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Comment on My Movies by larry mcnamara

larry mcnamara — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:41:45 +0000

Mr Rabkin,

Not sure why I haven’t heard of this movie. Just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed it.

Larry

Comment on Question from a Psych books fan by Vic

Vic — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:44:10 +0000

Just wanted to let you know, picked up your latest Psych, am only on page 53 and I gotta say, a lot more happens in the first 53 pages of this book then the previous 2 – great stuff!

Comment on Question from a Psych books fan by William Rabkin

William Rabkin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:01:50 +0000

I’m glad you liked the first two books, those expressions aside. I don’t think they pop up in book three, or in the still-being-written book four, if that helps you any.

Comment on Question from a Psych books fan by Kit

Kit — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:13:34 +0000

I too am a huge fan. I’ve read both Psych books and think they are just fantastic. That said, I have one important caveat. In your first Psych book, you use the expressions “‘tard” and “retard.” These terms are highly offensive and, I honestly believe/hope, wouldn’t be uttered by either Gus or Shaun (as opposed to Mary Shannon on In Plain Sight who uses the slur with appalling frequency). I was going to give these books to my husband as a Christmas gift but now cannot since he’s a disability rights advocate. Please please please don’t use this language in book three, I’m so looking forward to reading it.

Comment on Gone Galt by Tom

Tom — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:44:34 +0000

That’s curious. I took away from the novel that which my Dad had impressed on me from an early (as in paper route) days… Personal financial self reliance and responsibility. Some headed for the playground, some like me folded newspapers in prep to deliver. We didn’t have the word “slacker” back then but sure is appropriate when I look back now. And its pretty easy to look back and see what side of the isle this behavior would lead people to. Nuff said.

Comment on Psych Signings Saturday! by lois hirt

lois hirt — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:17:37 +0000

i have no clue how these things/blogs work so i am not sending everything-i am a dental hygienist who writes a fun column-ask lee goldberg-i have some questions from PSYCHE MIND OVER MAGIC for my column- i will enclose part of a copy of my column to you so you know i am on the up-and-up- how do i email my questions to you. thanks loads, lois hirt
yes, i read the first book also.

Comment on Question from a Psych books fan by William Rabkin

William Rabkin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:55:59 +0000

Thanks so much. I’m delighted you like the books. And I’ve not only started the third book, “Call of the Mild,” I’ve finished it. The manuscript went to the publisher at the end of July, and it will be released in January of 2010!

Comment on Question from a Psych books fan by Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:24:44 +0000

Hello Mr Rabkin I was wondering if you have started writing the thrid pysch book and if so whats it called? Love the books so much they are identical to the show.

Comment on The Other Book Bargain of the Century by David Spencer

David Spencer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:32:18 +0000

Even better than Amazon.uk for saving dough on UK releases is The Book Depository (www.bookdepository.co.uk); cover prices a bit higher, but no shipping fee, no tax. And (weirdly) each selection has a LINK to Amazon, in case you choose to comparison shop (which makes sense if there are new/used/remaindered copies on offer, or if BD is out of stock on a limited release item). AND they've just opened a US site at www.bookdepository.com -- again, no tax and no shipping fees -- that seems absurdly competitive, price-wise, which also lets you use PayPal.

Comment on Gone Galt by William Rabkin

William Rabkin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:07:24 +0000

For a hour-long television script, 60 pages is just fine. For one speech, it is ludicrous.

As for the book, well, it presents itself as a novel, and as a novel it’s a disaster — pompous, flatuent, dull, and ludicrous.

But there are plenty of bad novels in the world. Some are even worse than this. It’s as a work of philosophy that I find it to be truly atrocious, even evil. A glorification of the worst instincts of the two year-old inside every human, a rejection of every decent human emotion. It’s a primal scream of “mine, mine, mine!” written by a sociopathic narcissist whose view of the world is simply this — whatever I can get, I deserve, and screw everyone else.

So the answer is, no, I don’t agree with the idea of the book. I find libertarianism adolescent at best, and the Rand version is far from it at its best.