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 NEW: His Sophomoric Effort (06 Dec 2004 at 01:53)
NEW: His Sophomoric Effort
Phew! I am delighted to announce that, after a month of gruelling late nights and a week of editing, scanning, and graphic design, I have finally finished the first edition of His Sophomoric Effort. The cover is shown above in quantized 8-bit glory. You can check out the novel's home page to download it or you can order a nice softbound copy from lulu press (don't fear, CMU web police: I make no money off this! It's just for fun!), which is pretty cool. Or you can just ignore it but wow, then that'd be a whole lot of work for nothing!


Total word count: 55790 Total pages: 249
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t		 jcreed (wittgenstein.wv.cc.cmu.edu) – 12.06.04 09:17:22
Intensely awesome.
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t		 Max (ce-web1.wesleyan.edu) – 12.06.04 13:18:06
The perfect stocking stuffer!
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t		 cdqr (ool-435392aa.dyn.optonline.net) – 12.06.04 18:27:09
I enjoyed it immensely, especially the naughty bits.
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t		 Tom 7 (h-68-166-177-5.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 12.06.04 18:47:01
You read it already? I don't believe you.
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t		 Tadbot (pcp0010451887pcs.walngs01.pa.comcast.net) – 12.09.04 11:25:34
Good so far.. The first non-Vargomax V. Vargomax typo I just found:
page 91 in the 8x11 version, "vagrants who my eventually" - I assume the "my" should be "may".
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t		 Max (ce-web1.wesleyan.edu) – 12.09.04 13:05:22
How'd that get by the editor?!
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t		 Tadbot (pcp0010451887pcs.walngs01.pa.comcast.net) – 12.09.04 13:23:42
Oooh, another editorial correction I just found:
On page 95, Figure 3.1 reads "The 629,533rd Floor", and the notice on page 96 reads "Floor 629,533". However, this seems to contradict the triskaidekaphobia mentioned in footnote 7 on page 21. The 13th floor would be numbered 14, and so on, so the 629,533rd floor would presumably be numbered 629,534 on an official notice.
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t		 Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 12.09.04 14:28:59
Thanks! I'll fix the typo for a future "2nd edition."

Inconsistencies are no doubt quite common---perhaps a theme of the book. But maybe that one should be fixed.
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t		 Tadbot (pcp0010451887pcs.walngs01.pa.comcast.net) – 12.10.04 00:59:32
'nother Typo:
page 102 - "the more prone we are to belief in fanciful solutions” - probably want "believe", unless "belief" is a verb in the future.
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t		 Tom 7 (h-67-101-137-3.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 12.10.04 01:04:54
I think I actually meant "belief" as the noun, but, you're right, that is pretty awkward.
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t		 Tadbot (pcp0010451887pcs.walngs01.pa.comcast.net) – 12.10.04 10:54:01
Ah, my bad; nevermind me. I must have been tired when I read that part; "belief" the noun makes sense to me now.

Now that you're done the novel and have free time (right??), you should check out _Codex Seraphinianus_ by Luigi Serafini. There's apparently a copy at the CMU library (the call number is 704.655 S48C).
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t		 Tom 7 (h-67-101-137-3.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 12.10.04 12:09:29
Thanks for the recommendation... that book looks pretty sweet.
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t		 Pikaphreak (adsl-209-30-149-127.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net) – 12.12.04 21:58:52
I'm not sure if this is good or bad, but this felt shorter than your first novel. Maybe it was the plot. (that it had more of a plot, not the content of the plot)
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t		 Tom 7 (h-67-101-137-3.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 12.13.04 00:33:03
Well, it's 75 pages longer, so I guess that means it's an easier read?
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t		 NF45 (dsl-189-140-88-80.prod-infinitum.com.mx) – 11.22.06 05:54:26
¡! hi Tom7... i´m from México... i´m not speak english and my writing knowledge is very poor... so... i´ll try to make me understable (jeje) i´d know your work in 2004 when i´m searching in the net for some free fonts... i´d used some of yours for schoolars projects... anyway... the time been and now i´m graduated DCG ¡! (Communication Graphic Designer) and an artist for myself... I want say you: Congratulations for your activity! you are a Model Man!.

PD: for see the some applications of your fonts or any... neidanfernando.spaces.live.com

i hope send you some jpg´s of the work i´d made with your stuff (things you can´t see on my spaces). But it´s take me a lot, i have to swiming in my old disk and my computer is VERY slowly. Anyway i promise you read your two novels.

¡! Mucha Mierda... NF
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