226 Tue June 26 2012 - 06:00:22 Fullname: Fedy Email: Comments: Ps (there's always a ps, ain't it?): with the page going live and such I have been promoting your works quite a lot lately :)even though, probably, it wasn't a smart decision to bring "Broken on the wheels of sex" to the office as a lunchtime read... Got a couple of weird looks from some colleagues ;) (and who cares anyway, lol) 227 Tue June 26 2012 - 02:19:18 Fullname: Fedy Email: Comments: Hi Jack, first things first: thanks so much for supporting the FB page, I will do my best to make it work and, hopefully, to make some wheels turning in order to be able to chat over a coffee someday not too far away :) I just saw that went to Italy some years ago and my question is "how the hell did they manage to have you there?" Guess where I am from... :) Cheers Fedy Ps bought The Woman, what can I say?, best buy of the year so far, amazing movie, loved it!!! 228 Mon June 25 2012 - 19:15:20 Fullname: Ketchum Email: Comments: Howdy...FEDY -- yep, I do like the photo (me smoking down under.) Thanks for putting this up. It's been Tweeted and featured on my website. Be fine to share a drink with you one day, do a sharkwatch...JOSHUA -- if anyone checks through some of my interviews it's pretty clear that I'm basically hostile to religion of any kind, so I'm glad you chose the group you did, and glad they're recommending me. Appreciate it. Best, D. 229 Fri June 22 2012 - 08:53:48 Fullname: Joshua Lami Email: eltownproductions@gmail.com Comments: I don't know what your religious beliefs are, nor am I really interested. I just thought I'd let you know I belong to a local atheist meetup and I recommended your book to everyone a couple of weeks ago. Not for any religious or anti-religious message, but because I thought it showed some great examples of self-reliance and the humanistic element of malice. How evil wasn't so much a supernatural force, but rather a very human concept, and how right and wrong is relative in our society. Everyone loved it. They agreed, and they're recommending it to their friends. This is definitely my favorite book/movie of all time. 230 Fri June 22 2012 - 00:12:13 Fullname: Fedy Email: Comments: Hi Jack, the FB page is up and running (do you like its profile picture? lol) so I please ask everyone here to go there and like it too! I posted the link on Jack's wall. Speaking of movies, I have made an executive decision and I'll go get The Woman dvd tomorrow, regardless of its price. I am so sure it's worth it and it's been so long since I saw a decent horror movie... a propos, have you seen "The cabin in the woods"? Oh boy... Here in Australia it was supposed to go straight to dvd but people asked and asked for it so they eventually managed to show it in a couple of theaters. And of course I did go and watch it. A bitter disappointment. It feels like no one has any more decent ideas to develop and so they go and scratch the bottom of the pan in search of some novelty which never delivers. I am so happy I found you Jack, you are a honest writer who does not play with his audience just for the sake of selling something and who always delivers honest quality books. So for this reason (among many others) I appreciate you more than ever and I so hope to get to meet you one day soon... Cheers Fedy 231 Thu June 21 2012 - 20:14:15 Fullname: Ketchum Email: Comments: Hi everybody...STEVE Y -- Overlook still have THE GIRL NEXT DOOR available in both hardcover and trade paper editions, for those of you who haven't met her yet...EMILY -- will do. Hope it's helpful. FEDY -- Go right ahead with the FB page, then, and if you will, keep me posted. I kinda doubt you'll see an Australian edition of the DVD for THE WOMAN. Would it be cheaper to go mail order? JOHNNY B -- glad you liked RIGHT TO LIFE and THE WOMAN. As to plugging Shock Totem here, well hey, I loved the first four editions and look forward to #5, and I'm in it after all. Send me a cover image so I can help promote it. If any of you don't know this magazine, it's the best I've seen in a long, long while. IAN -- Ray Bradbury was pretty wonderful at everything he set his hand to. I't possible that SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES is the book that made me want to write novels, way back when. I have a lot of favorite stories, but THE LAKE and THE VELDT leap to mind. GAIL -- I'll try to write faster! Glad you liked CONSENSUAL, which, as STEVE Y mentions, also appeared in CLOSING TIME AND OTHER STORIES. And KONNIE -- I did read that one, you're right. CATHY -- haven't read CITY INFERNAL but I've liked Lee's stuff a lot over the years. He's also a real nice guy and a good friend. Best to all, D. 232 Sun June 17 2012 - 21:30:58 Fullname: cathy Email: cathydavies@hotmail.co.uk Comments: Hey jack, read the lost a little while ago and thought it was awesome, i love that it more indepth about the characters lives. I watched the dvd with a friend and he was abit bemused about who lived or died at the end. It did seem to leave more out than your other films but i spose the book is larger and katherine seemed much more wicked in the book, at least to me. Teddy was great though *grin* Wonder if youve read edward lee's city infernal, ive just finished that - was abit more fantasy horror but great. Take care cathy 233 Sat June 16 2012 - 03:25:59 Fullname: Konnie Jones Email: Comments: I also read A Hacked Up Holiday Massacre and your story Consensual. But I think I read it before?!? I see it is in Closing Time, but I never read that book. I'm thinking this is one of the stories you may have done at your reading with Monica O'Rourke at Horrorfind in 2010, or is the story in another book? Either way, I love it! 234 Sat June 16 2012 - 01:22:13 Fullname: Steve Y Email: Comments: Dallas, I looked up the title from that holiday book, it is "Consensual". I assume that story is exclusive to that collection, correct? Looks like a good collection based on some of the authors...thanks 235 Wed June 13 2012 - 14:38:58 Fullname: Gail Gowland Email: Comments: Hi Jack, Just bought holiday massacre and yours was the first story, it was about a girl that liked to have her bones broken , I have not read anything from you in awhile as I have practically everything you have written. Enjoyed it very much, would like to see something new again, you don't write fast enough for your fans !! lol 236 Tue June 12 2012 - 22:36:00 Fullname: Ian Email: Comments: I would have to say my favorite Ketchum novel would be The Lost, after that would be The Girl Next Door and then Offspring. There's a lot of artists that can produce one great book, one great movie or one great song in a career. Only a select group though, can produce greatness over and over again and Jack is definitely one of those artists. Ray Bradbury is another, may he rest in peace. I would like to know some of everyone's favorite Bradbury stories since I just got a volume of his work from the library and I don't know where to start. 237 Tue June 12 2012 - 14:17:44 Fullname: Johnny B. Email: john@shocktotem.com Comments: Hey all. I hope this finds everyone well. I recently read "Right To Life," wonderful as expected. Also finally managed to catch "The Woman" which gave me that Gummo feeling of ickiness and excitement. And I'm not in the habit of spamming, but I would hope D won't mind if I post this link. http://www.shocktotem.com/06/11/2012/announcing-shock-totem-5/ Shock Totem #5 is on the cusp of release and features an interview with Mr. Ketchum. We like to think we put out a nice little magazine. Have a nice summer everyone!! 238 Tue June 12 2012 - 00:06:50 Fullname: Fedy Email: Comments: Ps as much as I complain about the lack of your books downunder, I can't say exactly the same for the movies: on Sunday I saw a copy of "The woman" dvd in a shop. And, of course, it wasn't at what I can say an affordable price. I am tempted... shall I wait for the price to drop (if ever)or shall I get it straight away guys? (Oh my, the book I divoured it) 239 Mon June 11 2012 - 23:16:44 Fullname: Fedy Email: Comments: Hi Jack, don't worry, by saying I would like to create a facebook page for the cause I didn't mean any direct involvement from your part. :) Just so you know about it and possibly only like it or share it... Facebook is too big a network not to use it and who knows, it might actually work :) I will then keep you update if my efforts manage to actually get us some kind of result :) Cheers Fedy 240 Mon June 11 2012 - 13:16:41 Fullname: G a r y Email: Comments: Steve Y is correct, Jack. It was Deadite Press. I find that baffling as well to allow so many screw ups. It was quite distracting, but, overall it was an enjoyable read. You should check it out sometime. I'm sure I'll scoop up a few more of his books. I do have to respectfully disagree with Steve Y on the Prometheus front. Dreadful film. No offense, Steve! 241 Mon June 11 2012 - 00:46:39 Fullname: Emily Brown Email: ekbnum12@yahoo.com Comments: Jeez..I can't even type my email right.. 242 Mon June 11 2012 - 00:44:27 Fullname: Emily Brown Email: ekbnum122yahoo.com Comments: You're gonna kill me...would it be too much trouble to send it again? I think I may have accidentally deleted it before I realized you were sending it to me instead of him. If it's any trouble, don't worry about it. I promise I'll leave you alone after this. Glad to hear there's a next one; hope it's soon! :) 243 Sun June 10 2012 - 18:56:54 Fullname: Steve Y Email: Comments: Hey all, I am going to Prometheus for a 2nd time. I recommend it. I know Survivor was originally published by Leisure, then apparently Deadite(no hardcover was done). I think many readers believe The Girl Next Door is Ketchum's best. I certainly have it well in first place. I'm glad it was reissued by Overlook in the late 90s. Never got the deluxe version with the box, but I do have the limited one that was $75. Well worth it! Later 244 Sun June 10 2012 - 17:31:07 Fullname: Ketchum Email: Comments: Gonzalez...sorry... 245 Sun June 10 2012 - 17:29:39 Fullname: Ketchum Email: Comments: Afternoon, folks...FEDY -- thanks for your deforestation offer. Leave a few of the good ones standing, though. As to the FB page, I have more than enough to visit already with the message board here, my own FB page and Twitter, so unless you want to do this without directly involving me, I'd say nix that idea...GARY -- Don't know SURVIVOR. I've only read a few stories by Gonzolez. Who published it? These mistakes are rife in small-press books. I've proofread some of my books, corrected all the mistakes, and when I got the book finally there were NEW mistakes! I think part of the problem is scanning, but it still baffles me how they screw up so frequently. EMILY -- hope your dad enjoyed what I sent. Asking me my favorite book is like asking me to pick my favorite kid, if I had kids, so I'll just say...the next one! Best to all, D. 246 Fri June 08 2012 - 02:31:55 Fullname: Emily Brown Email: ekbnum12@yahoo.com Comments: Sorry, just realized you said you'd email it to me. Scratch that last post. Can I ask you a question?...What's your favorite book that you have written? Do you have one? 247 Thu June 07 2012 - 21:34:35 Fullname: Emily Brown Email: ekbnum12@yahoo.com Comments: Thank you so much! That'd be great! His email is dennis.brown@duke-energy.com. Keep writing! :) 248 Wed June 06 2012 - 20:01:42 Fullname: G a r y Email: Comments: Hello, Jack. I've been awfully quiet as of late - as I am sure you've noticed. I hope this hasn't upset you terribly. Heh. Anyhow, I was just curious if you'd ever read Survivor by J.F. Gonzalez and what your thoughts were. I am in the middle of reading it currently. It's about a woman who is kidnapped for the purpose of a Snuff Film and the lengths she'll go to extricate herself from such a fate and whether she can live with her decisions afterward. I, myself, am torn. It's an interesting enough read but (despite being the "definitive author's preferred version") it's littered with mistakes from spelling to grammar to the main character's car switching from a Lexus to a Saturn and back to a Lexus and more. I only know I need to finish it soon as a copy of The Woman is waiting in the wings. 249 Tue June 05 2012 - 05:24:05 Fullname: Fedy Email: fedy0877@gmail.com Comments: Hi Dallas, Thanks for your reply! I’ll try to stir things a bit here… I’ll see if I can talk to some publishers - and basically to anyone who could be interested in having you down under. I was also thinking (ok, I might have all the bits and pieces ready already so it’s more than a thought) of setting up a Facebook page for the cause. Please let me know if you like the idea so I’ll go ahead. It is my intention not to just shake some trees but to take down the entire forest if I can… Cheers Fedy 250 Mon June 04 2012 - 16:16:21 Fullname: Ketchum Email: Comments: Hi, folks...STEVE Y -- recently saw RED, WHITE AND BLUE and felt pretty much the same as you, very slow off the mark but once it gets going, pretty visceral. FEDY -- I'm currently talking to Midnight Echo Magazine over there in Oz about doing a long story by Lucky McKee and me, a very dark comedy. We'll see. No Australian book publisher has ever bought me, nor has any convention ever invited me over. If you're in a position to shake either tree, by all means do. EMILY -- yeah, Ruth's a bad bit of business, all right. I recently taught an online class, and one of the lectures was about selling. I'll e-mail it to you for your dad. IAN -- hope you hit the jackpot. I just re-watched RE-ANIMATOR last night. Still good fun. I'll try to check out SHOCK VALUE, though my reading list is yards long at this point. But thanks for the recommendation. Best to all, D. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >>
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