With very little to go on (the Amazon flap-copy description, this review w/excerpt, and a bit of hearsay) the message board kids try to project the probable quality and contents of King Dork.
A "serious recipe for shittiness?" Or "fucking perfect?" Hard to say at this point, really, but you might as well cast your vote now, right?
Actually, a couple of these comments would make excellent blurbs if they came from famous people:
This will probably be the only book I read this year -- Jimmy Dastardly.Posted by Dr. Frank at September 28, 2005 06:50 PM | TrackBackI will read any book that claims to contain the secret to attracting semi-hot girls -- Jesse.
I'd say good luck with the new book, but it sounds terrible, when you think about it.
Posted by: nobody jones at September 28, 2005 07:09 PMCan't wait to read it! don't know what to expect, but I am sure it will be f****** perfect.. thats my vote. I forwarded it to a friend that is an 8th grade teacher and she said, "if it could keep a pre-teen or teenage boy interested in my class, it wil be requried reading" ;)
Posted by: Catherine at September 28, 2005 11:19 PMman, those message board kids used the word "clever" about six million times. it makes you sound like...a fairy tale fox or something.
Posted by: al at September 29, 2005 12:56 AMyou have been on fire the last couple of days. i'm sure the book will not disappoint. but your knees must be aknockin!
have fun at the kettle: true story - i saw JFK jr. there in August '91 playing one of those video games that offers quizzes. he chose the category corresponding to sex, and that quarter lasted forever...
Still looking forward to the book Frank.
Posted by: Bill at September 29, 2005 03:13 AMI find it intriguing that 64% of customers ultimately buy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory after viewing your book...the interesting things that amazon tracks.
Posted by: Kristy at September 29, 2005 04:36 AMNo offense, but I think I'd rather read "Slayer in the Rye" too.
Posted by: josh at September 29, 2005 03:07 PMI'd just like to add as a possible blurb, "His shirts always look comfortable."
Posted by: Troy at September 29, 2005 10:24 PMWell I for one feel that reviewing a book before it's even published is a perfectly cromulent exercise.
Posted by: Edna_K at September 30, 2005 02:33 PMAll cromulence aside:
This will probably be the only serious recipe for fucking perfectly semi-hot girls I read this year.
Posted by: Wes at September 30, 2005 05:50 PMI'm picking up a copy of "Catcher in the Rye" from the library tomorrow as a prerequisite to reading this book. I know, shame on me for not actually OWNING a copy.
Posted by: Zaphod at September 30, 2005 05:50 PMI stand by my opinion that the bit that I was able to read a few months back was 'fucking perfect'! Looking forward to it, for sure.
Posted by: Christopher at September 30, 2005 06:04 PMWhy is it called King Dork?
Posted by: leelee at September 30, 2005 09:22 PMI think it's cause he's naming it after his MTX song of the same name for a reason that you'll have to read the story to understand.
Am I right?
It'll be so easy to get my wife to let me order this. I too might have to reread Catcher in the Rye.
Posted by: sam at October 2, 2005 06:47 AM(makes whipping noise and motion with arm)
Posted by: josh at October 4, 2005 07:49 PMWell, I've only seen the few excerpts, but all I know is that "King Dork" can't be an autobiography. I mean, a guy who walks around Berkeley in an A1 Steak Sauce t-shirt?
Posted by: David Cummings at October 4, 2005 10:52 PMno,no...not dorky at all...said in the kindest of ways of course.
Posted by: just me at October 5, 2005 03:29 AMI feel so unquoted. Seriously though, make this come out faster.
Posted by: Manda Magpie at October 6, 2005 07:47 PMi saw some guy wearing a "tape world" uniform polo shirt. thats pretty freakin nerdy.
Posted by: damon runyon type at October 7, 2005 04:20 AM