i wanna be a sock puppet!
today from Wired News' Furthermore:
Your Character Here
Aug. 17, 2005 PT How much would you pay to be immortalized as a zombie in a Stephen King novel or a good guy in a John Grisham thriller? King and Grisham are among 16 authors selling the right to have a character in a book named for the buyer to raise money for the First Amendment Project, a California-based nonprofit group that promotes freedom of information and expression. Details of exactly what each author is offering have been posted on eBay and the auctions will be held between Sept. 1-25, the group said on Tuesday. King said he was offering the chance to name a character in a novel called CELL, to be published in 2006 or 2007. "Buyer should be aware that CELL is a violent piece of work, which comes complete with zombies set in motion by bad cell phone signals that destroy the human brain," King said. "Like cheap whiskey, it's very nasty and extremely satisfying," he said on the site, adding that if the buyer wanted the character to die, it must be a female name.
-- Reuters
man, people are literally paying thousands of dollars for their brief touch of fame. it used to be that people gained fame through their actions in certain fields of expertise, interest or career. these days the search of fame comes before anything else. fame through fame alone. sad really. just proves that this "virus in shoes" (thanks Bill Hicks) is yet again proving the need of a cleansing meteor shower, flood and ice age. mankind - a case study in why opposable thumbs can be a bad thing for all.
quote for the day:
"He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar."
- Chuang-tzu (369 BC - 286 BC)
"As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life - so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls."
- M. Cartmill
Your Character Here
Aug. 17, 2005 PT How much would you pay to be immortalized as a zombie in a Stephen King novel or a good guy in a John Grisham thriller? King and Grisham are among 16 authors selling the right to have a character in a book named for the buyer to raise money for the First Amendment Project, a California-based nonprofit group that promotes freedom of information and expression. Details of exactly what each author is offering have been posted on eBay and the auctions will be held between Sept. 1-25, the group said on Tuesday. King said he was offering the chance to name a character in a novel called CELL, to be published in 2006 or 2007. "Buyer should be aware that CELL is a violent piece of work, which comes complete with zombies set in motion by bad cell phone signals that destroy the human brain," King said. "Like cheap whiskey, it's very nasty and extremely satisfying," he said on the site, adding that if the buyer wanted the character to die, it must be a female name.
-- Reuters
man, people are literally paying thousands of dollars for their brief touch of fame. it used to be that people gained fame through their actions in certain fields of expertise, interest or career. these days the search of fame comes before anything else. fame through fame alone. sad really. just proves that this "virus in shoes" (thanks Bill Hicks) is yet again proving the need of a cleansing meteor shower, flood and ice age. mankind - a case study in why opposable thumbs can be a bad thing for all.
quote for the day:
"He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar."
- Chuang-tzu (369 BC - 286 BC)
"As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life - so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls."
- M. Cartmill
posted by brent c. airey at 8:34 AM
3 Comments:
Brent, I would argue the offer wouldn't bring fame at all. The morons who buy into this are at best, missing the point (it's about selling books), but me thinks these people would be missing more that that... perhaps a personality??
i love the fact that people think because their name is in a book they will somehow be remembered. yep, i remember bob, that crazy brain eatin' zombie...
As an independent author, I love efforts like disinfo.com.
Most corporate publishers are as slippery as a lard turd up a whale's ass.
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