Comments on: Josh Lanyon: Five Faves

By: Antonella

Antonella — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:15:33 +0000

Hi, Ted and Josh!

Thank you for this contribution and for the idea.

After reading Josh’s list I immediately ordered Living Upstairs and The God In Flight (probably the only thing I wouldn’t do if Josh says so is jumping down a cliff ;-).

Now I’ve just received Living Upstairs and I’ve noticed that it ends quite abrubtly on foot of page 218 (with the words ”Cover yourself!”): nothing like ”The End” written there, but especially no empty page after that page, which is IMO quite a standard in well-made books. I was wondering if my used copy was cheap because one or two pages are missing ;-). Can someone check for me in her/his copy? Thank you in advance.

Ciao

Antonella

By: LBea

LBea — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:55:33 +0000

Cheat to win–it’s my motto. Nothing wrong with bringing an extra book. NOTHING.

By: Ally Blue

Ally Blue — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:48:57 +0000

Working on that….
**types madly**
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**at the EDJ**

O_O

By: TeddyPig

TeddyPig — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:32:14 +0000

Nope, I am still waiting for Ally to send me hers.

By: josh lanyon

josh lanyon — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:29:24 +0000

Hey you’re welcome, Ally! I hope you find it entertaining and useful.

Is your list up? Did I miss it?

By: Ally Blue

Ally Blue — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:04:11 +0000

Okay, I need to stop reading these damn lists. My own list — book shopping, that is — grows longer every time I do. Thanks ever so, Mr. Pig!
Sigh.

Yeah I keep hearing that I need to read Mel Keegan. Must make that a priority :) And I totally downloaded that freebie. How cool is that! What a neat little find, thanks for that Josh :D

By: josh lanyon

josh lanyon — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:44:26 +0000

Jen, for sheer exuberant action and imagination, Keegan cannot be beat. I remember being astonished reading them way back when — so utterly different from everything else coming out from gay publishers. (At that time.) Keegan really led the way — and it was obvious from the way the books became huge bestsellers for GMP that there was absolutely a market for the “slash” approach to gay fiction.

By: Jenre

Jenre — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:41:24 +0000

Oh dear, I’ve only read one out of the five *adds rest to tbb list*. I have read one of Joseph Hansen’s Brandsetter books and really enjoyed it.

Great list, I’ve been meaning to read a Mel Keegan book for some time now, and this has given me the place to start.

Thanks for sharing, Josh.

By: josh lanyon

josh lanyon — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:08:36 +0000

Louise, congratulations on the new gig! Actually, both of them.

I’m all in favor of anything that gets Hansen more widely read.

By: Louise van Hine

Louise van Hine — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:58:29 +0000

Josh,

It’s what I do – at least when I’m not doing my dayjob. I write, and now am planning to throw my entire effort beyond the primary publication venue of electronic books. I am starting a new permanent job next week which means salary, benefits, and HA! sick and vacation time, and have just gone into high gear with my avocation.

So the next step is to see whether the author and the print copyright holder would allow it and on what terms.