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#1 2004-09-15 13:38:00

Olaf
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Tad wins Major German Book Award

Tad has won the Corine Book Award for OTHERLAND. As was announced today.
http://www.corine.de/deutsch/preistraeg … preis.html

There will be an award ceremony in november to present the awards to the authors. it will even be broadcast on tv

there is no word yet,if tad will be present to accept his award in person.

the ceremony will be taped on november 17th

 

#2 2004-09-15 13:46:00

Jendaiya
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Yay Tad!

Beauty will save the world.

~Prince Myshkin,

The Idiot, by Dostoevsky

 

#3 2004-09-15 13:50:00

FlutePicc
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Yay!

Congrats, Tad!

 

#4 2004-09-15 14:15:00

Miiru
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Congratulations, Tad! Oh, the spiffiness of you. *g*

Ted Kennedy in a speedo is just another sign of the coming apocalypse.
-wiked

 

#5 2004-09-15 15:53:00

wbellis
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Yea Tad!!   WOOT! WOOT! WOOT!

Not all who wander are lost

 

#6 2004-09-15 17:49:00

Tad
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Yes, I will be present for the ceremony in Munich.  This was the thing I couldn't announce until today -- see my earlier comments in Dogblog.

In fact, Deb and I will both come for the award.  Such things are few and far enough between for me (this is my first) that we're going to suck up all the glory we can.

"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#7 2004-09-15 18:33:00

strangeshe
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Congratulations, Tad!

 

#8 2004-09-15 18:39:00

Firsfron of Ronchester
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Congrats, Tad! And congrats all of Germany! Imagine, a country where book events are televised! And a country where a great author goes recognized!

 

#9 2004-09-15 19:05:00

Firsfron of Ronchester
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Oops, and I forgot to mention: congrats to the German publishers. It's really quite a coup for everyone involved! :)

Plus, it surely won't hurt sales of other Tad books... Especially with the award being presented (on TV!) in November!

CONGRATS AGAIN, TAD!

 

#10 2004-09-15 19:25:00

wildmagiclady
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Hip hip huzzah for your Oh Dogly One!

"Life may not be the party we hoped for.. but while we're here, we might as well DANCE!" Anon

 

#11 2004-09-15 20:08:00

ceywren
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

yay tad! *throws evil confetti of doom*

"It's not that it's such a mystery
This new-found malaise.
It's just that this mystery
Has taken your place."

-Gordon Downie, Mystery-

 

#12 2004-09-15 23:54:00

shadowsandice
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

:D

Congratulations, Dogly One!  I hope you're having mad dog moments of delight.

silence-without - Bringing you the views of Tessadom
Wild and Free! Like a BADGER!!!  ::  Fight Club for BB posters

 

#13 2004-09-16 00:03:00

Aanimal
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Shads! You know yet if sunday is possible, and if so a time/place? (Am about to hop offline, but saw you active here.)

And yay for the Dogly One!

Mozilla developer comment of the however long it'll be this time:
--> mitchell has joined #developers
<glazou> oh a time-100 visitor :-)
<aaronlev> mitchell: you should send a copy of that to the folks at AOL who laid you off
<glazou> aaronlev: remember, Time belongs to them, they already know ;-)

Just Imagine...

 

#14 2004-09-16 00:41:00

shadowsandice
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Gah.  Dammit.  Just missed you.  Sent you an email asking the same thing.  We're all good!


Ahem.  Go about your hurrahing.

silence-without - Bringing you the views of Tessadom
Wild and Free! Like a BADGER!!!  ::  Fight Club for BB posters

 

#15 2004-09-16 01:21:00

Gorgi
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

It really seems Germany has its advantages! I'm really looking forward to see Tad getting the Corine :-)

But right now I'm even more looking forward to the get my copy of the Otherland radio play - going to order it today.

PLUS - Tad will be in Germany next month! Lucky Germans.

 

#16 2004-09-16 07:12:00

SeanS
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Congragulations, Tad!

Check out my author page at www.sfreader.com/authors/seanstiennon  .

 

#17 2004-09-16 11:04:00

The Microphone
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

I would say some congradulatory remark in German, but then I  don't know German, so I'd have to use babelfish, which would instantly make all the german-speakers on the board hate me...

*is tempted*

For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.
~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

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#18 2004-09-16 11:09:00

The Microphone
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Glückwünsche auf Ihrer bemerkenswerten Durchführung, die immer seine Markierung nach literarischer Geschichte läßt!

*runs*

For a dollar you could find a girl of every possible design,
But you couldn't find a decent man, or a word spoken kind.
~Rum Brave, Murder By Death

Microphobe's Art Space || The Downwright's Arena

 

#19 2004-09-16 13:41:00

bumadax
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

That's so cool...

I was reading a tourist-y intro to German book in Borders yesterday. All I remember is nein, janke, and mawment. No, thank you, and moment. Dunno why those stand out in my memory, but there they are...

Anyway, I should read Otherland all the way through in my native language before getting into something as messy and complex as a new language...

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#20 2004-09-17 03:12:00

Artas
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Max, that would be 'nein', 'danke' and 'moment'.

- "If brains were beauty, I'd be Brad Pitt"

 

#21 2004-09-17 03:29:00

Damon
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Wow, congrats!

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#22 2004-09-17 10:50:00

Tad
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Max has just graduated from the Wicked Tribe School of Language.

"God bless your crooked little heart."

- Tom Waits

 

#23 2004-09-17 17:18:00

bumadax
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Artas wrote:

Max, that would be 'nein', 'danke' and 'moment'.

*slaps head*

But! Hmm. So: either, "Stupid book!" or, "Stupid memory!"

Probably the memory.

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#24 2004-09-17 17:20:00

bumadax
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Tad wrote:

Max has just graduated from the Wicked Tribe School of Language.

Again, I should actually finish Otherland... or re-read the first book so I can remember how the Wiked Tribe talked...

(All I remember is they was funky tal-kers.)

[ September 18, 2004: Message edited by: maX-Files ]

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#25 2004-09-19 04:08:00

Artas
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Re: Tad wins Major German Book Award

Well, at least you got the first one right... :)

- "If brains were beauty, I'd be Brad Pitt"

 

 

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