Couldn't find a link when I blogged about it before, but Ed Page of the excellent Danger Blog! found it for me. So take a look.
Barry Trotter (Book 1)
The Hogwash School for Wizards was the most famous school in the wizarding world, and Barry Trotter was its most famous student. His mere presence made sure that every year twenty candidates applied for every open spot, no matter how rapacious Hogwash's tuition became. As a result, Barry and the school had come to an unspoken agreement: regardless of his grades, Barry could remain at Hogwash for as long as he wished. He had just begun his eleventh year...Freshman
Sleepy with boredom and gassy from lunch, Hart Fox sat in the hard plastic chair outside his dean's office. A kid walked in the door, pink detention slip in hand, bobbing his head a little so that the purple spikes of his mohawk didn't get bent on the transom. He slumped down next to Hart. Hart nodded--he remembered tis joker from sophomore American History, constantly arguing in favor of anarcho-syndicalism. Was his name Henry?...Sophomore
Arcing lazily through the air, the Frisbee smacked against the window. “Ooo-oo!” a chiseled and shirtless boy teased as it wobbleplummeted to the ground. “Sarah's in troub-le!”The beauty-boy was righter than he knew: Of all the windows on campus to hit, this one was the worst. It belonged to Stutts’ Professor of Clandestine Affairs, Glenbard North, who had destroyed more students than there were blades of grass on the freshly resodded Old Quad below...Coming Soon!
All you really gotta know is, I'm writing new things constantly and the more I write, the better my books get. So if you've read my earlier work--and millions of you have--we should keep in touch. This fall, at least one and maybe two new books will be available: a Dickens parody AND a comic mystery loosely based on The Beatles. Drop me an email at mikesnewbooks[at]gmail[dot]com, and I'll be sure to let you know release dates, special deals, etc.Thursday, May 6, 2004
Tuesday, May 4, 2004
Excellent Ted Rall cartoon...
...censored by MSNBC (owned, as we all know, by the defense contractor GE) should be required viewing. Take a look here.
Also: in honor of the school's 250th anniversary, the Columbia Spectator has been publishing the people it believes to be the 250 most important alumni the college has produced. Today, it runs the top ten. Without being too hard on the young folk--it is, after all, an impossible task--the Top Ten is exactly what you'd expect a bunch of college kids would compile: some unassailable Founding Fathers at the top, then Margaret Mead (good value there: female, academic, and bisexual), then a bunch of ethnically diverse media people. God, I can only imagine the bitter sectarian fights inside the Spectator building! Friendships ended, I guarantee it.
Also: in honor of the school's 250th anniversary, the Columbia Spectator has been publishing the people it believes to be the 250 most important alumni the college has produced. Today, it runs the top ten. Without being too hard on the young folk--it is, after all, an impossible task--the Top Ten is exactly what you'd expect a bunch of college kids would compile: some unassailable Founding Fathers at the top, then Margaret Mead (good value there: female, academic, and bisexual), then a bunch of ethnically diverse media people. God, I can only imagine the bitter sectarian fights inside the Spectator building! Friendships ended, I guarantee it.
Monday, May 3, 2004
Barry 2 hits Japan!
Here's hoping it doesn't hit back. Check out the cover and illustrations here and here. Young Simon can find anything on the Internet.
Also, my friends at the Robert Benchley Appreciation Society have issued a summer reading list of short humor pieces. Check it out!
Also, my friends at the Robert Benchley Appreciation Society have issued a summer reading list of short humor pieces. Check it out!
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