Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat by Andrez Bergen

very interesting. i'll definitely be getting my hands on one, but there's only one left on amazon and i need to wait til next week.

(there are plenty of broke as ish cultists, so i'll get one on my own and leave the free ones to those in need of the free ones.)

I'm interested in this.

I'll be the first jerk to ask, is there a Kindle edition????

Actually, there are pdf, epub, and mobi (kindle) versions. They aren't officially for sale yet, though -- but will be very soon.

I can have the file emailed to your kindle address if you provide it via PM.

JKabol - you rock.

Cheers, Kristopher - and, yep, I'd love to get into the thick of things. Bearing a thick skin as well, I hope.

Thanks, JKabol - and wunderbar to see this kind of philosophy in action!

Forgot to say above how chuffed & honoured I am that you're going to take a look at TSMG, and I hope you enjoy the ride.

And, by the way, here's the cover of the novel (by American illustrator Scott Campbell) in case anyone here is curious.

I really like that cover.

^ Ta, mate!

Some more copies still available, just private message me.

Hope I get to read this book. Looks good.

I hope you do too, audreythirteen.

Thanks for the nice comment!

BTW, this is p'raps not the most professional visual ditty in the world, but something I strung together as a bit of a teaser...

Some of the clips are sourced from flicks very influential on TSMG.

hmm. the hunt continues..

earlier in the week, i ordered never let me go for jen, as she found the movie touching; and we kind of have a silent secret agreement that i wont beige buy books anymore. so i wasnt in time to get the last copy on amazon. (though, i did add it to my wish list so they'll let me know when more become available.)

one review thus far, so the book is definitely out there. not so surprising, though, is that the reviewer is in melbourne Ü

so. hit the barnes store website. they say it's available. they also said will baer's "godspeed" was available for six or seven months and that's how long they held my money before issuing a refund haha. so i called and they didnt have any in stock and suggested that i would have to order it online.

borders doesnt have it, nether does booksamill. so, now it's the waiting game, waiting on amazon.

i'll hit yaw monday if nothing comes about by then. you may have to send me a copy to little rock and then i'll send it to matt in aussie who will in tow send it to richard in chicago who can send it to brandon in the kc and on....

later

Kabol - you can buy a printed copy at the site below. At least I'm pretty sure. Kris? Andrez?

http://www.anothersky.org/in-print/tobacco-stained-mountain-goat-andrez-...

That book has been about to come out for 20 years now. Fucking tease.

Anyway, I'm very much looking forward to reading Andrez's book.

Heh-heh... but not beige; it's a new hue - "tobacco-stained". A colour that's politically incorrect and bound to be a sales flop in paint stores because it sounds so goddamned awful. Imagine painting your new nursery tobacco-stained brown?

Sorry to hear about your problems getting hold of a copy of the tome, JKabol - I just noticed that it's sold out on US Amazon (I guess that's a good thing?), but it's still available on Amazon UK.

Sounds like you've put in some good investigating, very sleuth-like, and ta for doing so! I dig the roundabout nature of this:

...it sounds like my music promo!

PGoutis01 is spot on, however - you can get it direct from the Another Sky website, which is actually cheaper (for people in America) than Amazon.

And cheers, labelleza!

Yep. I'm keen to read TSMG too.

I'ma read all up in this!

oops, i meant binge buying books

I'm assuming if Kristopher Young doesn't get back to me, that the 25 copies are already all sent out? So I know whether or not to save my pennies to order it from that other site.

Edit: I come back from an AA meeting and I sound drunk

What I'm trying to say in my incoherent post is if we can get a heads up once the free copies are no longer available so I can save up to buy my own copy.

Not sure, but FYI I did receive mine in the mail a couple days ago. And had a confirmation PM before that.

Same.

JKabol wrote:

oops, i meant binge buying books

Heh-heh... nice typo; gave me the opportunity to wax wayward about this tobacco-stained colour code. Ta, mate!

Re: promo copies, I'm sure if you've PM'd Kristopher he'll get straight back to you, but if you don't mind digital version (for iPad or Kindle) you can also PM me your email addy.

Don't worry, I'll do a Mr. Phelps and ensure the message is self-destructed straight after.

a couple notes:

yes, copies are still available.

yes, please pm me your address.

re: amazon -- i passed along the issue and it turns out it was a problem with the distributor. They had a glitch and were basically telling Amazon and others that no copies were left, which is not the case. It's been resolved, and as soon as all the various servers get friendly with one another it'll be as if it never happened.

I just checked Amazon -- it's now reporting '12 to 14 days' but I have a feeling it would ship significantly quicker than that.

Also of note -- I'm all caught up on PMs. If I didn't get back to you, I don't know that I didn't get back to you, so you should hit me up again.

^ On ya, K!

I received my epub version and am looking forward to reading and participating in the July Book Club. Thanks Kristopher and Andrez!

Great to have you on board, music.sherlock.

Thank You! Your 1-Click order has been placed.

cool, they got more in. it seems. dont understand why it reads that shipments generally go out within 12 to 14 days. but, i should still get it and finish it in time for the july discussion.

Awesome (and ta!).

I'm getting a copy and I'm super excited!

Good to see all these people excited about this!

Yeah I can't wait to get my copy and finally be a part of a book discussion here at the cult.

Thanks - you're getting me excited!

yeah, jazz is pretty hot

^True that.

Coming back to the cult has been good for me. I pretty much stopped reading for fun when I left for that year or however long it was. I'm like, jonesin' for it now. I know it'll be a while before my copy gets here but I'm still running to check the mail every day.

haha you guys are silly

Silly but über-sweet!

Gotta stop winking. My eyes hurt.

Wait so are you hitting on me? or is your eye just stuck like that?

hahaha

My daughter and I were messing round with glue today for her kindergarten project, and I think I was over-eager with the pasting. Ouch.

Got my copy of this in the post this morning.

Had a quick glance but I can't get too stuck in just yet. Need to finish the book for this month's book club first.

Looks good though.

Ta, wickedvoodoo.

I also was just interviewed about the novel over at Allan Guthrie's Criminal-E site, which might give you some background guff about the gestation/mastication of ideas here.

I fixed it for you

When you post a link that way, you have to type something to show up between the the greater than and less than signs. You can hit "edit" to see how I did it.

Never mind, you see to have figured it out yourself... lol

Ha Ha Ha - thanks, mate!! It's 1:30am here in Tokyo and I think I'm seeing double, so this is very timely assistance!!

You mention The Big Sleep a lot in that interview, which I find interesting. I love the noir style, but Chandler has been criticized for that novel being all over the place - almost feeling lost in some parts. What do you think?

I think the writing style is very easy, classic Chandler - cocky. But plot wise, it can lose you.

Yeah, I think you have a valid point - it is at times wayward - but for some unknown reason I don't feel lost at all when I read it.

I think it's because I'm so focused on all the other features, like the characters and the repartee between them, and just the general atmosphere that Chandler creates. The direction the story takes is almost a back-seat consideration.

I'll have to give it a reread sometime soon then.

I think my favorite noir story is The Thin Man. The dialogue in that one is just so tight. Funny thing is, I had a friend who said I would love it. She was always getting on my case to read it. And for some reason, I never did. She passed away. I read it when I found out because I figured that I owed it to her. I kept telling her I would read it. Turns out, it's one of my favorite books now. Should have read it when she told me and I could have discussed it with her...

Agree. I liked the Big Sleep and had no trouble with it. Or was that an A B conversation?