James D Macdonald
Re: Who, exactly, is the villain here?
Osama bin Laden hates America because he was turned down by PublishAmerica.
Osama has called out Willem Meiners: "Just you and me, baby. Mano a mano in Wahiristan. I'll show you what POD means: Pound On Dude."
To which Meiners (speaking through an interpreter) replied: "Bring it on."
The trouble began when Frederick, Maryland, based PublishAmerica turned down Osama's novel, Jihad Days and Kabul Nights in early 2000.
"That novel was horrible," says PA co-owner Miranda Prather. "No plot, flat characters, stiff dialog. If we published that gobbler Sominex would have gone out of business. Besides, since Osama was in hiding in a cave in Tora Bora he wouldn't have been able to do book signings, he'd already maxed out his credit card, and he refused to give us the addresses of 100 of his friends and associates."
Replies Osama, "Don't take that tone with me. I find your comments to be comedy. You are under a wide variety of misconceptions, and I will expect your apology. You're making a spectacle of yourself with this sort of language. "
Larry Clopper, speaking from an undisclosed location, commented: "I love the chicken wings here at Hooters."
More on this story as it develops.
Osama bin Laden hates America because he was turned down by PublishAmerica.
Osama has called out Willem Meiners: "Just you and me, baby. Mano a mano in Wahiristan. I'll show you what POD means: Pound On Dude."
To which Meiners (speaking through an interpreter) replied: "Bring it on."
The trouble began when Frederick, Maryland, based PublishAmerica turned down Osama's novel, Jihad Days and Kabul Nights in early 2000.
"That novel was horrible," says PA co-owner Miranda Prather. "No plot, flat characters, stiff dialog. If we published that gobbler Sominex would have gone out of business. Besides, since Osama was in hiding in a cave in Tora Bora he wouldn't have been able to do book signings, he'd already maxed out his credit card, and he refused to give us the addresses of 100 of his friends and associates."
Replies Osama, "Don't take that tone with me. I find your comments to be comedy. You are under a wide variety of misconceptions, and I will expect your apology. You're making a spectacle of yourself with this sort of language. "
Larry Clopper, speaking from an undisclosed location, commented: "I love the chicken wings here at Hooters."
More on this story as it develops.