One of the book sites I always read is John Self at http://theasylum.wordpress.com/ because it is a great place to get new leads for wonderful works of fiction. Last year John Self at Asylum introduced me to Sam Savage. Sam Savage happens to be a novelist from my former beloved hometown of twenty one years, Madison, Wisconsin. Based on John Self’s review, I read Savage’s “Firmin, The Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife”, a story about a rat which was one of the highlights of my reading in the year 2008. Apparently now nearly everyone knows that Asylum is one of the best book places on the Internet. I have just received Sam Savage’s new novel, “The Cry of the Sloth – The mostly Tragic Story of Andrew Whitaker being his collected, final, and absolutely complete Writings”. Now if only I can read and review “The Cry of the Sloth” before John Self does.
So now this virtually unknown book blogger, me, is hitching his wagon to John Self, one of the stars of the Internet book world. Shameless.
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Posted by John Self on October 11, 2009 at 10:12 AM
That’s great Tony – spreading the word on good books is what this blogging business is all about, after all, so I’m delighted to have been instrumental in introducing you to Savage. And the even better news is that I don’t have The Cry of the Sloth, so you’re certain to review it before I do!
Thanks again for reading my blog over the past couple of years.
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Posted by anokatony on October 11, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Thanks for stopping by, John. I’ll try to do “The Cry of the Sloth” justice one way or another.
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Posted by Kelly S on October 11, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Thanks for the recommendation of Sam Savage — I’ll have to check him out!
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Posted by anokatony on October 11, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Kelly, I think you will enjoy this very humorous novel.
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Posted by Sarah on October 25, 2009 at 5:39 PM
I’ll second your appreciation John Self’s Asylum. I am indebted myself for Hugo Wilcken’s Asylum, which was, for me, one of the most enjoyable reads of the year.
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Posted by anokatony on October 26, 2009 at 12:43 AM
I read that review for Asylum too, but haven’t read the book. Is that where John Self’s site got its name? Did you know that ‘John Self’ is a character in Martin Amis’ novel “The Information”?
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