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"How Soon is Never?" by Marc Spitz - fictional novel to be published (Fall 2002)

posted by davidt on Monday March 18 2002, @10:00AM
Marc writes:

This Fall, Three Rivers Press/Random House will publish "How Soon is Never?", a novel by Spin writer and Smiths obsessed playwright Marc Spitz ("Shyness Is Nice"). The book is a fictional account of two fans who try to reunite the band. Spitz has done extensive research to prepare for this weird bit of fan fiction, and has interviewed three of the four ex-Smiths (excluding Morrissey). This, of course, is not for any lack of trying. If any Morrissey-solo readers have any solid, or at least unusual leads on the best way to secure an in-person interview with him, please e-mail MS at [email protected]. Thanks everyone.
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  • I thought Everyone knew that the easiest way to interview Morrissey is to wait for him outside of his house.
       
    It beats waiting for invitation, thats for sure.
    Smiths <reversethis-{moc ... a} {2eporhtdniw}> -- Monday March 18 2002, @02:05PM (#26373)
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  • Shyness is nice was a great play--it was a great feeling to actually see a show where the characters were wearing smiths shirts & referring to smiths songs.
    Additionally, the play itself was hillarious.
    I am really looking forward to Mark Spitz' book.
    vicartutu7 -- Monday March 18 2002, @02:23PM (#26379)
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  • sorry, I mis-spelled marc's name in the previous posting.
    vicartutu7 -- Monday March 18 2002, @02:27PM (#26380)
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  • ..tell me that you'll probably have to limp by on 3 interviews. especially now that you've revealed that you've spoken to the others.

    also, do publishers really pay for that sort of thing? i don't mean that as a mean question as it could be a fabulous book, but it seems like a very obscure topic.
    suzanne -- Monday March 18 2002, @06:19PM (#26390)
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  • I'd love to know when this is being published. Or more accurately, when i can get my hands on a copy :3
    Ghost in the Threads -- Monday March 18 2002, @07:29PM (#26393)
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    • Re:New book by half-a-person (Score:1) Monday March 18 2002, @08:43PM
  • "How Soon Is Never" really is quite an appropriate title for your book.

    I don't know, maybe it's me, but it seems that Morrissey really isn't interested in any kind of Smiths related subjects. In fact, I think he's even said so. So, if you really wish to have an interview with Morrissey then I must agree with the others...go sit on his front lawn (though I personally hope you don't - I've never agreed with that sort of thing). Or perhaps you could frequent some of the clubs in Hollywood where he is spotted often in the VIP section, of course in hopes of NOT being bothered.

    But, if you do go to his house just beware of THE CAT.
    hand in glove -- Monday March 18 2002, @11:34PM (#26402)
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  • Aren't all novels fictional? Granted, you occasionally see novels that are historical novels, but they're still fiction. A novel must necessarily be fictitious. "Fictional Novel" is redundant.
    John Milton -- Wednesday March 20 2002, @08:53AM (#26472)
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  • iam sick of peoples twisted visions concerning morrissey.They add there own perversions and make there own interpertations,and ruin his good name everywhere. Hes becoming more popular than the world and idealisms of the devil.
    javelin <www.whateverulike.com> -- Wednesday March 20 2002, @12:35PM (#26477)
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  • Nobody is interested in this "fictional" account; least of all MOZ. Please, do us all a favor and save the paper. If writing on a computer, save the electricity.
    sincerely
    johnny marr.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday March 20 2002, @12:49PM (#26478)
  • Puleez. We dont need this. Why is it that all recent Morrissey books are idiotic things - "fictional stories", analysis of his sexuality, a load of old photos, rhubarb, rhubarb.

    Joanne Rodent's The Severed Alliance was ten years ago now. David Bret's book - Landscapes For The Blind - was shit. Isn't anybody going to write a "PROPER" book on Morrissey or the Smiths anymore, one with like INFORMATION and researched FACTS instead of fictional mumbo jumbo?
    Anonymous -- Thursday March 21 2002, @01:09AM (#26502)
  • That Morrissey would write his own book. Of course we wouldn't know if it was fiction or based on factual events, but at least it would be something in his own words.

    Oh, the mystery of Morrissey...
    hand in glove -- Thursday March 21 2002, @10:27PM (#26538)
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  • Offtopic, but.... hey DavidT, was this [216.86.192.26] a cancelled show Morrissey was suppose to have?

    It appears that this was posted by you on Sunday, January 27, 2002 @ 6:59PM [216.86.192.26]. Was he really suppose to play the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 21? If so, what happened?

    half-a-person -- Thursday March 21 2002, @11:46PM (#26545)
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