tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post7029612232867188826..comments2023-09-05T08:45:22.572+01:00Comments on Bête de Jour: Fantastic Voyage :: Chapter Seven :: The End of the RoadLa Bêtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05934460455824439786noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-85477850204128055982010-05-31T10:31:45.869+01:002010-05-31T10:31:45.869+01:00Stan, I am sure that I have missed it, as I haven&...Stan, I am sure that I have missed it, as I haven't been following the blog for a while, but your paperback came out on the 27th. Renamed, it's true, but no blasting of trumpets, no post of underpants on your blog to maybe push the Sexy Beast along a little. I bought 2 copies, want to sign them? They're getting sent to the States, so I will have to get them back to you! I will have to go back and read all of these chapters on your blog now, and sorry if you did already mention it somewhere. Like I said, I haven't been reading carefully. Congratulations, though. I know it's long and drawn-out, and there was the hardback, which is great going for a firs-time author, but the paperback might be the first time that you enter a lot of people's consciousnesses if you've got good publicity and all on your side! Good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-606036802956560362010-05-31T10:23:01.832+01:002010-05-31T10:23:01.832+01:00Stan / karl you are so so clever. Please can i co...Stan / karl you are so so clever. Please can i come to your party ?GingerDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276208871410281324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-35425687821672614082010-05-31T06:42:35.701+01:002010-05-31T06:42:35.701+01:00Anon - I feel a bit let down truth be told. Has th...Anon - I feel a bit let down truth be told. Has this all been bollocks?<br /><br />I married a man from the end of the internet once who turned out to be a complete fantasist. I vowed never to be taken in again.<br /><br />*sighs sadly*clumpfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-39138275350650793512010-05-31T01:36:35.656+01:002010-05-31T01:36:35.656+01:00Clumpf, YOU MUST come to the party! You will no lo...Clumpf, YOU MUST come to the party! You will no longer be confused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-82602821834651438452010-05-30T21:21:46.599+01:002010-05-30T21:21:46.599+01:00Beautiful, beautiful...
So much more beautiful be...Beautiful, beautiful...<br /><br />So much more beautiful because Stan doesn't exist.<br /><br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-45879967321119648092010-05-30T18:40:22.185+01:002010-05-30T18:40:22.185+01:00Good stuff, by the way, really excellent. Great co...Good stuff, by the way, really excellent. Great collision of levels of reality, only really let down by your ignorance of antique bicycle nomenclature.<br /><br />I guess I salute your great dishonesty, after all.Larry Teabaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283701267147459665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-55622827008613993672010-05-30T18:26:13.437+01:002010-05-30T18:26:13.437+01:00Bravo, Stan. Bravo. Very Easton Ellis of you.
D...Bravo, Stan. Bravo. Very Easton Ellis of you.<br /><br />Didn't quite get the true meaning of your imaginary friend Karl, but it's all open to interpretation, I suppose.<br /><br />Looking forward to London... it'll be interesting to see how the rest of your fan base understood this.nondisbelieverhttp://www.everybodydancenow.net/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-63973088178210001912010-05-30T18:16:13.960+01:002010-05-30T18:16:13.960+01:00my mouth shrank to the size of a penny farthing
I...<em>my mouth shrank to the size of a penny farthing</em><br /><br />I'm not sure that's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny-farthing" rel="nofollow">exactly</a> what either of you meant....Larry Teabaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283701267147459665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-88441320294042300662010-05-30T17:13:24.577+01:002010-05-30T17:13:24.577+01:00Brilliantly cheeky or cheekily brilliant, I don...Brilliantly cheeky or cheekily brilliant, I don't know, but that was a great story !<br />Uncle DidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-17711930322665612512010-05-30T17:03:57.715+01:002010-05-30T17:03:57.715+01:00Awesome - i have followed Stan for the last year.....Awesome - i have followed Stan for the last year...and feel strangely connected that some of the final chapters were in my old neighbourhood...https://www.blogger.com/profile/03368547137411838385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-52816549041645544732010-05-30T15:43:56.492+01:002010-05-30T15:43:56.492+01:00Clumpf is well confused.
It doesn't take much...Clumpf is well confused.<br /><br />It doesn't take much.clumpfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-9350924189286238922010-05-30T15:36:39.884+01:002010-05-30T15:36:39.884+01:00I don't know whether to laugh, or cry, or poke...I don't know whether to laugh, or cry, or poke you in the eye. Probably all three?SOPHIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05804899852151450508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-46840325789818335892010-05-30T13:55:37.744+01:002010-05-30T13:55:37.744+01:00What are the details of the party? I'm still b...What are the details of the party? I'm still blown awayUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07282227378818791827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-17453130824694824242010-05-30T13:48:52.985+01:002010-05-30T13:48:52.985+01:00More!
I need more!More!<br /><br />I need more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-58250587586066048692010-05-30T12:57:53.335+01:002010-05-30T12:57:53.335+01:00I wish I was visiting London two days later. *sigh...I wish I was visiting London two days later. *sighs heavily*<br /><br />Rarely comment, and I've not read absolutely every word you've written (probably about 75%, plus the book of course), but this has been a great ride. (Unless, as Clare posits, you're just breathing fresh clouds of dope-smoke onto our mirrors...)<br /><br />Did I believe that Stan existed? Basically, yes - albeit in a somewhat fictionally embellished state. I'm sorry he's no longer with us (OR IS HE?), but I'm kinda curious about this "Karl" fellow. Swings and roundabouts, innit.<br /><br />RIP, Stan. (Assuming that you'll be R-ing, and assuming that P is what you're after in your afterlife.)mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08372409823804709682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-27421579130817450802010-05-30T11:53:23.927+01:002010-05-30T11:53:23.927+01:00a sterling tenet by which to live (or not)a sterling tenet by which to live (or not)janetyjanetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-22309544362855165062010-05-30T11:24:10.420+01:002010-05-30T11:24:10.420+01:00Aw… Stan will always exist in my little world!
I...Aw… Stan will always exist in my little world! <br /><br />I've been reading the blog for more than a year and have enjoyed every entry. You write beautifully and I absolutely loved the book. It matters not one iota whether any of it is true when you can produce gems such as this:<br /><br />"The dope hit my brain like a sock full of sleeping bees"<br /><br />Stan's stories have made me laugh, weep, tisk and wince, and I think you're among the best new writers of our time. <br /><br />I will definitely see you on Friday. Wouldn't miss it for anything on earth. And I may even lick you - twice! <br /><br />Congratulations and many kisses.<br /><br />A Twitter FriendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-69252754875990125322010-05-30T11:04:47.353+01:002010-05-30T11:04:47.353+01:00Long time reader, first time commenter.
LOVED thi...Long time reader, first time commenter.<br /><br />LOVED this...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07282227378818791827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-71932966066606451852010-05-30T11:03:05.329+01:002010-05-30T11:03:05.329+01:00I am unsure whether to be a one-person standing ov...I am unsure whether to be a one-person standing ovation or just be balls-out furious.<br /><br />Nice work, Ghost Of Scattermole Past!justrestingmyeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05441921458900834593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-78017922639359586942010-05-30T10:34:02.539+01:002010-05-30T10:34:02.539+01:00"One should never let the fact of one's n..."One should never let the fact of one's non-existence get in the way of a good party."<br /><br />Oh good, because that was the question I was going to ask.<br /><br />It'd be nice to meet you Karl, and I'm only <i>slightly</i> annoyed about the way you reacted when I accidentally found out who you were. Assuming this isn't another smoky mirror. Which of course it could be.Beleaguered Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13699493386984083561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-85296100700575536532010-05-30T10:26:49.839+01:002010-05-30T10:26:49.839+01:00I most certainly will. One should never let the fa...I most certainly will. One should never let the fact of one's non-existence get in the way of a good party.La Bêtehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934460455824439786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-84976667729305631402010-05-30T09:59:35.826+01:002010-05-30T09:59:35.826+01:00Oh Stan, you don't exist! I'm so sorry.
...Oh Stan, you don't exist! I'm so sorry. <br /><br />Still this means you won't be having a party. Just as well I didn't book the ferry.Catofstripeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626451503696948747noreply@blogger.com