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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #75 on: May 22, 2007, 05:11:54 AM »
Great to see that two Brits have received the book today.  Nothing here yet so I will try to keep my chin up!
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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #76 on: May 22, 2007, 06:45:32 AM »
Great to see that two Brits have received the book today.  Nothing here yet so I will try to keep my chin up!
- definitely worth the wait! - the waiting was getting to me though...

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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #77 on: May 22, 2007, 07:49:16 AM »
my two copies arrived today here in the netherlands,thanks to linda  :-* who send them to me.
i was taking a nap when the mailmen woke me up,and i immideatly knew what is was,didnt expect anything else.although i only slept for half an hour and really needed my nap,i was wide awake and couldnt sleep anymore.
had to take a first look and wow it looks so great,to finally have it in my hands. and realizing i actually worked on the book as well,never have done something like this,and now even some of my words are IN a book,amazing!  ;)
wont have much time to read the upcoming days,but we`re having a long weekend ahead of us,so i will read it then.feels good too,while the others are in denver i have my brokeback memories  :)
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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #78 on: May 22, 2007, 04:15:24 PM »
Got my copies in the UK at the weekend & the cards from KittyHawk too - thank you  :)The book is so well produced.  I feel very moved when handling it to think of the emotional investment it represents.
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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #79 on: May 22, 2007, 09:27:14 PM »

I'm almost finished reading the book.  What a wonderful thing!  Reading about others experiences makes me laugh and cry.  It's hard to believe that one movie can change so many people...Brokeback is a miracle movie!  Thank you everyone for sharing such personal feelings and journeys.   :)

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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #80 on: May 23, 2007, 12:44:14 AM »
i started reading the book on the flights up to sort out my mother's apartment. i figured i would just read a few stories to pass the time.  i nearly finished it just getting here, and i don't think i would recommend public reading.  i thought it would be a stroll down memory lane, but it turns out the effect is cumulative, and i had to hold back tears, or wipe them away many times.

now i really can't wait to have some dear friends read it,  the better to understand my life, and what brokeback means to me.

nice work, crew; and great sharing folks.

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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #81 on: May 23, 2007, 09:36:20 AM »
I just got one of my copies!!!!! (does anybody know if Wingspan sends hardcovers and softcovers separately?)

I must say I'm impressed. It looks first class. It's beautifully typeset, the illustrations have an eerie, dreamy quality. the cover of course is gorgeous. Wingspan did a great job putting it together.
I have only praise for all involved in it's making.

This just has to be one of the most unusual and original books about any movie. That a group of gentle strangers from all over the world  feel the urge to make it is such a fitting testimony of how precious and exceptionnal Brokeback Mountain is.

Now I have to find the courage to read it.


 


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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #82 on: May 23, 2007, 05:31:13 PM »
Well, it was a good day at the mailbox. I got a package I was waiting for that I will need in Alberta this summer and I got my book!

I've only flipped through the pages so far but it looks just wonderful. Thank you to everyone who saw this through to the end.


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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #83 on: May 24, 2007, 10:33:39 AM »
I received mine today. A day before I leave for my trip to BBQ in Denver.

It's so beautiful...it looks beautiful but it feels even more beautiful.

Thank you all
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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #84 on: May 24, 2007, 11:37:48 AM »
I'm so glad the books are finally reaching everyone. We still have one pending delivery in South Africa and one in Sweden.

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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #85 on: May 24, 2007, 03:34:07 PM »
I received today. Beautiful, beautiful job as I have already said on another thread.

Only because you asked (so that the next edition is absolutely perfect) here is a typo:
P.35 (Michael Perkins): psosts instead of posts

Also I feel that there is not need to show editorial corrections between [] unless the editors had to make a wild guess at what the author meant (but presumably all the authors can be contacted to check what they meant and to agree with the final version of their text?).

I will report if I find more, only to help, not to criticise.

Again, thank you for this superb book.

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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #86 on: May 24, 2007, 03:51:10 PM »
That is a help, mouk. Thanks.

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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #87 on: May 25, 2007, 06:13:19 AM »
Still no book delivery for me.... :'(

Maybe mine are going the long way round the world?!
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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #88 on: May 25, 2007, 07:36:26 AM »
Oh, dear!   :-[

Bliss, if it doesn't come in 3 or 4 more days, let me know and we'll figure out the best way to check on it.

Actually, I know a sure fire way to guarantee its delivery! If I put another book in the mail to you, then the book you ordered would arrive at the same time!  :D

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Re: When you receive your book...
« Reply #89 on: May 25, 2007, 10:50:59 AM »
That is a help, mouk. Thanks.

-KH
not to flog a dead horse, but i quite agree with mouk, there were far more editorial insertions than were needed, and they jarred the flow.  i wonder if perhaps some were standing in for an ellipsis, my favorite punctuation...

jack
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