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As you may or may not know, I’ve been chosen as a giver for World Book Night 2013. When presented with the list of available books and asked to pick 3, I chose Fahrenheit 451, Good Omens, and The Phantom Tollbooth. The good folks at WBN have decided that I’ll be distributing copies of Good Omens.
Now, I’m not going to have a lot of time to hand out books. Just a few hours to hand out 20 books. That sounds easy, but think of all the people in public places handing things out that you simply ignore, or wave off. Now, keeping that in mind:
- Help me come up with a way to get – and keep – the attention of people long enough to give them the spiel about the book.
- Help me come up with a 10 second spiel to get someone to want to read the book.
Doesn’t sound too hard. Unless you’ve read the book. I mean, “A rollicking tale about an angel, a devil, a witch, the Anti-Christ, and the Apocalypse!” might scare some folks off, ya know?
So, lend a girl a hand, and help me come up with what I need to help introduce more people to the awesomeness of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch.
a classic
Good question. I was reading it to my mom but wasn’t her style. I made a reference in fb the other day, about queen, and at least some people got it.l.. Oh, and I’m back in town.
An angel and a demon working to keep the world from ending, ’cause without it, where woUkd they get good coffee? Hm.
“How often is a ‘funny story’ eye-opening and ultimately life-changing? This one is. There are, like, *maybe* a dozen truly great humorists starting with Aristophanes, and Pratchett is ours. Read the damn thing!”
S’how my spiel goes. But with Kermity arms a-flailing and maybe a few thumps on the head with the book in question.