http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ Simon & Schuster Forums: Recent Posts en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:07:07 +0000 http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141775#post-1754607 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:40:01 +0000 zann59 1754607@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>On the NPR radio show "Travel with Rick Steves" a caller mentioned using maps printed in England for her trek.  Can anyone help with finding and/or naming these maps?</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141774#post-1754606 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:26:07 +0000 DWL 1754606@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>Did anyone know that Tom Valenti use to play goalie, when he was growing up in Ithaca, NY?</p> <p>He was a prety good hockey goalie, buy no one could hear him when he yelled.</p> <p>NOW he is a world class chef.</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141773#post-1754605 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:37:27 +0000 beblevins 1754605@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>Andrew Clements' Lunch Money has inspired my daughter to start her own book club. His books have inspired me, as well. (We have listened to many of them on tape this year while driving in the car.) <a href="http://beblevins.blogspot.com/2009/11/smiley-book-club.html" rel="nofollow">http://beblevins.blogspot.com/2009/11/smiley-book-club.html</a></p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141587#post-1754604 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:01:42 +0000 jetnova20 1754604@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>Dear Michael A. Martin,<br /> I don’t believe you know what you’re writing about when it comes to Star Trek Enterprise and your newest novel, as in Star Trek Enterprise The Romulan War Beneath The Raptor’s Wing. This is because of many different reasons, reasons that your editor Margret Clark is too stupid to realize and everyone at Pocket Books. I’ve been studying a researching Star Trek and specially Enterprise for my own novels that Margret herself shot down because they don’t support her ideas and agenda therefore it is a great thing that Pocket Books has let her go as the editor of Star Trek books as of August 2009. Now maybe you need to learn exactly when the shows episodes aired and what years they really took place in. I say this about the episode “These Are The Voyages” for that episode was set in 2161 (The year the United Federation of Planets was chartered.) This is the same year that Commander Charles “Trip” Tucker III died. You and Andy Mangles have that death happening in 2155 and thus call it a hoax; this is an illogical fault and is something totally wrong to write about or to even put into your books. Next the fact that you have Ensign Hoshi Sato and Ensign Travis Mayweather wanting to transfer off of Enterprise in 2155 because of the Kobayashi Maru incident.<br /> Now you say in your acknowledgements section for all of your books that you’ve used Memory Alpha and Memory Beta for your sources well I have used those sites too and I know that what you have looked up is wrong especially when I can’t even find it there. Those sites though are a Wikipedia type site which means any ordinary person can edit those sites and put in wrong information just because they want too and then it’s a lie to the whole Star Trek community like your books are turning out to be. This type of lying that you and Andy Mangles are doing needs to stop right now. Its time you come clean and stop lying to the Star Trek community and to stop listening to your one track mind editors who know nothing except going by what they want to happen. A true author writes what they know to be correct and what follows canon and that means that Trip and T’Pol’s relationship is over, they mutually ended it right after the episode “Terra Prime”. T’Pol never loved Trip, she just was exploring Human Sexuality with him and even right on screen admitted that is was just an experiment and that she knew all along that he was the wrong choice to even use to do that because he would think there was something more to it than what it really was to her, just an experiment into sex.<br /> Now as an up and coming Star Trek author I have done all the research into Starfleet, the United Federation of Planets and all the television series. I have even asked many people about their opinions about different things that happened onscreen and or were hinted on then changed in mid-run. These include the Trip/T’Pol Relationship and I’ve found out that people actually morally support an Archer/T’Pol Relationship over the one that was onscreen. On the contrary, many believe that since T’Pol ended the relationship with Trip in 2155 that that has opened up the door for a future relationship between her and Captain Jonathan Archer. Because of people feeling this way, I have put that relationship into my book along with a few other story shaping ideas that Margret Clark shot down because she didn’t like them but I happen to know that it’s what the fans want. So now all I have to say is that YOUR BOOK (BOOKS) FOR STAR TREK ENTERPRISE IN THE RELAUNCH SERIES ARE ALL WRONG AND SHOULD BE TRASHED BECAUSE YOU AND ANDY DON’T EVEN DO YOUR RESEARCH RIGHT, at the same time though, mine books ARE 100% BETTER WITH CORRECT INFORMATION AND RESEARCH AND SHOULD BE PUBLISHED OVER YOURS.<br /> Thank you, James </p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141772#post-1754603 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:02:11 +0000 tomswift2002 1754603@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>I realize that <em>Wounds </em>was released in October 2008, but you are going to have to wait a little longer.  Because of the lay-offs of Marco Palmieri and Margaret Clark, the release dates for the next 2 SCE omnibus editions have been pushed back.  Originally <em>Out Of The Cocoon </em>(#'s57-60)was set for release in December 2009, then it was pushed back to December 2010, and now, according to Memory Beta, it's been pushed back till sometime in 2011.  </p> <p> </p> <p>Memory Beta also lists <em>What's Past</em> (#'s 61-66, last books of the SCE line before the switch over to the <em>Corps of Engineers</em> line) but with a "Not Yet Scheduled" note next to it.  But, if I had to guess, we probably won't see that book till, at the earliest Christmas 2011, but most likely not till later in 2012 or beyond.</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141772#post-1754602 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:13:54 +0000 Bill F. 1754602@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>I was wondering what happened to the big Paperback scheduled for this year with another batch of SCE ebooks compiled within.  First it was going to be summer, then fall, now not at all.   I've got money, lets go already!   I don't want to read this on a screen, I want it in my hands in paper form.  But mostly I'd like to know when its going to be published and if not, why not?  There's not enough in book stores as it is.  Got to publish or you will perish.</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141771#post-1754601 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:15:38 +0000 rosekelin 1754601@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p> &lt;td class="t_num"&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; </p> <p>Come check out our selection of eBooks. 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This sounds exactly like <u>The Chosen One</u> by Carol Lynch Williams. </p> <p>Let me give you a brief reminder:</p> <p>"Thireen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated community without questioning the fact that her father has three wives and she has twenty brothers and sisteres, with two more on the way. That is, without questioning them much-If you don't count her secret visists to the Ironton County Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with Joshua, the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her</p> <p>But when the Prophet decrees that she must marry her sixty-year-old uncle- who already has six wives-Kyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family forever."</p> <p>Let me point out that in this book, <u>Keep Sweet</u>, the girl is being forced to marry an old man (the same problem Kyra has in <u>The Chosen One</u>), she's beaten for liking a boy (which happens in <u>The Chosen One</u>, after she is caught with Joshoua) and she's trying to escape, which is the main plot line for <u>The Chosen One</u>. The blurb says she's content with her life--like in TCO--until something makes her question her surroundings. There is the risk of danger in this book,  like in TCO. There's a walled-in community. The similarities seem endless. And this is only from reading the blurb on the cover of KS. </p> <p>Again, wow.</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141769#post-1754597 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:23:11 +0000 redmanrt 1754597@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>Brooks Simpson's Grant book has, after 10 years, 41 reviews on Amazon, one of them bogus. Bobrick's book on Thomas, after less than one year, already has 39 reviews on Amazon. Methinks the market has spoken.</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141570#post-1754596 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:35:00 +0000 forest20g 1754596@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>golfdealonline.com provides the OEM products with good quality and high performance，like X-22 Irons,R9 Driver,R9 460 driver,Titleist AP2 irons, CGB MAX Irons, CGB MAX Fairway wood and so on.So terrific site that you cannot pass up.Also they are having sales promotion these days.Please hurry up!</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141570#post-1754595 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:13:35 +0000 marthauz 1754595@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>Can you please give me the link where i can get Meg Cabot last book. </p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141768#post-1754594 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:02:04 +0000 Sharon441 1754594@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>Wow, Max Cleland is amazing.  I have always had much respect for him, but even more now that I read "Heart of a Patriot".  After reading it, I went back and bought the other books he has written.  I hope to meet him in person one day. </p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141766#post-1754593 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:41:03 +0000 addy.michy 1754593@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p> I did not hear this . from where you get this information.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.todae.com.au/SolarPanels/SolarPanels">Solar Panels</a></p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141766#post-1754592 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:39:17 +0000 addy.michy 1754592@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <br /> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141767#post-1754591 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:42:58 +0000 tiffanysmith0013 1754591@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>I watched the news video interview with Mildred Muhammad before her ex was executed and she spoke very impressively.  What a great speaker.  I was so moved by what she said.  She was knowledgeable and gave alot of great information.  I have ordered her book.  It's sad she had to go thru what she did.  It's even more sad that noone would listen to her.  How sad she was getting hit from all sides.  I bet those people feel pretty foolish now.  thanks for reading.  tiff smith rochester ny</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141766#post-1754590 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:32:19 +0000 vtcozy 1754590@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>Did i happen to hear that "Cresendo might be coming out sooner than 10/10...If anyone knows? THAT WOULD BE GREAT...a LITTLE FALLEN ANGEL,   vTC</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141765#post-1754589 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:29:00 +0000 redmanrt 1754589@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>Dear Mr. Bobrick,</p> <p>Excuse me for using the forum in this manner. I don't know how else to contact you.</p> <p>I am the author of the website "Army of the Cumberland and George Thomas Source" (www.aotc.net). In your bibliography of "Master of War" you list one of my articles (GT - Pracitioner of Emancipation) from the website, for which I am grateful. I sometimes wonder if I'm getting through to anyone.</p> <p>However, in the text you missed two chances to cite the article. On pg. 274 you write: "He was, in fact, the only Union general to do so [give colored troops a featured role] in a major battle of the war. Here you could have put a footnote. That is almost a quote from my article, and I never found that insight in any of the books about Thomas or his battles I ever read. But then, maybe you did read it somewhere, or figured it out yourself.</p> <p>Then, on pg. 275, you write, noting Frederick Douglass' famous quote about Lincoln: "The same, as one writer noted, might be said of Thomas in military sphere." That is right out of my article. As I am that one writer, I feel that the reference deserved a footnote.</p> <p>If you go to Amazon and read my 5 star review (with no damning faint praise) of your book, you will see that I make about the only substantive and, at the same time, constructive criticism thereof. Others carp about breech-loading rifles in the hands of the Confederates at Mill Springs (there may have been a Maynard or two there), or the relative ranks of Smith and Grant at Shiloh, but I offer two essential elements of the narrative which you will certainly include in your next edition. Sherman's maps of Chattanooga were not wrong, and we can't explain the success of Thomas' charge up the ridge without considering Hooker's decisive role in softening up Bragg's left.</p> <p>I will delete this post (if I can) once I am sure you have read it. Thank you for your attention.</p> <p>Bob Redman (redmanrt@yahoo.com)</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141764#post-1754588 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:25:14 +0000 kdarnold 1754588@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>Hi Mr. Douglas, My name is Kim and I was a High School (Robert E. Lee) 1984 classmate of Suzanne Collins.  I was shocked when I heard of her murder in 1985.  I was searching the web and came accross your book which dedicates several chapters to her and her family.  I was wondering if I could pay for a signed copy?  Please notify me at <a href="mailto:olivertabby1@yahoo.com">olivertabby1@yahoo.com</a>.  I remember her fondley and her family.  I appreciate your help and thank-you in advance.</p> <p>Kimberly Arnold   </p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141570#post-1754587 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:34:15 +0000 Amynta 1754587@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>Meg Cabot is definitely an awesome writer. I love her Mediator series especially.</p> <p>Some of my other favourite authors would have to include: L.J. Smith, Tamora Pierce, Margaret Mahy, Charlaine Harris and Elizabeth Knox.</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141763#post-1754586 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:14:42 +0000 fvidito 1754586@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>This is a must read!  She's an excellent writer and the stories she tells are vivid and I was just so impressed with the book.  </p> <p>I plan on going out and buying some of her fiction novels as well.  God Bless her.  She's been through so much.  Amazing how she's still holding it all together.  </p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141717#post-1754585 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:58:30 +0000 Stefanie 1754585@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>Tried to locate Highland Treasure but could not do so.</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141705#post-1754584 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:35:42 +0000 cabeleven 1754584@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>i have a sony reader myself, but still make it a point to go and buy actual books to help keep the bookstores in business. i may only be 27, but i remember the days before ebooks and to read posts about how "Mr. King and his publisher can say goodbye to any more money from me." truly troubles me. ebooks are great but to stop buying material because you have to wait a little bit longer for a digital version is just petty and sad. and yes, i did just buy the hardcover from a local brick and mortar bookstore. sucka.</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141153&page=3#post-1754583 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:51:47 +0000 Clifford.Cad 1754583@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>I like Him too.</p> <p><a title="Government Surplus Auctions" href="http://www.governmentsurplusauctionsonline.com/government_surplus_auctions/">Government Surplus Auction</a></p> <p> </p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141153&page=3#post-1754582 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:50:37 +0000 Clifford.Cad 1754582@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>I like Him too. </p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141570#post-1754581 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:22:08 +0000 booklover987 1754581@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>My favorite  Author happens to be MArgaret Peterson Haddix!!! There has not been one book that i have read by her that i have been disapointed!!! I just keep reading and reading when i get a new book written by her!!! I  am also interrested with other authors too.., if u have any suggestions, becuase i am sure i will be cheacking this page again. </p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141762#post-1754580 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:15:24 +0000 booklover987 1754580@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>My favorite book written by her happens to be Found. When I read that book I could not stop!!! It was that good, I read it all day and all night untl it was finished!!!</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141761#post-1754579 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:08:01 +0000 booklover987 1754579@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>I have read both books of the Missing and enjoyed them both!!! I really would like to know if there is going to be a third??? </p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141153&page=3#post-1754578 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:44:05 +0000 skybirdvsrk 1754578@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>I love all her books and have Strange Fate all ready perorder.  I still could not put them down until</p> <p>I finished them.  </p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141760#post-1754577 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:07:41 +0000 eleyton 1754577@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>I wrote many books studying homicide, but retired six years ago and am quite out of touch.  Lepore's essay in the New Yorker reviewing recent studies of homicide is thoughtful and intelligent.  I did not know that Monkonnen had died, but am pleased to learn that his work has been picked up by a colleague.  Anyway, Dr Lepore, excellent and thank you.  Elliott Leyton, Emeritus Professor of Forensic anthropology, Memorial University of Newfoundland</p> <p> </p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141705#post-1754576 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:46:06 +0000 tardisintime 1754576@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>As a disabled person, reading this book in hardcover form is impossible.  I'm insulted by both the publisher and Mr. King in their decision to delay the ebook version of this novel.  Mr. King and the publisher can say goodbye to any more money from me.</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141759#post-1754575 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:02:10 +0000 barbara62 1754575@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>I was at a convention a few years ago and David McCullough mentioned that he was working on a new book about the 'Lost Generation', expats in Paris in the 20's.  Does anyone know anything about this?  How the book is coming along?  Any idea on publication date?</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141758#post-1754574 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:21:49 +0000 rbmichaud 1754574@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>I just discovered Ruby (last week) and have already finished the books.  Is sharon still writing? and if so when will new books come out?  If they are still being written a dictionary for gentiles would be appreiated.</p> <p>thank you</p> http://forums.simonandschuster.com/topic.php?id=141705#post-1754573 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:10:34 +0000 jennip 1754573@http://forums.simonandschuster.com/ <p>I am more than a little miffed about the delayed release of the "under the Dome" e-book!  My husband collects Stephen King hardcovers and purchased his hard cover book early this morning while I have to sit and wait till December 24th to read my e-version.  I REFUSE to read those darn heavy hardcovers!!!  Let alone 1,000 pages worth of trying to balance in bed.  I am very disappointed in Stephen Kings decision to "Save the Bookstores and Screw the E-Readers"  what are WE chopped liver?</p>