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Abi Murthy

Post #980 – 19991109

November 9, 1999

Dear Daniel,

I wrote to you several months ago, c/o the weekend ‘all things considered’ since that the only link that I could find to you in cyberspace then. I never heard back from you- and hence the conspiracy theory.

We are all big fans of Larry, esp. my 5 1/2 year old son, Dhruv. Our biggest problem is now that we seem to have lost our much loved copy of ‘The Wallpaper From Space’ and now we live in the alien-land of UK where they go ‘Pink who?’.

Please write more books for the younger audience.

abi murthy, Dhruv’s Mom and also a fan.

Daniel replies:

They go ""Pink who?"" in this alien land also. Are you the Mrs. Murthy in whose chowder overalls were once found? I have no connection with _Weekend All Things Considered_. I have delivered commentary on _WeekDAY All Things Considered_ for some 13 years, and I also discuss books on _Weekend Edition Saturday_, and sometimes a piece of mine is repeated on _Weekly Edition_--(NPR is becoming known for week programming)--but those are USA programs, and you claim to be in the UK. Are they heard there? If so, why do they say ""Pink who?"" besides that it's fun to do so? Am I not famous and beloved like I deserve? Of the roughly 80 books of mine floating around at least a third are for young young kids.
P.S. If you're looking for books, prowl around this site. Some internet booksellers are mentioned somewhere...and there's UK amazon.com


Travis Schneider

Post #981 – 19991109

November 9, 1999

Oh great purveyor of esoteric edibles, only you can answer this question.

What is in / how do you make a borgelnuskie?

Daniel replies:

I believe I have gone into this topic before in this very forum. It is illegal to tell another person how to make or obtain a bogelnuskie. Only licensed borgelnuskie-makers are supposed to deal with them, and, of course, they can't be sent through the mail. Except in Utah.


Doug Foster

Post #979 – 19991108

November 8, 1999

So you are Daniel Pinkwater the author right? Cause’ if you are than I need you to just tell me about yourself about anything you want to tell me because You may be chosen for our Author of the year and we just want you to tell us about yourself

Daniel replies:

Oh sure, I'm supposed to get excited about MAYBE being chosen author of the year, when you know someone else is going to be author of the century, and I don't have a chance of being author of the millennium. Fooey. Not even author of the decade. I'm depressed.


Richard A. Marsella

Post #978 – 19991106

November 6, 1999

To Daniel Pinkwater:

I admire your work alot. I am just emailing to see if you got a package I sent you containing a cd with my music (Friendly Rich & the Anal Assassins). I thought that you might be able to use some of it for your radio show. Please keep in touch if you can, as I’d love to hear what you think of my work, and I would like to send you a cd with our radioplay series on it in future if you are interested.

Take care.

Richard A. Marsella(aka Friendly Rich)

SCABBA STUDIOS

Daniel replies:

Yes, that is a good idea! Something called ""The Anal Assassins,"" sounds just perfect for a radio program for children. Maybe we can use something from your disc on our ""Salute to Crack"" program. My people will be in touch with you. Wait patiently.


Some Kid

Post #976 – 19991106

November 6, 1999

Mr. Pinkwater,

I’m in 7th grade and I’m going to do a book report on The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (easily my favorite of your books that I have read). I’ve listened to some of your commentaries on NPR (where I want to work when I grow up). I LOVE your books(I’ve read 5 Novels more than 7 times). Anyway, I wanted to ask you a few questions about the book:

1) What “inspired” you to write The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death?
2)Is this book based on any real events?
3)Are any of the characters based on real people?
4)How long did it take you to write the book?
5)When you were a kid, did you ever “Snarkout”?

I know that the project is coming up but my English teacher hasn’t exactly assigned it yet.

P.S. Thanks for warning me about avocadoes!

Daniel replies:

If you're in 7th grade you can work at NPR now. They will probably make you a producer on ATC. Here are the answers to your questions:
1) I don't know.
2) yes
3) Yes
4) About a month
5) Maybe
P.S. You can eat avocados, if you're not a parrot.


Lucien Mc Fadden

Post #977 – 19991106

November 6, 1999

Greetings Daniel!

you probably don’t remember me-I was a friend of Ellis Cameron’s (& Irin) and a member of the new york subud group.

I came across your name on the web and thought I ‘d write and let you know that the new york subud group is having a chile fes/pig out this coming friday Nov. 12th. 8:00–after latihan. we should have about 13 different types of chili.

Best!

lucien mc fadden

Daniel replies:

13 kinds of chili? Only 13? 13 from among the countless 100's and 1000's of varieties of chili? I usually have at least 14 kinds of chili with my breakfast--weekdays.


Michael Birnbaum

Post #975 – 19991105

November 5, 1999

Ouch.

I have been reading all of the questions and answers on the website and now my eyes feel like they’re about to fall out from the sockets.

Also my brain hurts.

Anyway, my question was, any info on the next book that is going to be published? And by book, I mean, “not a reprint” and “not a short one for kiddies”, as although I suppose I am technically a kiddie, or a rebelling adolescent with an obsession for checker cabs, I wish for something with more substance to sink my teeth into.

Thank you kindly,

Michael Birnbaum,

aka REVEREND BOBBO THE WONDER PLATYPUS

P.S. I live in Chicago.

I like hot dogs.

They tore down the Lil’ Ducky’s by Senn High School and replaced it with a stupid statue of President Lincoln. The metal of the statue doesn’t taste as good as the “olde-fashioned chicago style vienna beef hot dogs” that were formerly available on the spot. Also, my dad wanted to know: should I get a dog or a cat? or both?

Daniel replies:

As you know I used to live in Chicago, and know that those hot dogs can kill. I also have owned two Checker cars. I know where Senn High School is. I don't even know when my next book is coming out. There is ""4 Fantastic Novels,"" out in spring, but that's a reprint, and you don't want to know about that--like I believe you've read BORGEL, YOBGORGLE MYSTER MONSTER OF LAKE ONTARIO, THE WORMS OF KUKUMLIMA, and THE SNARKOUT BOYS AND THE BACONBURG HORROR. I guess the next actual new book will be the first in the ""Werewolf Club"" series also in spring. (Heh, heh, heh....serious fans...you didn't know anything about that, did you?)


April Irick

Post #974 – 19991102

November 2, 1999

Dear Mr. Pinkwater,

You have been one of my favorite writers ever since I read Lizard Music back when I was a little nerd. Now I am an older nerd, with a degree in English, and I still think you are the greatest.

The last place I lived was in Clinton Hills, Brooklyn, which often reminded me of your descriptions of seeking out the bizarre in Chicago. There was a strange architectural nightmare near the Salvation Army store off Gates Avenue. It looked like a castle for loons, with all sorts of haphazard turrets and stained glass windows. I think you would like it. I wish I had a photo of it to post here.

I took the ferry to Hoboken one day while I was reading “Chicago Days, Hoboken Nights,” and I saw the big hand pointing down to the clam house!! I loved the ferry ride and the big, goofy Colgate sign. The train station in Hoboken is nice, too.

Now I live in Punxsutawney, Pa, where I grew up, which is easily one of the strangest places on earth. Yes, it is the home of the groundhog, Phil. Would you ever consider writing a story about a groundhog? How about a loon who builds a castle?

I want to move, though. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Your fan,

April Irick

Daniel replies:

If I could live anywhere on earth, I'd live in Punxsutawney, PA. By the way, my father's name was Phil. But he never ate ground hog. And he had a shadowy past. These are the sort of amazing coincidences that led me to be an author of fiction.


Tatiana M. Holway

Post #973 – 19991102

November 2, 1999

Hi–

I am a library volunteer at an elementary school in Winchester, Mass., and I’m in charge of the “Author Birthday” displays in the library. Until now, they’ve always been small displays with in them little to prompt children to connect to the authors (or the books). I’m trying to change that. Would Daniel Pinkwater respond via e-mail to me to questions the children put to him (conveyed to this site through me)? Is these a conventional address to which we could send a birthday card? Would the children receive a response?

Thanks very much.

Tatiana M. Holway

Daniel replies:

I will be happy to respond to a emailed list of questions, edited for comparative brevity.


Ben

Post #972 – 19991027

October 27, 1999

Oh great one I am sititng her in a lab where it is hotter than Hell and was beginning to doze off instead of working. Therefore I decided I would write to you instead.

In any case,

I hope life goes well and that this bug which is flying about flu like in nature has not eeffected you or the Mrs.

yours in the pursuit of great literature,

The Mad Librarian.

Daniel replies:

Nothing is scarier than a mad librarian. What are you mad about? The state of literacy in the Democracy? The popularity of Captain Underpants? The skyrocketing price of library paste? The fact that it's hotter than Hell where you are? (Think of this, when you die, you'll find the climate an improvement, wherever you are sent).


Dave Thomas

Post #971 – 19991026

October 26, 1999

Dear Mr. Pinkwater,

On behalf of my client, The Flabby Mormon Glee Club (call them for your next toga party, bar-mitzvah, turkey shoot, midget toss, greased pole contest or angry mob lynching–they’re in the book), I would like to register the following complaint. Mr. Water, in your June 14th posting you made repeated references to flabby Mormons, calling them both “flabby” and “mormon,” and alleging that their “flabbiness” was the result of their unusual laziness and gluttony (rather than a result of mysterious yet well-documented Martian “flab ray” which has been targeting Mormon earthlings for the last quarter century). At best, your comments are hurtful; at worst, they are a large load of poop. I hereby order you to cease and desist talking smack about my client, or they will all go home in a huff.

Sincerely,

D. Thomas

Daniel replies:

If I made reference to flabby Mormons, it was obviously something I said in praise of them. As you know, I like flabby, and I like Mormons. And I like bananas because they have no bones.


Middles Green

Post #969 – 19991025

October 25, 1999

Dear Mr. Pinkwater

Here is a photo of the chicken we are creating. It will soon start eating pennies until it weighs 266 pounds. But we have to paint it first.

Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.

Daniel replies:

Isn't it against nature to create a chicken? Remember what happened to Dr. Frankenchicken! Be careful. That chicken already looks as though it might start walking around on its own.


Catie McLey

Post #970 – 19991025

October 25, 1999

Hello, my name is Catie McLey. My fourth-grade class has been reading some of your work. I was wondering if I could have your mailing address, because my classmates and I would like to write you some letters. When you get this and read it please write back with your mailing address. .

The address on the return is my Mom & Dad’s.

Thank you very much.

Catie McLey

DeWitt Ne

Daniel replies:

How about this? You and your classmates, get together and create one letter, including some questions, if you like, and post it here? This way you can save on stamps, my desk will be that much less messy and cluttered, and others can enjoy my stupid answers.


Middles Green

Post #967 – 19991021

October 21, 1999

Thanks a lot for offering the pictures to help Ho. Ch. project. The teachers in our school are now dressing up and acting out your book, one chapter a week. We’d share your pictures as part of there show. would you like of a pictures of our 266 pound chicken?

Thanks Middles Green

Daniel replies:

There is hope if your teachers dress up as chickens.


Lauren

Post #968 – 19991021

October 21, 1999

i have made a school with my friends,slobwarts,school of idiocy and lunatism.i am official headmaster,but will you be an honorary headmaster?i (no ones crazy enough to be a teacher yet) teach giggling,idiocy,lunatism,hyperness,and bouncing off walls.you being such a humerous guy,maybe some advice?

ps.im the horse lovin’ kid who said horses cant have red eyes

lauren

Daniel replies:

No, I'd rather be a student.


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