Thursday, April 21, 2011

When Ghostwriters Get Meta

Guys, I was snooping around the Web for a potential future post on the works of Andrew Neiderman (VC's ghostwriter), when I suddenly found this little piece of joy:




Can you see that blurb at the top of the cover?


"A MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS!"
    --V.C. ANDREWS


Except this book came out in 1992.  V.C. died in 1986.



. . . oh Neiderman, you scamp!

7 comments:

  1. Man, if you're going to blurb yourself, go all out! "BEST DAMN BOOK I'VE EVER READ, EVER!" or "BEST AUTHOR EVER. IN THE HISTORY OF EVER." Too funny.

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  2. When I saw this novel at a seedy used bookstore, I had exactly the same reaction. First, I thought it was unsettling, but then I couldn't help but chuckle.

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  3. hahaha! That is too funny! Talk about promoting yourself. Shameless just shameless. BTW, I like how your blog is set up.

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  4. That is hilarious :D
    From beyond the grave...

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  5. I didn't even know that this existed.

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  6. Wow, now that's tacky.

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  7. I got excited for a minute because I was watching this movie on Netflix called Sister, Sister and it's all gothic and it's set in the Louisiana bayou and then I remembered this post and thought "Wait a second! Didn't Andrew Neiderman write a novel with this title?" But it's not the same story. This came out in 1987 anyway. But it is VERY V.C. Andrews so I recommend it to anyone that's interested.

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