoyable books - and not making us wait too long for them! Now if only Michael Marshall would add the Smith back again for some more books...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1152310654613127592006-07-07T23:17:00.000+01:002006-07-07T23:17:00.000+01:00I see him more of an older guy, perhaps balding, l...I see him more of an older guy, perhaps balding, likes dogs. Perhaps has a Celtic Heritage...Bob Lockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141837277102776901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1152240925164698122006-07-07T03:55:00.000+01:002006-07-07T03:55:00.000+01:00http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Rola...http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Roland_Deschain_DTVII.JPG<BR/><BR/>imagine him without the cowboy get up. ;pKirby Uberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874606287336491866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1152240791436301712006-07-07T03:53:00.000+01:002006-07-07T03:53:00.000+01:00it's odd, i realize i have been seeing the same ch...it's odd, i realize i have been seeing the same character playing Roland Deschain as Cormac. a mix of an older clint eastwood, and a younger paul newman.Kirby Uberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874606287336491866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1152216638771027522006-07-06T21:10:00.000+01:002006-07-06T21:10:00.000+01:00Matthew, Caroline (my wife) immediatley says Kiefe...Matthew, Caroline (my wife) immediatley says Kiefer Sutherland, but I have in my mind a vision of a young Paul Newman or Steve MacQueen, so someone like that.<BR/><BR/>Alex, I'm damned either way: too fast for you and too slow for Matthew!Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1152213445370499812006-07-06T20:17:00.000+01:002006-07-06T20:17:00.000+01:00Yippee, another Polity novel, I'm having trouble c...Yippee, another Polity novel, I'm having trouble catching up! You're writing novels faster than I can read them! <BR/><BR/>Although that's not a bad thing, come to think of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-1152209806062718382006-07-06T19:16:00.000+01:002006-07-06T19:16:00.000+01:00That's not fair, teasing us with this when we have...That's not fair, teasing us with this when we have to wait 3 months for it!<BR/><BR/>Out of interest, if any of your Polity books were to be made into a film, who might you see playing Cormac? I guess we all have our own ideas, just wondering how you perceive him...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com