BOOK REVIEW: Writer’s Site Proves Old Addage…Give Enough Monkeys A Typewriter And….
by Johnathon Sebastian-Kent on 29/09/11 at 9:12 pm
The editor promises that future editions will be sandalwood scented and easier to light. The added scent promises to give a warm, cozy feel to poor shepard's cottages.
Johnathon Sabastian-Kent’s Monthly Book Review
The old addage of ‘give enough monkeys a typewriter and sooner or later they’ll write a story worthy of Shakespeare,’ has almost come true for a group of novice writers located near Lancaster, England…. Well almost that is.
Last month, it was reported to me that a clever group of 11 rare red-arsed monkeys almost proved the theory by eventually pounding out a 308 page story that was collaced into a book of sorts.
For the human leader, finding a willing publisher was the easy part, but deciphering the gibberish and making sense out of it took awhile longer. Finally, after months of drunkedness, infighting, several ingrown hairs on several monkey’s asses, and finally, having one of their own thrown to the lions for being afflicted with dyslexia, the human master in charge persuaded the monkeys that perhaps, just perhaps, some banana money could come their way providing they all share equally with paying the publisher to print the book….‘Porking Review’
The story’s premise is pretty deeply buried within a collection of humor deficeit montages of daily life in a small English town. The quaint town populated by everyday, normal, hardworking people, see their lives and social mores turned inside out with pompass ridicule as seen through an elitist’s eyes who portends to be a craft-wise literary artist. Porking Review is an amusing satirical collection of absolute nonsense foisted upon tasteless readers who gladly part with upwards of $15.00US for a chance to read what most critics are calling…Pure monkey words!
According to editor Gary More, “The Porking Review contains all of the good things that the discerning reader would expect from a book, including alot of words.” More also claims that most readers ‘chuck it into the fire once they’ve read it.’ We can only assume that the people of Porking are poor and firewood is indeed scarce, and perhaps books of this low caliber are cheaper than fireplace fuel.
My review on this book rates….One Star!
Next month I’ll be reviewing the runaway best seller and two-time Crenshaw Award Winner…‘Hog Jaw Detective Agency’
Lady Godiva
Sep 29th, 2011
Love this….how could I NOT.
Colonel Stuart Peter Pinxit
Sep 29th, 2011
Having not read the book I am not qualified to comment but will anyway.
Some of the contributors to this book are good writers, very funny and indeed personal friends of mine, whom I admire and respect.
Unfortunately, it seems, many of these good folks have been hoodwinked, lied to and manipulated by five, possibly six, so called self styled experts (not all who contributed to this book), who have falsely claimed to be, amongst other things, designers, journalists, published writers, friends of dead comedy writers, actors and plumbers.
They in cohorts with their fat, spotty and piggy faced enabler and fellow bullshiter – and I quote
“Ten years ago, in collaboration with my brother, I developed the website TheSpoof.com: an online satirical newspaper and magazine, whose stories are written by members of the website. The website receives over six million annual visitors and has several hundred contributors. The website runs on an entirely bespoke content management system, written by me, in ColdFusion and runs on a MySQL database”.
6,000,000? Several hundred? Please!!!!
…..set out to ridicule, attack and pick fault in others contributions to the extent that those who did not tow the line were either banned, silenced from speaking in the forums or simply packed their bags and left. Now the site is struggling, it is kept alive by one writer, a good and funny writer who is looked down upon by those who he supports, by drawing hits to their ramblings …he is American. They are British, they wanted to seperate themselves because they felt they were better, more intelligent…..they are not.
They are bullys, they are children and lets hope that those writers who made the site grow , and remain writing there can enter the forums without the “intellectuals” demanding that they improve their writing to stand up against theirs….they need to grow up, they do not get paid, no one has, does or will, it was meant to be fun, they took the fun out of it for many.
Instead of trying to figure who I am they should first figure out why I am doing what I am…it is simple…all they need to do is re-read their own postings…the answer is there.
Bargis
Sep 30th, 2011
The head piglet over ‘there’ has perhaps a dozen that really contribute stories, a whole bunch who lurk on the forums and are AFRAID to publish anything anymore, and they have caused many to simply leave. The piglet probably spends too much time down at the dandy store with his brother.
Lady Godiva
Sep 29th, 2011
Well said and many thanks to you.
captain america
Sep 30th, 2011
There once was a band of brothers/ now there is only a rabid mob
“We seek him here, we seek him there
Those Bullies seek him everywhere!
Is he in heaven? Or is he in hell?
That demmed Elusive Pimpernel?”
captain america
Sep 30th, 2011
“We seek him here, we seek him there
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere!
Is he in heaven? Or is he in hell?
That demmed Elusive Pimpernel?”
Lady Godiva
Sep 30th, 2011
“Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last”
Martin Luther King Jnr.