Book giveaway (1 Viewer)

[mjp]

Grove press sent me a couple of books to give away on the site; a soft cover of Charles Bukowski - Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life by Howard Sounes (I wonder what Uncle Howard would think of that), and a hardcover of the more recent, And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks by William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. We were going to give them to whoever made the 60,000th post, but that zipped by days ago.

So if you want one of those titles, just post here to let us know which one you want, and in a few days we'll pick someone at random for each book. There are only two rules; the book has to be for you (if you already have it or want to give it away, let someone else here take it), and you have to have more than 50 posts under your belt. Sorry newbies.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

I would like to have the Howard Sounes book. Especially for free. I'll pay the postage. Thank you.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Put me in the mix for the Burroughs/Kerouac title. Sounds interesting. Thanks for the offer.

 

[zenguru]

and you have to have more than 50 posts under your belt. Sorry newbies.

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!:mad:

;)

 

[hank solo]

Sorry zenguru - score minus one :)

 

[jordan]

can you put me down for the sounes? i'll post long sections of it when i get it, just to annoy uncle howard.

 

[CRBSMILE]

Put me in for, 'And the Hippos...' Thanks mjp. CRB:)

 

[place holder]

i'd like the Hippos book, recently unemployed, need something to take my worries away for a minute.

 

[Hosh]

I'll toss in my name for HIPPOS--I've almost bought the book 3 times now...

 

[Bukfan]

Put me in for the Burroughs/Kerouac book!

 

[Lolita Twist]

Burroughs/Kerouac all the way :D

 

[scribbler]

Well, I won a bag of groceries at the last town fair. Cheez-Whiz, Chips Ahoy and Dinty Moore, so maybe I'm on a streak. As they say, ya gotta be innit to winnit. Buk for me, please.

 

[hank solo]

Cheez-Whiz, Chips Ahoy and Dinty Moore

As a Blues Brothers movie fan, Cheez-Whiz scores points with me. But Cheez-Whiz with Demi Moore - are we talking 'Ghost' era Demi, I mean - GOD - I'm salivating...

Oh, wait... my baAd.

 

[zenguru]

Sorry zenguru - score minus one :)

Gah! Kickin' a man when he's down!:mad:

Oh well. Good thing you can't see the ben gay I'm squirting in your shoe.

 

[Billville]

i'd like the Hippos book, recently unemployed, need something to take my worries away for a minute.

I vote to to give it to this guy. I hate my job, but I'd also hate to loose it right now. Besides, he's a friend of Father Luke. :cool:

 

[LickTheStar]

The Kerouac\Burroughs book is... interesting... I've read bits and pieces of it at work at times when its been slow. I like it more than most Burroughs I've read, but I dunno yet how it stacks up to Kerouac.

But its interesting.

 

[ROC]

Grove press sent me a couple of books to give away on the site...

I hope it's more than a couple, given the response you've had!

 

[Ponder]

A guy I know translated hippos for a somewhat new Dutch press. They wanted to publish the book in the US, UK and Holland on the same day.

 

[slimedog]

I'd like either but Sounces would be my choice.

If I don't get it the cheez whiz and dinty moore would be glady accepted.

 

[Rekrab]

Put me down for a chance at the Hippos Were Boiled. That was on my Christmas list but Santa dropped the ball.

 

[Black Swan]

ah! Hippos I'd like.

 

[the only good poet]

i'll take Hippos, thanks - and a signed (preferably hardback*) copy of Riding out the dumb silence.


*not the one Buddy chewed :)

 

[place holder]

i change my mind,
i don't want the book,
i feel i used sympathy to get my vote.

i hate sympathy!

i will get a hippo some other some.

 

[mjp]

It's going to be chosen at random, so sympathy won't enter into it.

I will choose on Sunday and mail out the following week. Still time to throw your hat into the ring.

 

[james]

hungry hungry hippos! i'm in...well, my hat is in...

 

[Rob.]

Sounces, please.

 

[mjp]

can you put me down for the sounes? i'll post long sections of it when i get it, just to annoy uncle howard.

I was going to give it away with all the photos removed, but hank solo convinced me that would be dumb, and I shouldn't ruin a perfectly good book for someone just out of spite.

He's right, of course. But come on, it would have been funny.

 

[Rekrab]

Or, you could go through it with a black marker and change ever appearance of the author's name to H***** S*****.

 

[CRBSMILE]

and you could draw those black rectangles over everyones eyes in the photos, you know,so they're unrecognizable.CRB:)

 

[Black Swan]

Real funny!

 

[hank solo]

Who's going to win... Can I shake the hat a little?

 

[CRBSMILE]

And what, pray tell, will be going on while you're distracting us with all that shaking?:DCRB

 

[zenguru]

Can I shake the hat a little?

Are you sure the hat's the only thing you're gonna shake?

 

[chronic]

Send them to George Bush. Maybe while he's counting off his years in prison he will learn to read.

 

[zenguru]

And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks by William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. .

and you have to have more than 50 posts under your belt. Sorry newbies.

I have more than 50 posts now. Am I in the running?:D

 

[Gerard K H Love]

I have more than 50 posts now. Am I in the running?:D

:D Quality, not quantity. ;)

No wonder you have become so active. Good job on that.

 

[mjp]

We'll close the entries now. Let me figure out some way to choose a random number then I'll tell you who gets which book. I was going to have Carol pick a number but she's off at Ann Savage's memorial service, hobnobbing with the noir crowd.

Stand by.

 

[mjp]

Twice as many people threw their hats into the ring for And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks, so you only had a 1 in 10 chance of winning that one. Those who wanted Sounes had a 1 in 5 chance. Winners are:

Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life
Gerard K H Love

And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks
Lolita Ginsoski

I used random.org to choose a number between 1 and 100. The list of names for each book were listed and repeated until the list reached 100 lines, for example:

Gerard K H Love
jordan
scribbler
slimedog
Rob
Gerard K H Love
jordan
scribbler
slimedog
Rob
Gerard K H Love
jordan
scribbler
slimedog
Rob
etc., etc., up to 100 lines.

Lottery results have been verified and certified by Buddy, who is an aging Border Collie. But he's a straight shooter. Doesn't go for any funny business.

Congrats to the winners, PM me your address and I'll get these out this week.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Obviously, The Border Collie favors the Corgi. Thank you mjp and Thank you Buddy!

I hope all of the faces are intact and not blocked out as suggested.

 

[CRBSMILE]

mjp, were you keeping a close eye on that dog? I think those dogs may have been in cahoots! Ahhh, America! ;) Congrats to the winners. Kurt, don't be surprised if you get an official letter from UNCLE, he just may want that book back!:)CRB