Hey guys,
I used to post on here a lot and I'm not sure if any of you remember me. I have a written new book that I have had published and I was hoping that I could come back here and drum up some sales.
Called ''The Fantastic Place'', it tells the story of a young group of teenagers and their dog Fritz growing up next door to a futuristic abandoned amusement park in the not-too-distant late 1990s. They spend their idyllic days in their club house sipping on lemonade and eating toffee until one day Fritz jumps the amusement park's fence and disappears never to be seen again.
Convinced that Fritz is still alive by the bone-chilling dog howling they hear at 1AM on the dot every morning, one particularly cold Friday night the teenagers put down their bongs and decide to scale the fence. What they find is a race of deranged carnies viciously guarding a secret formula for eternal life in a hidden underground garden known as ''Meinschatz'' or ''The Fantastic Place''. The teenagers must then choose which one of them will be sacrificed to appease the carnies' heathen gods and set their wonder chum Fritz free.
Published by Random House and at $49.95 RRP for the hardcover version, the film of the book, to be directed by Jamie Blanks (Urban Legend, Storm Warning) and starring Gary Sweet, Demelza Reveley and Tammin Sursok, is currently in production in Broken Hill.
It would really help me out a lot if you guys bought a copy and helped both my publisher and the producers of the film break even, as well as helping me secure an advance for the prequel ''Beneath the Fantastic Place''.
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Tim Winton
That sounds like an episode of Scoobey Doo.
The Good Weekend called it ''Enid Blyton getting fisted by Brett Easton Ellis while Michael Crichton jerks off in the corner... Stunning!''.
Who's playing the dog???
i think i'll wait for the movie
demelza?
not that evil bitch.
everything was sounding great til i heard ''DEMELZA''
but will check it out.
I mentioned Gary Sweet, didn't I? He is actually only standing in for the dog on set, which will be CGIed in later. Magda Szubanski will be providing the voice of Fritz.
congrats!
you realise the last time you posted was 11 months ago, dvr? is this what you've been up to since that time?
i just logged in to post that. i'm going home now. xo
no, it took him 11 months to write that TLDRI post at the start of the thread lol
ok i will buy your shit book but i feel like i've been had, just quietly.
You're joking, right? You're not really Tim Winton, surely?
But I don't really understand the joke, I must say...
his real name is barry, so it can't be true.
you'd be surprised who posts on here southernbelle.
And Tim Winton is kinda a big deal in modern Australian literature, so drumming up sales on M&N would be pretty bizarre.
he's just having a laugh. his real name is Morris Gleitzman.
hehehe
Nah, I moved over to fasterlouder and to a lesser extent melband. I got banned from both for posting pornographic images of timewasters who didn't have their own transportation.
hahahaha.
good to have you back.
sveltes is right. i was saying to tim winton just the other day, 'you'd be surprised who posts here' and winton said, 'yeah? like who?' and i said, 'can't say' and winton said, 'can't say or won't say?'
this thread is full of scandalous lies! I cannot believe it! STOP LYING@#@ EEWKL!
And you remember what I told you september? I said, ''Nadia -- Nadia Tass -- you do realise that I am fully aware that ModifiedIndie-an is Stuart Littlemore and Agro from Agro's Cartoon Connection.''
Wicky Dicky!
waits around with pockets full of cash for useful link or isbn or like to purchase with
You have been sorely missed around these parts Devil.
Please come back more often!
like flies to shit.
He'd be back more often if there was a new series of Rock Star: Past It Band Auditions Singers to do recaps for.
I tried to buy this and got a blank stare from the book store girl. So I printed out this thread and got punched by said bookstore girl. Thanks DWR.
It is in the children's section sandwiched between The Secret Seven and Deano: My Call.
Tim who?
''The Good Weekend called it ''Enid Blyton getting fisted by Brett Easton Ellis while Michael Crichton jerks off in the corner... Stunning!''.''
GENIUS.
you people are retarded, i'm logging back out.
I found the audio version of this book narrated by James Earl Jones and Mark 'Jacko' Jackson at gleebooks on saturday.
I await the $5500 fine for annoying catholics during world youth day with barely restrained anticipation.
the warrick capper narrated version is the collectors edition anon.
Professor Stephen Hawking narrated the collector's edition, crackwhore, but that is a common mistake most people make.
thanks for clearing that up for me devil.
Obviously Bill Hunter is in the film version somewhere, what's he playing this time
Bill Hunter plays a local soothsayer Mr. Electrico who doubles as the amusement park's electrified fence.
Does the delightful living treasure Bud Tingwell make an appearance?
But I don't really understand the joke, I must say...
me either..
Bud Tingwell will be playing Most Popular New Talent (Male) Logie Award Nominee Stuart MacGill of the future, who visits and advises the teenagers throughout their quest via a series of convoluted acid flash-forwards.
Stuart MacGill will be playing several of the film's First Class moments.
The back of the Age said you were working on a prequel. Is that right Tim?