Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 09:58 am
oh john ringo no!
If that subject line does not take over the livejournals, there is no justice in the universe.
books to make my flist's heads explode: John Ringo by
hradzka - what I need here is a new language to express my feelings.
Let me illustrate: last night, I had to stop reading every few paragraphs, because I was laughing so hard I was crying and unable to see the screen. At eleven at night, my son comes to my bedroom door with a dark look. I wiped my eyes shakily and hid the words Also, to take care of the trainers' needs, he brings in whores. LOOK, I TOLD YOU. HE ADOPTS THEM. LIKE CATS. while he peered at me hatefully from under dark blond bangs and said, "You woke me up."
I said, "I--" And continued to laugh. On the way out, he pointedly closed the door behind him. Let me just say, I will be suffering for that when I send him to bed tonight. It is so totally worth it.
From the author's review:
Yes, you will be horrified by a lot of this, because Mike Harmon's adventures are by turns awesomely horrific and horrifically awesome; I freely confess that I cannot stop reading these books, because *I have to see what Ringo does next.* I do, however, have a finely-tuned defense mechanism: whenever something trips my circuit breaker, causing me to cringe away from the page, I utter aloud a cry that resets my noggin. You will probably need it yourself, so I provide it here, as a public service: "OH JOHN RINGO NO."
This is 7695 words (yes, I word counted this after) of a book review that smashes all other book reviews. You are on top of the glass here people. You will feel feelings you never knew you had. You will re-read several paragraphs several times to make sure what you read is, indeed, what you read. Even though I will tell you now--yes. The first time, you read it right. You really did. But go ahead and do it again.
Awesome. Really freaking disturbing. As the reviewer states, this is Lord King Bad Vid of the novel world. I only suggest when you read, make sure it's nowhere you can hit your head when you sit up abruptly (eighty or so times) yelling those four words.
Oh John Ringo, no!
books to make my flist's heads explode: John Ringo by
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Let me illustrate: last night, I had to stop reading every few paragraphs, because I was laughing so hard I was crying and unable to see the screen. At eleven at night, my son comes to my bedroom door with a dark look. I wiped my eyes shakily and hid the words Also, to take care of the trainers' needs, he brings in whores. LOOK, I TOLD YOU. HE ADOPTS THEM. LIKE CATS. while he peered at me hatefully from under dark blond bangs and said, "You woke me up."
I said, "I--" And continued to laugh. On the way out, he pointedly closed the door behind him. Let me just say, I will be suffering for that when I send him to bed tonight. It is so totally worth it.
From the author's review:
Yes, you will be horrified by a lot of this, because Mike Harmon's adventures are by turns awesomely horrific and horrifically awesome; I freely confess that I cannot stop reading these books, because *I have to see what Ringo does next.* I do, however, have a finely-tuned defense mechanism: whenever something trips my circuit breaker, causing me to cringe away from the page, I utter aloud a cry that resets my noggin. You will probably need it yourself, so I provide it here, as a public service: "OH JOHN RINGO NO."
This is 7695 words (yes, I word counted this after) of a book review that smashes all other book reviews. You are on top of the glass here people. You will feel feelings you never knew you had. You will re-read several paragraphs several times to make sure what you read is, indeed, what you read. Even though I will tell you now--yes. The first time, you read it right. You really did. But go ahead and do it again.
Awesome. Really freaking disturbing. As the reviewer states, this is Lord King Bad Vid of the novel world. I only suggest when you read, make sure it's nowhere you can hit your head when you sit up abruptly (eighty or so times) yelling those four words.
Oh John Ringo, no!
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From:I am so glad I read it, because it completely reinforced my decision to Never. Read. Ringo. Again.
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From:....I swear to God I am going to be yelling John Ringo's name every time something goes sideways when I don't expect it.
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From:Also apparently the sun doesn't rise in the east in his world (trufax).
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From:OH JOHN RINGO NO.
Brilliant.
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From:They do though, make me think of some poor soul that got a master's degree in English from say NYU and can't even get their first article published.
OH JOHN RINGO NO!! That has got to be a new tag line, like when someone in a show does something bad, it has to be!
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From:He's still my hero for getting into e-publishing and all that and showing that it makes more money but it's just all sort of tainted now. Next thing you know I'll find out that Eric Flint rapes puppies or something. *cries*
OH JOHN RINGO NO.
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From:I totally lost it here: It's alternately guilty pleasure fun and OH JOHN RINGO NO, but it never hits GHOST's level of JESUS CHRIST IT'S A LION GET IN THE CAR.
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From:Also, he and Frank Miller should get together and write something. It's the only way this could have even more of a JESUS CHRIST IT'S A LION GET IN THE CAR factor.
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From:The very best part, though, is Ringo himself commenting and saying he gave up on reality for the series, so he'll even have the sun rise in the east if he wants.
Obviously, he does.
But it reminded me of what I always muttered about one uncle: if he told me the sun rose in the east, I'd look for it in the west the next morning.
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From:I must have this on a t-shirt. I've not read these books (Rogue Warrior is my guilty pleasure) but the review and author in the comments wins the internets.
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From:The part that amazes me is that lots of people have requested OH JOHN RINGO NO t-shirts. So we're doing it as a charity fundraiser. I'm looking for fan artists to contribute designs; the proceeds will go to the Helen Bamber Foundation, which does a lot of work helping women who've been forced into prostitution. Much like John Ringo's hero. Except without taking them off to a caravanserai in Georgia and OH JOHN RINGO NO.
(John Ringo has endorsed the charity thing, which is very nice of him. He and his fans have been great sports.)
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From:The charity is a great idea. I'm at your service for any spreading of the word and also, buying a few of those. Please tell me if there's anything I can do to help.
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