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But even funnier are the readers comments on the author's website and the author's indignation, found at <div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://pub20.bravenet.com/forum/1664845214/show/826579" rel="nofollow">http://pub20.bravenet.com/forum/1664845214/show/826579</a></div>  and reproduced below:<br/><br/>&quot;Nerds GTFO off my page, I am banning all of you <br/><br/>Attention to all you nerds who have suddenly plagued my page with insults and propaganda.<br/><br/>Cease posting your infantile words or i will be issuing permanent bans.<br/><br/>I have also made a record of all the email addresses sending me spam. It clearly states NO SPAM. Why do you send me crap? My inbox is cluttered with ****. So **** you.<br/><br/>Why do you insult my work? It has gotten good reviews. Alot of my friends have said it was suspenseful and had a good plot. A killer combination for a horror story.<br/><br/>I am a simple man, making a simple living, leave me alone, or devil karma will get you.<br/><br/>This is your final warning.&quot;<br/><br/>--</i></div>I don't believe I've laughed that much in a long while. (Especially when his account got hacked.)<br/>Word of warning, though: Someone posted Goatse on that page.]]></content><score></score><crdate>6/12/2008 3:11:43 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-12T03:11:43+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>274141</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/65107/1/xml_widget.rss#q10</url><title><![CDATA[VictorDoppelt @ 6/12/2008 2:39:33 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Truly hilarious review. But even funnier are the readers comments on the author's website and the author's indignation, found at <div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://pub20.bravenet.com/forum/1664845214/show/826579" rel="nofollow">http://pub20.bravenet.com/forum/1664845214/show/826579</a></div>  and reproduced below:<br/><br/>&quot;Nerds GTFO off my page, I am banning all of you <br/><br/>Attention to all you nerds who have suddenly plagued my page with insults and propaganda.<br/><br/>Cease posting your infantile words or i will be issuing permanent bans.<br/><br/>I have also made a record of all the email addresses sending me spam. It clearly states NO SPAM. Why do you send me crap? My inbox is cluttered with ****. So **** you.<br/><br/>Why do you insult my work? It has gotten good reviews. Alot of my friends have said it was suspenseful and had a good plot. A killer combination for a horror story.<br/><br/>I am a simple man, making a simple living, leave me alone, or devil karma will get you.<br/><br/>This is your final warning.&quot;<br/><br/>--]]></content><score></score><crdate>6/12/2008 2:39:33 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-12T02:39:33+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>274128</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/65107/1/xml_widget.rss#q9</url><title><![CDATA[bcgrote @ 6/12/2008 12:46:05 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Um, not, The Eye of Argon is the Worst Book Evar.<br/><br/>Thousands of geek fans can't be wrong.<br/><br/>I dare you to read and not a) laugh til you pee or b) bleed from a major organ.<br/><br/><div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/SF-Archives/Misc/eyeargon.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/SF-Archives/Misc/eyeargon.html</a></div> <br/>Soon to be a graphic novel?<br/><div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://eyeofargon.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://eyeofargon.blogspot.com/</a></div>]]></content><score></score><crdate>6/12/2008 12:46:05 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-12T00:46:05+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>273953</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/65107/1/xml_widget.rss#q8</url><title><![CDATA[bevissimo @ 6/11/2008 6:11:48 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Did you check out the price?  $33US , even used, because people want their money back I suppose.]]></content><score></score><crdate>6/11/2008 6:11:48 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-11T18:11:48+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>273934</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/65107/1/xml_widget.rss#q7</url><title><![CDATA[effigycm @ 6/11/2008 5:27:29 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[The 2nd review of his other book just kills me :D]]></content><score></score><crdate>6/11/2008 5:27:29 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-11T17:27:29+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>273930</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/65107/1/xml_widget.rss#q6</url><title><![CDATA[theShirtPocket @ 6/11/2008 5:18:36 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Yeah, I Stumbled upon this a while back and lol'd.  It does not surprise me that something that crappy made it into print...my fear of actually paying money for paper that may as well have been used as toilet paper is what keeps me away from anything that's not from a senior reading list.  It's sad because I know not everything is like that though.]]></content><score></score><crdate>6/11/2008 5:18:36 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-11T17:18:36+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>273921</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/65107/1/xml_widget.rss#q5</url><title><![CDATA[bevissimo @ 6/11/2008 4:51:31 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/plime-com/l/65107/1/#q3"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>funkfrost</b> : Wow, It makes me want right a book, just cause I could write just as well as this guy, or maybe not, I did fail English. T.T</i></div>You might want to learn how to proofread first.<br/><br/>--<br/>for your own enjoyment, please look through the other reviews, especially the first two, calling it outstanding; etc, and the comments to those first reviews.<br/>So much funnier as it goes along.]]></content><score></score><crdate>6/11/2008 4:51:31 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-11T16:51:31+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>273918</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/65107/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[clscott645 @ 6/11/2008 4:41:52 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[I am truly curious about this book now. I know he tells us to heed his warning so his torture in reading it wasn't all in vain.....<br/><br/>But.....<br/><br/><br/>I am intrigued.]]></content><score></score><crdate>6/11/2008 4:41:52 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-11T16:41:52+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>273917</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/65107/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[funkfrost @ 6/11/2008 4:37:32 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[Wow, It makes me want right a book, just cause I could write just as well as this guy, or maybe not, I did fail English. T.T]]></content><score></score><crdate>6/11/2008 4:37:32 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-11T16:37:32+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>273900</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/65107/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[vexingmodstwo @ 6/11/2008 4:09:15 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[LOL!!!]]></content><score></score><crdate>6/11/2008 4:09:15 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-11T16:09:15+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>