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| | | I am thrilled beyond words to announce that the first ever Brick Testament book is now available at bookstores nationwide and also through internet retailers such as (URL) Amazon.com>, (URL) Powell's Books>, and (URL) & Noble>: (2 URLs) The Brick (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.publish, FTX) !!
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Bruce Hietbrink
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| | | | | (...) Brendan, Wow! Congratulations, man. I'll definitely pick up a copy. No, maybe I'll pick up a few thousand copies and start leaving them in hotel rooms. ;) Could you tell us a little more about this? How did it come about? Did a publisher (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Brendan Powell Smith
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks, Bruce! (...) Ooh, I like the sound of that. @8^) (...) It started to come about mid-last year when the president of Quirk Books happened to hear the broadcast of the interview with me on National Public Radio. He then checked out the (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | (...) "Holy" crap! Wow, Brendan, this is very cool. I'm definitely picking up a copy. Will you be in PDX to sign them? -Tim (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Brendan Powell Smith
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| | | | | | (...) It's very exciting, I agree. @8^) But as an author yourself, you must know the feeling. (...) Excellent. Thanks! (...) Most definitely. Wouldn't miss it. -Rev. Smith (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | (...) Yes - another reason I share in your excitement. Our book is at the printer right now (at last) and will be out very soon! :-) (...) Can't wait! Oh, and this reminds me to watch Vendetta. I think I've seen/done all of your other crazy stuff at (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Spencer Nowak
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| | | | | (...) Wow! Congrats! does TLC know about this though? they might get pretty nasty about having their product associated with religion. Anyway, congrats again on getting published. When's the sequel coming out? :) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Keith Goldman
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| | | | | Congratulations Brendan! This is indeed a momentous occaision, this could rock the publishing world just like Harry Potter. Well, maybe not, but I hope you make some decent bank. I did my part by ordering a copy, so you are well on your way to (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Brendan Powell Smith
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks, Keith. To answer your (and Spencer's) question, the possibility of a sequel book or continuing Brick Testament series rests, I'm sure, on how well this one does. Only time will tell, but I very much appreciate your efforts toward that (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | That is awesome. I am definately going to get a copy of that. I hope it does well so the next volume will be made. -Mike Petrucelli (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Brendan Powell Smith
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks for the support and the well-wishes, Mike. Hope the book does not disappoint! -Rev. Smith (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Jon Palmer
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| | | | | (...) This is astoundingly cool. Words fail me. I'll be buying a copy very soon. Congratulations! (URL) j o n (URL) zemi.net> (URL) the-shipyard> (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Brendan Powell Smith
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks, Jon! Hey, I noticed today that the Amazon sales rank for my book jumped from 2,053,210 up to 3,023 in 24 hours. Cool. Hope everyone enjoys the book! -Rev. Smith (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Tobbe Arnesson
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| | | | | WOW! Congrat's mate! Hope it'll sell well, I'll do my part next month. Also availible in Sweden through Bokus: (URL) SEK = 22 US$ /Tobbe (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, lugnet.loc.se)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Brendan Powell Smith
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| | | | | | | (...) Thanks, Tobbe! (...) Hey, that's great. I had no idea Swedish retailers would have the book so soon. Sorry 'bout the inflated price. -Rev. Smith (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, lugnet.loc.se)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Tobbe Arnesson
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| | | | | | (...) Ah, "finished" [1] "reading" [2] it last night. What a treat! I sure hope it's succesful so we can have sequels, your building technique has improved quite a lot since these first stories, not that there's anything wrong with them. /Tobbe 1. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.books)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Steven Locke
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| | | | | I just ordered my copy from Amazon....looking forward to taking it to church! .......Hope this one takes off and you get to do more books (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Brendan Powell Smith
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| | | | | | (...) Let's hope so. I'd be interested to hear what your fellow parishoners think of the book. I get at least a couple e-mails a week from ministers and youth workers asking me for permission to use images from The Brick Testament website in Sunday (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Stéphane Simard
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| | | | | (...) Hello Brendan, As a hardcore Brick Testament fan, there's no doubt I definitely want my copy. Unfortunately, we canadians are not allowed anymore to purchase on amazon.com - we can only buy from amazon.ca, which has a completely LAME product (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | First let me add my voice to the chorus of "wow, that's nifty!", because it is! (...) If Barnes and Noble has it, and Powells has it, you might check your local Chapters for it... maybe they have it, or their web site (do they have one?) has it or (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Stéphane Simard
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| | | | | | | (...) Nevermind - I just found it on amazon.ca For $19.51 CDN (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Tobbe Arnesson
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| | | | | | (...) I know it's no longer needed, but for the reference here it is: 1931686459 /Tobbe (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Harvey Henkelman
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| | | | | Great job Brendan, I've been following The Brick Testament closely now...and will probably pick up a copy for myself as well. -HRH (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | (...) Congratulations! I see you're not "The Rev" on the cover... was that your decision? Adieu Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer South Pacifique (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Brendan Powell Smith
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks, Richie. (...) Originally my publisher asked me how I would like my name to appear on the cover, and I told them I'd like it to appear as "The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith". At some point in the production though, my publisher became (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —David Weiler-Thiessen
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| | | | | Hi Brendan I told my wife about the book last night, and she phoned the local bookstore this morning, here in Saskatoon, Canada, and believe it or don't, they have the book in stock already. She will be running over later this week to pick up her (...) (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Brendan Powell Smith
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| | | | | | (...) That's great! I'd hate to forsake the Brick Testament fans of Saskatoon. Just so people know, I appreciate any such reports of where they did or didn't find the book, and what sort of display the book is getting at stores. The first place I (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —David Weiler-Thiessen
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| | | | | | Hi Brendan Picked up the book last night. Well done. It was in the humour section, which I thought was a little odd, but anyway. They had 5 copies on display, all bindings out. The store, McNally Robinson, is a local Western Canada knockoff of a (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Bruce Hietbrink
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| | | | Hey Brendan, I saw the Brick Testament in Borders in Los Angeles this weekend. Pretty cool! Bruce (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores! —Brendan Powell Smith
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| | | | (...) That is cool. Maybe the book can pick up some celebrity endorsements. @8^) Thanks for the report! -Rev. Smith (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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