Slog - Comments on The Next Penelope Ashe or Richard Bachman? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_next_penelope_ashe_or_richard_bachma Over at Enter the Octopus, there's some speculation about sci-fi author John Twelve Hawks. I first heard about Hawks when I was a bookseller. I was told that he was signed by the same editor who signed Dan (Da Vinci Code) Brown, that his book The Traveler was supposed to be the next big thing, and that he lived totally off the grid. Off the grid was repeated many, many times, the way that everyone was so crazy about the fact that Jackie Chan did his own stunts many years ago. Lately, a few book bloggers have been getting letters... Copyright 2008 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0800 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:30:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Personally, I'd rather catch the free reading by Connie Willis this Tuesday night at the U Bookstore at 7, or even the free Eoin Colfer reading and signing his latest Artemis Fowler book this Saturday at 6pm at Town Hall.

Sometimes it's best not to listen to the hype.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_next_penelope_ashe_or_richard_bachma#c1073019 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_next_penelope_ashe_or_richard_bachma#c1073019 Books Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:13:07 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore paul? are you wearing ugly hipster pants? you better not be!

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_next_penelope_ashe_or_richard_bachma#c1073068 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_next_penelope_ashe_or_richard_bachma#c1073068 Books Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:52:49 -0800 Comment by Matt Staggs I haven't read his books yet, but my wife gave "The Traveler" a try and told me that it was way too "new agey" for her to finish. Then again, what do you expect from a guy who calls himself "Twelve Hawks?"

]]> Matt Staggs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_next_penelope_ashe_or_richard_bachma#c1073446 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_next_penelope_ashe_or_richard_bachma#c1073446 Books Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:02:46 -0800 Comment by Greg Hey, "John" : You know who else lived off the grid? Christopher McCandless.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_next_penelope_ashe_or_richard_bachma#c1073921 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_next_penelope_ashe_or_richard_bachma#c1073921 Books Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:30:52 -0800