Postby Sev » 27 Nov 2010 14:07
I think it's high time we started a 'KJA reBUTTal thread' in which we put the facts to Keith's lies.
That "my novels have won or been nominated for most of the major awards in my field" quote is complete and utter bollocks, as TheDukester has already pointed out, and the "I can point to the fact that 47 of my books have hit national or international bestseller lists, including 19 on the New York Times list" quote isn't any better.
The facts on this one, though, are a little harder to come by, as who knows what the bloody hell he means by 'international bestseller'?? He blogged in the distant past, when down under, that a SaggySuns book had topped a chart there - in his sad little mind does that count?
The New York Times list is a little easier to check out - and, what do you know, he's talking bollocks again. If you take the the NYT List as being the 15 best-selling hardbacks, which most people do, then I make it that he's had 13 on that list, for an awe-inspiring total of 36 weeks! (The Da Vinci Code was #1 on the list for 57 weeks by way of an unfair comparison)
Here's a breakdown:
Title-------------------Weeks on Chart----Month/Year---------Highest position
Darksaber (Star Wars)------3--------------10/11-95-----------------12
Ruins (X-Files)-------------2---------------6-96---------------------14
Ai! Pedrito! (with LRH)------1---------------7-96--------------------15
House Atreides------------4---------------10/11-99-----------------12
House Harkonnen----------4---------------10/11-00-----------------8
House Corrino-------------4---------------10/11-01------------------8
Butlerian Jihad-------------3---------------10-02--------------------7
Machine Crusade----------2---------------10-03---------------------7
Battle of Corrin------------4---------------9-04----------------------9
Hunters of Dune-----------3---------------9-06----------------------3
Sandworms of Dune-------4---------------8/9-07--------------------4
Paul of Dune--------------1---------------10-08---------------------11
Winds of Dune------------1---------------8-09----------------------15
So, of the 13 - 10 are McDune 'collaborations' with Bobo (note the diminishing returns), 1 is the most ridiculed Star Wars book ever, 1 is an X-files book, and 1 is a 'dead author collaboration' with L. Ron Hubbard that the massed ranks of Scientologists presumably bulk-bought in their thousands, for one week. Not an original novel in sight, not that any of those get anywhere close to a hardback release...
So, once again, the 'facts' state that Kevin J. Anderson lies out of his FAT ARSE.
Freakzilla - "Apparently we can only aspire to be the 13th biggest Dune fan since we are not family or in the HLP."
Byron - "Are you trying to irk me?"
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