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[Lord Anubis]

I figured I'd take a page from some of the more experienced folks here and toss up a shameless list of reviews.

Like this one from Survival Weekly.

Or this one from Fangoria.

And this more recent one from NecroScope (a division of HorrorScope, which is a subsidiary of ConHugeCo.)

And of course, there's a whole mixed bunch over at Amazon.  Where, alas, the book has slipped from five-star status down to four and a half.

Did I miss any that I shouldn't've?

[Lord Anubis]

Over at The Outhouse comic book website they've chosen Ex-Heroes to be the first novel in their new book club.

I also got an email from one of the club's founders and I did an interview with him this morning that will be up on their site sometime soon, provided my answers weren't too scandalous, I guess... 

[Lord Anubis]

Well, it had to happen sometime.  The two-star Amazon review.  And a three star review which was a bit factually inaccurate, but still pretty positive.

To be honest, though, it's kind of a weight off my shoulders.  I know this sounds stupid, but non-stop positive reviews were kind of worrying me.  Whenever I see stuff like that on Amazon it always seems fake to me.  

At least now there's dissenting opinions which explain--at length--how dumb my book is.  

[frank]

Sounds like this review is by someone who needs to come up with his own story.

I wouldn't be too bruised by this one because... reasons for the "dumb" can be imagined, but there isn't time in this kind of story to explain everything to everyone who has their own pet survival plans all worked out in their heads.

Going to a food production area:  Very dumb unless you can farm without steady inputs of fuel and fertilizer and can maintain the power to pump water.  The food already there will rot in the fields in a few months and there will be none in storage because... The food is stored in urban areas.  And how do you defend a long perimeter in a rural area without lots of troops?  Troops that need to eat on a regular basis.  And what about shelter for hundreds or thousands of survivors?  And why would local people welcome city folk when they know it's going to be very hard to feed themselves?  "You hole up in the defensible position you have."

Two stars from a dumb reader.  'Nuf said.

[Rakie]

i totally get what you mean.  Is there any book, or any movie, or any album you'd give 100 out of 100 to?  No, because nothing's worth 100%.  If there's people hatin', there's people reading it and forming their own opinion. 

[Lord Anubis]

I wouldn't be too bruised by this one because... reasons for the "dumb" can be imagined, but there isn't time in this kind of story to explain everything to everyone who has their own pet survival plans all worked out in their heads.

Many thanks for the kind words, Frank.  Honestly, I wasn't bruised by the review at all.  It was more just a general acknowledgement that it's happened, like it was bound to.  It's a fair if somewhat, errrr, confusing at times take on the book.

i totally get what you mean.  Is there any book, or any movie, or any album you'd give 100 out of 100 to?  No, because nothing's worth 100%.

Yeah, that's it exactly.  Five stars felt weird because I know for an absolute fact this book is not on par with East of Eden or To Kill A Mockingbird. 

Four and a half, four stars... I'm good with that.

[Thom Brannan]

Is there any book, or any movie, or any album you'd give 100 out of 100 to?  No, because nothing's worth 100%.

wrrrong! five out of five stars to AC/DC's Back in Black, every time. or, so i can list more than one, Bruce Dickinson's The Chemical Wedding. nyah!

also, that guy that left three stars, G. Papadopoulos, has reviewed three Permuted titles, calling each of them "self-published" and "fan fiction." somehow, he got himself a hard-on for PP and decided to denigrate. i'm going to watch and see.

[Rakie]

Four and a half, four stars... I'm good with that.

heh, guess what you're getting for your next book...

wrrrong! five out of five stars to AC/DC's Back in Black, every time. or, so i can list more than one, Bruce Dickinson's The Chemical Wedding. nyah!

i suppose i can't argue with that... wait, yes i can.  Out of Brucie's entire back catalogue, you'd pick one of his solo albums?  *hides*

[Thom Brannan]

yes. from Accident of Birth on, his solo albums kick the shit out of any Iron Maiden album in the past twenty years, including the most recent ones. the only one that i'd rank up there is Powerslave, MAYBE. don't get me wrong, classic Maiden is awesome, but there are duds on every album. not so with the last three Dickinson albums.

so there.

[Rakie]

hee.  I love hijacking threads. 

and okay, i will concede you have a point.  Even if i don't wholly agree with you. 

[Lord Anubis]

Ex-Heroes just got its 50th review today on Amazon, and over 30 of them are five star reviews.

 

[Lord Anubis]

Wow!  Fantastic review from Shroud Magazine on Amazon.  I can only hope they're running this in the magazine, too. 

[Lord Anubis]

Make that 60 reviews on Amazon.

Review 60, alas, is another two star review that confirms I am incompetent.  And, alas, having self esteem issues, I will listen to that voice over the 40-odd ones that say the book is fantastic fun.

"You may in fact be the worst pirate I have ever heard of."

"But you have heard of me." 

 

[Rakie]

ha, we watched that movie the other night for the first time in years.  It bears up well, so long as you deny the existence of the sequels. 

and yep, chin up, 66% of us still think you're awesome! 

[Lord Anubis]

Y'know, if you trim the hour and fifteen minutes of pointless excess out of the second movie, the sequels aren't that bad.  I actually like the third one.

But, yeah, the first movie really is in a class by itself.  If only Disney could've left it alone.  It would've been a classic of cinema instead of first in a bloated franchise...