colonel@gloria.UUCP (05/05/84)
[Prepare to die!] A rather obvious tipoff was the names of the two realms: "Florin" and "Guilder." Synonyms - check your dictionary (NOT the gazetteer section). -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...seismo!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel
BRYAN@SU-SIERRA.ARPA (07/18/84)
From: Doug Bryan <BRYAN@SU-SIERRA.ARPA> does anyone know the author and publisher of the novel "The Princess Bride"?? I am having trouble finding it. marcy-bacups doug -------
boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) (07/27/84)
> The difficultly in finding a copy is a result of the above, it > isn't Goldman's, and it isn't Morgenstein's (sp?), It isn't sci- > fi, nor strictly fantasy, Goldman is not a fantasy or SF author > (he also did the screen-play for Butch Cassidy). The result of > all this confusion is that Booksellers don't know quite what to > do with it. > > ism780!Geoffrey Kimbrough Nonsense. Goldman's name is plastered all over the book, so booksellers file it under Goldman's name. At least that's where *I've* always seen it. Sometimes I see it in the sf/fantasy section, but usually in the "fiction" section. I think you give booksellers more credit for brains than you should. These are the idiots that constantly file collections of Asimov's essays in the science fiction section, or do likewise with Von Daniken/Velikowsky type rubbish. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA
geoff@ism780.UUCP (08/01/84)
#R:sri-arpa:-211400:ism780:14200011:000:1066 ism780!geoff Jul 23 09:41:00 1984 [Kills bugs dead...] > does anyone know the author and publisher of the novel > "The Princess Bride"?? I am having trouble finding it. William Goldman is the listed author of The Princess Bride -- but he credits the story to one S. Morgenstein (sp?). In chapter one he tells the story of how he first learned of the book as a child, later finds that the story he was told was an abridgement of the original, and decides to publish his own abridgement. The book is one of my favorites, EVERYONE should read it. The difficultly in finding a copy is a result of the above, it isn't Goldman's, and it isn't Morgenstein's (sp?), It isn't sci- fi, nor strictly fantasy, Goldman is not a fantasy or SF author (he also did the screen-play for Butch Cassidy). The result of all this confusion is that Booksellers don't know quite what to do with it. Good luck finding a copy. I envy anyone who hasn't read it yet, 'cause you're in for such a good time... GET YOUR HANDS OFF THESE OPINIONS, THEY'RE MINE... ALL MINE ism780!Geoffrey Kimbrough
steven@ism70.UUCP (08/01/84)
#R:sri-arpa:-211400:ism70:10300004:000:232 ism70!steven Jul 23 09:39:00 1984 <> The Princess Bride was written by William Goldman. Ballantine Books publishes it in paperback, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in hardcover. Write in for the reunion scene and ask him when the hell Buttercup's Baby is coming out.