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  1. Several people have asked me to collate all my stories into some sort of
    anthology. I find this flattering - it still surprises me when I get
    replies or even PMs about the stories. That's why I keep writing them,
    so you've only yourselves to blame.

    Anyway, stuck in the house this afternoon, after a brief MUni ride in
    the snow, I sat down and used the search function, and identified all
    the posts that I think generally fall within the heading of "stories"
    or "ride write ups". That excludes technical stuff, arguments about
    religion and the death penalty, and brief acerbic comments about my
    fellow man.

    All copied and pasted onto one Lotus document, they make 179 pages,
    although that will edit down considerably, as I have started a new page
    for each "story" and there's a lot of white page!

    Even scanning quickly through them, rather than reading them properly,
    was mind numbing - lots of repetition, as you would expect of reports
    of rides along broadly simlar routes over a period of 3 or 4 years.

    If there is a demand, I will try to produce an edited document, keeping
    the original text as far as possible, but tidying up spellings and
    puntuation, and pruning the excessive repetition. The result of this
    would be a document with about 50 - 100 pages of text, so quite a big
    job for me to do, and for you to read.

    Be honest, is the demand there or not?

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  2. Mikefule said:

    Be honest, is the demand there or not?

    Yes! I demand it!!!

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  3. I would definitely be interested in getting a copy if you make it!

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    James_Potter

    to give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

    michael atkinson
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  4. How much?

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  5. ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Mikefule" <[email hidden]>
    Newsgroups: rec.sport.unicycling
    Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:55 PM
    Subject: The Mikefule Anthology

    Quoted message said:

    If there is a demand, I will try to produce an edited document, keeping
    the original text as far as possible, but tidying up spellings and
    puntuation, and pruning the excessive repetition. The result of this
    would be a document with about 50 - 100 pages of text, so quite a big
    job for me to do, and for you to read.

    Be honest, is the demand there or not?

    --
    Mikefule

    Demand, I would think so: I had even considered gathering them together
    myself, together with many of the replies, into one document to make it
    easier for me to re-read them. I would certainly download the collected
    works, I might have to translate from Lotus to something I can understand.
    I don't think you really need to spend time tidy them up, most of us
    appreciate that the odd typo creeps in from time to time. Some of them can
    even be funny.. In the days of DOS it was very easy to mistype something,
    often amusing that you would rather not have your mother reading..

    A Mikefule tale is one thing to look forward to at the beginning of the week
    when work needs several spoonfuls of sugar.

    Nao

    The human race is a species so incredibly intelligent that it has invented
    Gods to explain anything it does not understand.....although my friend Dave
    said no amount of Gods will ever explain how a bra can be removed without
    disturbing the T-shirt. I told him the process is called a Moebius strip.
    The other side of the T-shirt remains unreachable.

  6. Mikefule said:

    Be honest, is the demand there or not?

    Yes, please, pretty please, -pretty please with sugar on top-. And
    *thank you*

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    brian.slater

    Brian C. Slater
    AKA: Snoopy

    Ok, I am now officially in my normal state of -advanced- confusion.
    Don't try to confuse me, it won't make any difference. If you try not
    to confuse me, that will confuse me.

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  7. I'd like a copy!
    Will it be ready by BUC in May? I can pick up then - or are you talking
    about delivering electronically?

    Connie

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  8. 'Twould only be in electronic form. The economics and logistics of hard
    copy for such a widespread but small distribution would be far too much
    for a bear of little brain like me.

    Probably it would go out as a pdf file, but that's a decision for
    later. I may even do it in batches of 10 stories or something.

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  9. Hi Mikefule,

    I'd certainly like a copy. make certain that you do the proper all
    rights reserved thing.

    It comes to mind that it might make a good book someday. There's a book
    called "never too late" about a cellist and his everyday experiences
    playing and memories about learning. He's not even an excellent
    cellist, just a man who loves playing and having it be a part of his
    life. Also a David Sedaris book called "naked" (its an autobiography
    not a ceks book). is a series of anecdotes that relate the maturing
    perceptions of the author as he comes of age.

    Your essays remind me of parts of these books becasue they shedlight on
    unicycling, life where you live, and you!

    You might consider how these could be compiled into a document that
    shows a progression, has a gestalt that might interest a publisher.
    They are well written and a nice read. Try them out on some folks who
    aren't unicycle riders, I bet you find they will be delighted as well.

    Good luck!

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    podzol

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  10. Mikefule said:

    If there is a demand, I will try to produce an edited document, tidying
    up spellings and puntuation, and pruning the excessive repetition. Be
    honest, is the demand there or not?

    I'd certainly read such a compilation, dear. I love your stories, and
    of course I'm overjoyed to see the focus on spelling and pun* c
    *tuation.

    MA

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  11. yes please.

    Cathy

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    'Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its
    victims may be the most oppressive - C.S.Lewis

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  12. <http://www.lulu.com/products/books/>

    lets you put a book online for people to order hard copies.

    You can set if you want royalties or whatnot, and hence set the price
    (over and above the minimum cost for printing).

    It's free for the author, the website takes part of the book cost for
    printing costs.

    They're proper books. If you pay them $150 you can get an ISBN, and
    into wholesalers in the UK and US, so people can buy them from a normal
    bookshop. If you don't, people have to order them from lulu.com.

    Joe

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  13. Miss Ayelery said:

    I'd certainly read such a compilation, dear. I love your stories, and of
    course I'm overjoyed to see the focus on spelling and pun* c *tuation.

    MA

    A palpable hit!:o 🙂

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  14. Hmmm. Only ever attached photos before. Lessee if this works.

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  15. Nope. Try again.

    +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
    |Filename: Mikefule's Anthology Volume 1.pdf |
    |Download: http://www.unicyclist.com/attachment/11311 |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------------+

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  16. Well, that's about the first ten stories, tidied up a bit and with some
    "commentary", just to see how people react. How does the format work?

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  17. Fantastic so far. Thanks Mikefule. Your first ten stories are now saved
    on my PPC for reading where ever I may roam.

    Cathy

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    victims may be the most oppressive - C.S.Lewis

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  18. Great stuff Mike. Being a relative newcomer to both the sport and the
    forum, I missed a lot of your write ups. I enjoy them immensly and
    agree with others in this thread that even non-unicyclists would enjoy
    the stories. It might even give them an appreciation of the abuse we
    sometimes receive from the general populace and perhaps make them think
    twice about making some wise crack.

    I know that without a lot of extra effort from you that this project of
    yours will fall mainly on the existing unicycling community however,
    for the uninitiated, perhaps a preface and a glossary of some common
    terms (Coker, UPD, etc.) would be helpful.

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    tell you different' - Kurt Vonnegut
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  19. My main aim is to share the fun with the people in this community. The
    stories were written partly for my own enjoyment, and partly because I
    started to get requests for more. I feel like I've made many friends
    here, even though I haven't met most of you, and I would not wish to
    exploit this forum for financial gain. Unicycling gave me a focus at
    one of the most difficult times of my life.

    I think if I were to write for the non unicycling community, I'd need
    to tone some of it down, and probably mix and match the real incidents
    into a longer story to give it some semblance of a plot.

    If the pdf I've posted attracts interest in this forum, I'll probably
    tidy it up a bit more, add some of the later stories, add more
    commentary, an index and, as you suggest, a glossary of terms.

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  20. Thanks Mike. I'll read those later.

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