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Title: Hornby at Olsson's
Post by: Bags on October 18, 2007, 04:15:00 pm

Did  anyone go to this?  I very much wanted to, but knew I'd likely have to get there very early and couldn't get out of work at the right time.
 
 ***At The Lansburgh/Penn Quarter - 418 7th St.***
 Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 7:00 PM - Nick Hornby - Slam, A Novel
 Just when everything is coming together for Sam, his girlfriend Alicia drops a bombshell. Make that ex-girlfriendâ??because by the time she tells him sheâ??s pregnant, theyâ??ve already called it quits. Sam does not want to be a teenage dad. Thereâ??s only one person Sam can turn toâ??his hero, skating legend Tony Hawk. Sam believes the answers to lifeâ??s hurdles can be found in Hawkâ??s autobiography. But even Tony Hawk isnâ??t offering answers this timeâ??or is he? In this wonderfully witty, poignant story about a teenage boy unexpectedly thrust into fatherhood, itâ??s up to Sam to make the right decisions so the bad things that could happen, well, donâ??t. Nick Hornby is the author of the novels How to Be Good, High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down, as well as the memoir Fever Pitch.
 
 
 At Olsson's The Lansburgh/Penn Quarter, 418 7th St., NW, (202) 638-7610

Title: Re: Hornby at Olsson's
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 18, 2007, 04:30:00 pm

I've seen him before, at Borders. AS I recall, he was a bit boring and we may have left before he was done...but then again I think his writing has pretty much gone from inoffensive and cutesy early on to downright lame with How To be Good and the aptly titled Long Way Down...so maybe I'm not the right person to comment if you're looking for accolades.

Title: Re: Hornby at Olsson's
Post by: miss pretentious on October 18, 2007, 04:47:00 pm

Long Way Down was unreadable.

Title: Re: Hornby at Olsson's
Post by: vansmack on October 19, 2007, 12:07:00 am

I'm seeing him next week in SF.

Title: Re: Hornby at Olsson's
Post by: kcjones119 on October 19, 2007, 08:13:00 am

I went.  It was pretty crowded.  Hornby was a pretty nice guy.  His fiction has gone from very good to ok.  I'm in the middle of the new one, which is supposed to be a Young Adult book and it's good for that.  I do really enjoy his Believer columns about reading.

Title: Re: Hornby at Olsson's
Post by: calecp01 on October 19, 2007, 12:52:00 pm

We did a little write up:
 
  Why Some Women Dislike Nick Hornby (http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/art-design/why-some-women-dislike-nick-hornby/)

Title: Re: Hornby at Olsson's
Post by: Mobius on October 19, 2007, 01:22:00 pm

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Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  Long Way Down was unreadable.

Agreed.

Title: Re: Hornby at Olsson's
Post by: Sage 703 on October 19, 2007, 01:39:00 pm

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Originally posted by Mobius:
   

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Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  Long Way Down was unreadable.

Agreed. [/b]

I kind of liked it, but nowhere near as much as his others that I've read.

Title: Re: Hornby at Olsson's
Post by: vansmack on October 19, 2007, 01:40:00 pm

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Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  Long Way Down was unreadable.

Well, I finished it but it was bad.  And I din't care for How to be Good either.

Title: Re: Hornby at Olsson's
Post by: lily1 on October 24, 2007, 09:34:00 pm

i think how to be good is his weakest book.