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From the e-Mail bag (these are not made up, I promise):
Oh. My. God. Did you actually use the phrase "bodacious ta-ta's" in print? -- P.M.
While shopping for a good read, I picked up PARANOIA last night at Books-A-Million. I'd never heard of it, but the cover caught my eye, so I decided to give it a try. I'm only 1/3 of the way through it (I'm in Sales, so I actually had to get up and go to work this morning), but this is definitely one of the greatest books I believe I have ever read.
-Harvey, Birmingham, Alabama
I have never, ever contacted a writer after reading a book, so this is obviously a first for me. Paranoia was an incredible read. It's been quite a while since I have read something that I didn't want to end but couldn't wait to get to the end (if you know what I mean)! -- Pat
Adam Cassidy makes a reference to something he remembered reading while in school. He speaks of a doctor calling out the name of a person who had just been decapitated by a guillotine. I was interested if you recall where you read this. In 1968 my husband and I lived in a villa in Grasse owned by Dr. Paul-Marie Bernard. Dr. Bernard came from an old aristocratic family (the house was in his family for three hundred years). He visited us on several occasions traveling from Paris on the train with his cook and house keeper. Our evenings were dining and conversation. He was in his eighties--an extraordinary man who had had an interesting life. During one evening's conversation he said he was the doctor at the last guillotine execution. He had wondered if one's brain was still functional after the severing of the head and, if so, for how long. He spoke to the prisoner who agreed to try an experiment: at the moment the head was severed Dr. Bernard would call the prisoner's name, and if the man heard his name he was to blink his eyes. I don't now remember whether he called more than once but I do remember that Dr. Bernard said the man did blink and that the doctor was convinced that the prisioner responded upon hearing his name. Since this is a strange bit of information and I was surprised to read it in your book, I am curious to know the source.-- D.S.
had to write and say that I loved this book! I picked it up yesterday at the grocery, of all places, wanting something light if I couldn't sleep. woke up this am freezing -- granted, I live in LA, but my heat has been out for a week. (not for poverty, etc....I work for a big ole ad agency, but still, my "gravity furnace" seems to have stumped servicemen) and cracked open the book, not wanting to get out of bed. called in late, and within an hour - my luck! the heater man showed up and needed me to keep flipping the thermostat, needed to go get parts, etc.......so that eventually I just called in to 'work from home.' then curled up on the couch with my newly adopted pooch, and had a fabulous day reading! new biz pitch be damned! what a fabulous, smart read. (put it down only for dog walks). -- D.R., Los Angeles
I hadn't heard of you before, but I saw your book, Paranoia, read the jacket, and decided it would probably be good. It was amazing! It was one of those rare books that crept into my daily life on occasion as I worked on my computer and maybe get a sense of paranoia...that was fun! It was also refreshing to read about a younger character, Adam. I also liked the way you played with "values/morals" and in some ways reminiscent of one of Grisham's books (heck, lots of Grishams books in that way!), the one about the drunk lawyer who goes to South America to find an hieress, "The Testament". Anyway, I've since bought four more of your books and am plowing through "The Zero Hour" now and enjoying it very much. I'm really happy to have found a new author to read! It really would be interesting to see Adam Cassidy reappear again...-- Dave, Valdosta, Georgia
I have to ask... has production started on the movie version yet? I'm sure you have your own ideas about casting, but if you don't mind - I'd like to give you a few of my own ideas (no, I'm not a casting person - just a librarian - but I enjoy trying to put actors to characters)... Some of these are probably not going to work due to their current 'age' or 'body type' but they just seemed to have the personality for me.
Wyatt - Alec Baldwin
Meachem - Either Gene Hackman or Kevin Spacey
Goddard - Anthony Hopkins
Noah - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Chad - James Spader
Judith - Susan Sarandon
--Amy, Greensboro, NC
I picked up Paranoia at Target a couple days ago and am halfway through it. This is the first book I've read of yours and I just wanted to tell you how much I am enjoying it! I have a lot of experience in software development for consumer electronics and I'm very impressed with the credibility of the technical details in the novel ... definitely not like many other books that try to be tech thrillers by throwing in random tech jargon that doesn't hold together. And your story telling and character development make this book the total package! Thanks for writing such an enjoyable thriller ... gotta go find out what happens next ;-) -- Rich, Bedford,Texas
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