tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post113444900972069310..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: Match GameUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134584453638594262005-12-14T13:20:00.000-05:002005-12-14T13:20:00.000-05:00No problem on the posting, Garnigal -- content her...No problem on the posting, Garnigal -- content here is always free for reposting or passing along via blogs or LJs, and links are always appreciated.<BR/><BR/>It's depressing to think someone passed on a writer like Dr. Seuss or Stephen King (what were they THINKING?) but reassuring as well. No writer is exempt from rejection, even the famous and fabulous, but if every writer took rejection personally, nothing would be written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134580570316585412005-12-14T12:16:00.000-05:002005-12-14T12:16:00.000-05:00This is so funny and depressing at the same time. ...This is so funny and depressing at the same time. I'm going to post it in my journal (if that is all right with you), for some of my friends who will find it funny. It will, of course, be properly attributed.<BR/><BR/>Garnigal (on LJ)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134574585944462702005-12-14T10:36:00.000-05:002005-12-14T10:36:00.000-05:00Hehe. I got three right. (Hillerman, Clark and Orw...Hehe. I got three right. (Hillerman, Clark and Orwell.) Even though I only got three right I gained something very valuble from this game. Never give up. Thanks PBW.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825419136802805652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134550588662360822005-12-14T03:56:00.000-05:002005-12-14T03:56:00.000-05:00I really wanted #6 to be Dr. Seuss.I really wanted #6 to be Dr. Seuss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134530672279853532005-12-13T22:24:00.000-05:002005-12-13T22:24:00.000-05:00I played the home version and, amazingly, got 5 of...I played the home version and, amazingly, got 5 of them right. <BR/><BR/>I correctly chose: 5A, 4B, 9C, 10H, and 7J (I knew you had to the be the outrageous one that kept someone up all night, yet the editor knew it couldn't be published.) <BR/><BR/>10H was my only correct guess.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805501348812702651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134527996634104302005-12-13T21:39:00.000-05:002005-12-13T21:39:00.000-05:00Match Game Answers:1G. "We are not interested in ...Match Game Answers:<BR/><BR/>1G. "We are not interested in science fiction..." Stephen King received this one for his SF negative utopia fest, <I>Carrie</I>. <BR/><BR/>2I. "We found the heroine as boring as her husband had." Dull old Mary Higgins Clark snagged this one for <I>Journey Back to Love</I>.<BR/><BR/>3E. "This is a work of almost-genius . . ." Just not smart enough: <I>The Fountainhead</I> by Ayn Rand <BR/><BR/>4B. "It is impossible to sell animal stories in the U.S.A." And yet George Orwell didn't tear up <I>Animal Farm</I>.<BR/><BR/>5A. "I am sorry, <B>Mr. Kipling</B>, but you just do not know how to use the English language."<BR/><BR/>6F. "The book is so endlessly complicated by details of reference and information..." Yeah, Ursula K. Le Guin is kinda wordy in <I>The Left Hand of Darkness</I>.<BR/><BR/>7J. "I loved it. I stayed up all night reading it. There is no way in hell we can publish this." PBW copped this one for my first paranormal novel, <I>Night of the Chameleon</I> (the same editor who told me this later bought six other novels from me, so I forgave her pretty fast.)<BR/><BR/>8D. "My dear fellow, I may be dead from the neck up . . ." So too, apparently, was Marcel Proust. <BR/><BR/>9C. "...too different from other <B>juveniles</B> on the market to warrant its selling." That king of the non-comformists, Dr. Seuss, earned this one.<BR/><BR/>10H. "Get rid of the Indian stuff." As many of you guessed, Tony Hillerman got hit with this one (and it came from his agent, ouch.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134517706097302162005-12-13T18:48:00.000-05:002005-12-13T18:48:00.000-05:00Otherwise, I'm reasonably certain that George Orwe...Otherwise, I'm reasonably certain that George Orwell got the crack about animal stories, and Rudyard Kipling got, "I am sorry, [author's name], but you just do not know how to use the English language."Kinsley Castlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08679751181009764880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134517444127523532005-12-13T18:44:00.000-05:002005-12-13T18:44:00.000-05:00If there was any sense in the world, then Ayn Rand...If there was any sense in the world, then Ayn Rand's rejection would be: "The book is so endlessly complicated by details of reference and information, the interim legends become so much of a nuisance despite their relevance, that the very action of the story seems to be to become hopelessly bogged down and the book, eventually, unreadable."Kinsley Castlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08679751181009764880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134514153070781252005-12-13T17:49:00.000-05:002005-12-13T17:49:00.000-05:001. George Orwell;2. Mary Higgins Clark;3. Ayn Rand...1. George Orwell;<BR/>2. Mary Higgins Clark;<BR/>3. Ayn Rand;<BR/>4. Rudyard Kipling; (joke: man -"Do you like Kipling?" friend - "I don't know, I've never kippled.") Sorry...<BR/>5. Dr Seuss;<BR/>6. Ursula Le Guin;<BR/>7. PBW;<BR/>8. Marcel Proust;<BR/>9. Stephen King;<BR/>10. Tony Hillerman.Jaye Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05595648222196000153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134512636205610672005-12-13T17:23:00.000-05:002005-12-13T17:23:00.000-05:00My answers.A. Rudyard Kipling - 8B. George Orwell ...My answers.<BR/><BR/>A. Rudyard Kipling - 8<BR/>B. George Orwell - 4<BR/>C. Dr. Seuss - 5<BR/>D. Marcel Proust - 3<BR/>E. Ayn Rand - 6<BR/>F. Ursula K. Le Guin - 9<BR/>G. Stephen King - 7<BR/>H. Tony Hillerman – 10 <BR/>I. Mary Higgins Clark – 2 <BR/>J. PBW - 1Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825419136802805652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134502679923926482005-12-13T14:37:00.000-05:002005-12-13T14:37:00.000-05:001. George Orwell2. Mary Higgins Clark3. Ursula K. ...1. George Orwell<BR/>2. Mary Higgins Clark<BR/>3. Ursula K. Le Guin<BR/>4. Stephen King<BR/>5. Dr. Suess<BR/>6. Ayn Rand<BR/>7. PBW<BR/>8. Marcel Proust<BR/>9. Rudyard Kipling<BR/>10. Tony Hillerman<BR/><BR/>For most of these, I guessed. But, such is life. Although, it was hard to choose between the negative utopia or animal rejection for Orwell. ;)Heather Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04776293080372126388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134487309584587942005-12-13T10:21:00.000-05:002005-12-13T10:21:00.000-05:001. Ursula K. LeGuin2. Rudyard Kipling3. Ayn Rand4....1. Ursula K. LeGuin<BR/>2. Rudyard Kipling<BR/>3. Ayn Rand<BR/>4. George Orwell<BR/>5. Dr. Suess<BR/>6. Mary Higgins Clark<BR/>7. PBW<BR/>8. Marcel Proust<BR/>9. Stephen King<BR/>10. Tony HillermanEolandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184841063739371426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134486769670090682005-12-13T10:12:00.000-05:002005-12-13T10:12:00.000-05:00Here is my guess:1. G2. I3. B4. A5. J6. E7. F8. D9...Here is my guess:<BR/><BR/>1. G<BR/>2. I<BR/>3. B<BR/>4. A<BR/>5. J<BR/>6. E<BR/>7. F<BR/>8. D<BR/>9. C<BR/>10. HJuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216365213708551330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134482990189921642005-12-13T09:09:00.000-05:002005-12-13T09:09:00.000-05:00To avoid being influenced, I wrote out my guesses ...To avoid being influenced, I wrote out my guesses before even scrolling down to the comments to post. (And I've tried to not even look at the comments yet.) :)<BR/><BR/>1B<BR/>2I<BR/>3E<BR/>4A<BR/>5C<BR/>6F<BR/>7G<BR/>8D<BR/>9J<BR/>10HAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134479232526943652005-12-13T08:07:00.000-05:002005-12-13T08:07:00.000-05:00I'll buck the trend: #4 about animal stories is Ge...I'll buck the trend: #4 about animal stories is George Orwell for Animal Farm.<BR/><BR/>#5 is hopefully Dr. Seuss, because it would be funny to accuse him of not knowing English.<BR/><BR/>#6 is Proust.<BR/><BR/>#9 is PBW, I suspect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134478774957374852005-12-13T07:59:00.000-05:002005-12-13T07:59:00.000-05:00I'm pretty sure #4 is Rudyard Kipling, but that's ...I'm pretty sure #4 is Rudyard Kipling, but that's the only one I could guess at.<BR/><BR/>I do like that #6 (to me) sounds as bad of a construct as the story was purported to be. *-*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134474288770610492005-12-13T06:44:00.000-05:002005-12-13T06:44:00.000-05:00I was originally thinking Jonathan Strange and Mr....I was originally thinking <I>Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell</I> for #6, due to all the footnotes. (Although that book is very far from unreadable).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134468411332112272005-12-13T05:06:00.000-05:002005-12-13T05:06:00.000-05:00Only three I could guess, and Douglas has already ...Only three I could guess, and Douglas has already posted those answers, dammit!<BR/><BR/>But yeah, Orwell - 1, Le Guin - 6 (and well deserved, IMO, but that's just me) and King - 7.John Rickardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01229977761672883485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134463851738398162005-12-13T03:50:00.000-05:002005-12-13T03:50:00.000-05:00I'll play, but first I have to add, I can see Kipl...I'll play, but first I have to add, I can see Kipling getting the Indian comment or the "bogged down in legends" comment as well as the animal story comment (for The Jungle Book/Mowgli stories?)<BR/><BR/>In fact, I could probably see a couple of comment applying from someone who was negative toward a few of these writers.<BR/><BR/>A. Rudyard Kipling -- 4. "It is impossible to sell animal stories in the U.S.A."<BR/><BR/>B. George Orwell -- 1. "We are not interested in science fiction which deals with negative utopias. They do not sell."<BR/><BR/>C. Dr. Seuss 5. -- "I am sorry, [author's name], but you just do not know how to use the English language."<BR/><BR/>D. Marcel Proust -- 8. "My dear fellow, I may be dead from the neck up, but rack my brains as I may I can't see why a chap should need thirty pages to describe how he turns over in bed before going to sleep."<BR/><BR/>E. Ayn Rand -- 3. "This is a work of almost-genius – genius in the power of its expression – almost in the sense of its enormous bitterness. I wish there were an audience for a book of this kind. But there isn’t. It won’t sell."<BR/><BR/>F. Ursula K. Le Guin -- 6. "The book is so endlessly complicated by details of reference and information, the interim legends become so much of a nuisance despite their relevance, that the very action of the story seems to be to become hopelessly bogged down and the book, eventually, unreadable."<BR/><BR/><BR/>G. Stephen King --7. "I loved it. I stayed up all night reading it. There is no way in hell we can publish this."<BR/><BR/>H. Tony Hillerman -- 10. "Get rid of the Indian stuff."<BR/><BR/>I. Mary Higgins Clark -- 2. "We found the heroine as boring as her husband had."<BR/><BR/>J. PBW -- 9. "...too different from other [genre] on the market to warrant its selling."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1134457655895566362005-12-13T02:07:00.000-05:002005-12-13T02:07:00.000-05:00I'm not sure on most of them, but I'm guessing the...I'm not sure on most of them, but I'm guessing the first one is George Orwell. I may come back and guess on the rest once I've gotten some sleep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com