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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Recommended Reading

Pete Hautman is an exceptional writer. He writes the way I'd like to: lean, engaging, and funny. (See here for the story of how I met Pete.)

Pete won the National Book Award for his YA novel, Godless, a tantalizing story about a group of teenagers who create their own religion around a water tower.

I'm working my way through Pete's catalog: I started with Rash, winner of the 2006 Golden Duck Award, moved on to Godless, and am currently enjoying Sweetblood.

I can't recommend Pete's work highly enough. Get thee to Amazon (or your favorite bookseller) and see what you (and everybody who hasn't discovered this wonderful Minnesota author) have been missing!
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 30, 2007 at 5:45 PM

    I read "Godless" a few years ago. It was a real page turner.
    4.5 out of 5 stars.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 30, 2007 at 5:47 PM

    On an entirely different subject, Scott, do you have something big planned for "EEK!" tomorrow on Halloween?

    (Sorry to clutter this post with an unrelated comment; I didn't know where else to post it.)

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  3. Scott NickelOctober 31, 2007 at 2:12 PM

    Every day is Halloween at EEK!

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  4. AnonymousOctober 31, 2007 at 4:13 PM

    Very true.

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  5. scotthilburnNovember 1, 2007 at 10:23 AM

    Just wanted to comment on your comic from 10/25. It's one of my favs! Wish I'd thought of it. Damn.

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  6. Scott NickelNovember 1, 2007 at 1:46 PM

    "The Amish Hand Saw Massacre"?

    http://www.gocomics.com/eek/2007/10/25/

    Thanks! Obviously I have a thing for the Amish. But I also like poking fun at Scientology too.

    What does that say about me?

    Scott

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