tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post5992084450293770281..comments2023-12-26T23:07:08.005-08:00Comments on TOMORROWVILLE: Tomorrowville: My Evil TwinDavid Isaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-13030195330210746222008-03-11T16:23:00.000-07:002008-03-11T16:23:00.000-07:00Hmm, I have a 25-year-old son who is getting marri...Hmm, I have a 25-year-old son who is getting married to a Jennifer. Have you been spying on me?<BR/><BR/>I hadn't thought of the first name angle. That's a good point. Seeing as I've pretty much settled on my maiden name as a pen name, I guess that won't be an issue for me, although I'm quite accustomed to answering to multilingual versions of my name already. Gianna, Janetya, Jeanette, Johanna.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, even if you didn't take my advice, David G. Underhill is cool. For all the reasons you mentioned.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-9887951025903943062008-03-10T17:50:00.000-07:002008-03-10T17:50:00.000-07:00Ah, Mr Robin Denver--That phrase echoed in the bac...Ah, Mr Robin Denver--<BR/><BR/>That phrase echoed in the back of my mind when I read it, but I lost several of my remaining hairs trying to place it.<BR/><BR/>It's from "Fletch," but I had to resort to Google to find it.<BR/><BR/>I think you probably win the Obscure Reference of the Year Award (though there's still a lot of 2008 left to go). I might have placed the "steak sandwich" eventually--but I had no recollection that "The Underhills" had just left!David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-91683015040454967822008-03-10T13:14:00.000-07:002008-03-10T13:14:00.000-07:00"I'll have a Bloody Mary and a steak sandwich and...."I'll have a Bloody Mary and a steak sandwich and... a steak sandwich, please. Put it on the Underhills' bill."<BR/><BR/>Of course, David, now your cover's blown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-78290174972994672292008-03-09T13:48:00.000-07:002008-03-09T13:48:00.000-07:00Hi, Raymond--Gosh, now I'm blushing.Hi, Raymond--<BR/><BR/>Gosh, now I'm blushing.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-19638483899933989792008-03-09T13:41:00.000-07:002008-03-09T13:41:00.000-07:00A rose by any other name. I don't care what you c...A rose by any other name. I don't care what you call yourself, just as long as your books get out there. Both Davids are among the best writers I have read and I intend to buy a couple copies the very day it's available.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-87215846271764861492008-03-08T17:59:00.000-08:002008-03-08T17:59:00.000-08:00Hi, Tim--Intertextual? No, I've always been a guy....Hi, Tim--<BR/><BR/>Intertextual? No, I've always been a guy.<BR/><BR/>Wait a sec. Maybe I ought to go look up that word...David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-87208466064437152008-03-08T03:13:00.000-08:002008-03-08T03:13:00.000-08:00Classy. I like it!The nod to the Shire pseudonym a...Classy. I like it!<BR/><BR/>The nod to the Shire pseudonym adds a little intertextual frisson...Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-81244845513003446112008-03-07T13:23:00.000-08:002008-03-07T13:23:00.000-08:00Hey, Roger--Damn. You make a good point. And if I'...Hey, Roger--<BR/><BR/>Damn. You make a good point. And if I'd had any sense, I'd have made one of me female, so we could have an affair and a nasty breakup in the press.<BR/><BR/>Hmm. Guess it'll have to be a gay affair. More of that David + David stuff...David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-13263729648295960912008-03-07T12:12:00.000-08:002008-03-07T12:12:00.000-08:00From one split personality to another, David G. Un...From one split personality to another, David G. Underhill sounds cool to me. One day you could get both of your selves interviewed and have one slagging the other one off, as I believe happened with John Banville and Benjamin Black. They can't stand each other, apparently.Roger Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071467030127707462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-68448805721989508802008-03-07T10:53:00.000-08:002008-03-07T10:53:00.000-08:00Hi, David. David here.So it was rock concerts that...Hi, David. David here.<BR/><BR/>So it was rock concerts that did this to all the Davids? And here I believed we thought that "What?" counted as witty repartee...David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-2354641205033616582008-03-07T10:51:00.000-08:002008-03-07T10:51:00.000-08:00Hi, Matt--And we wouldn't want to be geeky--nope, ...Hi, Matt--<BR/><BR/>And we wouldn't want to be geeky--nope, not <I>us</I>.<BR/><BR/>Shelved in the sci-fi section? Hunh.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-30377306458576846932008-03-07T09:19:00.000-08:002008-03-07T09:19:00.000-08:00As a David myself I can appreciate the shouts acro...As a David myself I can appreciate the shouts across the room although my hearing is shot from that Who concert back in the day.<BR/>Going forth as DG UNderhill makes good sense to me.David Thayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02914916959957388178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-37840019135900663312008-03-07T01:14:00.000-08:002008-03-07T01:14:00.000-08:00Great name change, DavidI was going to mention som...Great name change, David<BR/><BR/>I was going to mention something about not fiddling with your ring or the name "Underhill" won't matter a jot... but that would be too geeky.<BR/><BR/>And besides, according to Borders bookshop on Oxford Street, London, you already <EM>are</EM> a Sci-Fi writer. I spotted <EM>Shock and Awe</EM> in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy section, and it was correctly shelved alphabetically. <BR/><BR/>So I think your secret's out...mattfwcurran.com Web Admin https://www.blogger.com/profile/13651266491906006561noreply@blogger.com