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OYKEY DOYKEY! I some splendiferouse news! Somebody over at House_Wilson (The wonderful elva_barr) has got ahold of an entirly free, downloadable html version of Hugh Laurie's 'The Gun Seller'!
That book is wonderous! The main charecter is exactly like Bertie would have been, if he had not had Jeeves, and if he had been poor, hapless(well hes that anyway) ex soldier who has to make a living on his own. It's a wonderful read, if you like Jeeves N Wooster, you will adore it. if you love james Bond type of adventures as well, you will worship it.
So anyway, if you want a copy, just leave a comment with your email addresse at the post im directing you to with the following link.
http://community.livejournal.com/house_wilson/591070.html?mode=reply
And it would be nice to thank elva_barr, as she is extremely nice to be spending her time dishing out errant novels to the poor obsessed souls of LJ.
That book is wonderous! The main charecter is exactly like Bertie would have been, if he had not had Jeeves, and if he had been poor, hapless(well hes that anyway) ex soldier who has to make a living on his own. It's a wonderful read, if you like Jeeves N Wooster, you will adore it. if you love james Bond type of adventures as well, you will worship it.
So anyway, if you want a copy, just leave a comment with your email addresse at the post im directing you to with the following link.
http://community.livejournal.com/house_wilson/591070.html?mode=reply
And it would be nice to thank elva_barr, as she is extremely nice to be spending her time dishing out errant novels to the poor obsessed souls of LJ.
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Date: 2006-09-01 08:38 am (UTC)Just to emphasize -- yay downloading for free, but I actually love this book so much that I'm doing the whole "Encourage Hugh Laurie to write more with your wallet if you can afford to!" thing. Not that he's, y'know, languishing in poverty what with House or anything.
Now, back to my regularly scheduled hypocrisy. And thank you for the link.
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Date: 2006-09-01 10:50 am (UTC)It really is a good book. Usually I'm not a fan of thrillers, but this one is hilarious and Lang, the main character, is absolutely lovable. And while you can absolutely see the influence Wodehouse had on Hugh Laurie's writing, I'm going to disagree with wemblee and say that Thomas Lang is very un-Bertie like. For one thing, he's competent and quick thinking in a jam.
I'm glad I own a copy, so I don't get eye strain staring at my computer. On the other hand, it cost me 23 dollars (for a paperback!), so I can understand not wanting to pay for it. Either way, I own enough bootleg stuff that it would be hypocritical for me to tell everyone to buy it and not download it. How about- if you can buy it, do so.
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Date: 2006-09-02 05:37 am (UTC)*squees until she faints* *thud.*
P.S.
Date: 2006-09-02 05:38 am (UTC)That wasn't me! I think he's sort of... there's definitely a Wodehouse/Bertie influence, but it's definitely a mix, and he's definitely more jaded, competant, and definitely more dangerous.
Either way, I own enough bootleg stuff that it would be hypocritical for me to tell everyone to buy it and not download it. How about- if you can buy it, do so.
That's sort of what I was trying to say, but you said it better.
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Date: 2006-09-02 04:56 pm (UTC)Re: P.S.
Date: 2006-09-03 04:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-01 10:56 am (UTC)Aside from all that stuff, it's an excellent book. I owe the Library about $18,983 because I haven't returned it yet...