Comments on: Box full of DEATH

By: Buzz Parsec

Buzz Parsec — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:36:00 +0000

Mine arrived today. I ordered it about a month ago. Odd thing is I picked free shipping, which usually delays things about a week. Haven’t read it yet, but tomorrow is supposed to be rainy and I just finished a BIG project (like 15 minutes ago…)

By: KDSMith

KDSMith — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:08:36 +0000

“Your Amazon.com order has shipped: Death from the Skies!”

I am anticipationistically anticipating with great anticipatory anticipation!!!11!!1

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:08:01 +0000

Oh, some of the review snippets at Amazon are great. This one had me laughing for several minutes: “Reading this book is like getting punched in the face by Carl Sagan. Frightening, yet oddly exhilarating.”
—Daniel H. Wilson, author of How to Survive a Robot Uprising

I mean, made of awesome. Really.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:05:05 +0000

Phil,

Count another pre-order customer here. The wife and I are avid Amazon purchasers…. we should really buy stock.

Do you get any information about how your books sits as far as pre-orders go?

By: Don Snow

Don Snow — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:00:30 +0000

Congratulations, you also spell better than I do.

By: Don Snow

Don Snow — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:59:29 +0000

Oh, good, more ‘end of the world’ stories. I love end of the world stories.
I’ll put it on my ‘buy book wish list’.

Let me look at the wording, on that sub-title, again.

Yes, it is plural. So, the world ends more than once, then? Well, yes, that follows, because it’s ended more than once, in the past. Well, that’s good, I like serials, too.

Seriously, Congradulations!

I’m a wannabee writer. But, I think you write better, than I do.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:41:54 +0000

MINE IS IN THE MAIL!

…go Amazon!

By: Brent

Brent — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:03:07 +0000

Congrats on the book! I work at a large bookstore chain and I’m going to make it my staff recommendation and push it hard!

By: Rodney

Rodney — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:56:48 +0000

Thanks for the tip,

I’m going to jump over to Amazon and see if I can pre-order one, right now.

rod

By: BadMA

BadMA — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:19:47 +0000

I have a preorder from Amazon! I’ve often given Bad Astronomy as a present at birthdays and other occasions. It’s good to have another mainstay for the hard-to-buy person!

By: Wildride

Wildride — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:35:57 +0000

Keep watching for “Death from the skis!”

By: Paul A.

Paul A. — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:32:22 +0000

Hey, do some Win A Copy Signed By The Author contests!

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:41:45 +0000

Oh awesome! I pre-ordered mine months ago!

By: TheBlackCat

TheBlackCat — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:26:50 +0000

Hey, Phil, this is off-topic but I cannot access either of your posts on McCain’s planetarium comments. They both lead to an empty page.

By: atomic ash

atomic ash — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:47:47 +0000

Congratulations on the book, I’m looking forward to picking it up!
Canis Minor, however.. I was certain you kidnapped my dog somehow for that photo, the resemblance is spooky.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:40:09 +0000

Oh my god, that dog is so adorable. Is it really called Canis Minor? That’s fantastic.

By: hale-bopp

hale-bopp — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:30:50 +0000

Better watch it with headlines like that or homeland security will be all over this site

By: Raving Fan

Raving Fan — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:18:25 +0000

I would really love an autographed copy to match my copy of “Bad Astronomy” you signed for me at Tam6. Will you be coming to Phoenix Arizona by any chance? I’d also be willing to special order one.

By: PhilB

PhilB — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:37:19 +0000

So when do you get to go on tour an such? Any word on engagements at say Boulder Book store or Tattered Cover? If not can I start sending them letters to say, “no really, you need to book this guy.”

By: llewelly

llewelly — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:37:59 +0000

Which contributor gets the book with the dog-slobber on it?

By: madge

madge — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:52:13 +0000

Eight out of ten dogs would recommend this book.
“I devoured it in a single sitting”…Canis Major.
Congratulations Phil. You must be SO proud. I know we (your faithful minions) are.

By: Thomas Miller

Thomas Miller — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:02:32 +0000

Dr. Plait, you truly are the master of torture.

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:51:33 +0000

Phil,
When will the book be available for Illegal download? Woops. What I meant to say is, what means of purchasing the book benefits you the least? Wait, I mean most.

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:40:40 +0000

I think we should find a way to get McCain to bash it during the next debate. Here’s my attempt.

Person one: “Oh my God. Did you hear that Barack Obama totally pre-ordered 11 million copies of Death from the Skies in transparency form so that terrorist can read the books on their overhead projectors in an attempt to find more efficient way of destroying America?”

Person Two: “Dude. That’s messed up.”

Person one: “And if you look at the sun on the cover, you can totally see the solar flares form Arabic characters that roughly translate to ”Allah poops in the hair of Jesus.””

Person Two: “Dude. That’s like really messed up.”

Person one: “And Obama’s paying for all this using earmarked money that would have otherwise have been used to completely erase the federal deficit and cure all of our global economic woes.”

3 stooges: “why I aughtaaaa…”

There. I think that should do it.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:30:41 +0000

Phil, what means of purchasing the book benefits you the most? Online, or local bookstore?