The blurb Bob Dylan wrote for Steven Van Zandt’s new memoir is the “Murder Most Foul” of book blurbs. pic.twitter.com/IBsegCKP05— Steven Hyden (@Steven_Hyden) October 7, 2021
Bob Dylan didn’t rest on his laurels after winning the Nobel; coming up w/ a classic blurb for Stevie Van Zandt.
― Chris L, Monday, 13 June 2022 12:26 (two years ago) link
Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, these stories map, with _______'s signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them.
too bad there's nothing to limn
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 June 2022 01:09 (two years ago) link
My favorite blurbs are the ones where it's obvious that the book's publishers have done on a Frankenstein job on a book review - using ellipses to stitch together an enthusiastic-sounding blurb from a lukewarm review. Like "Joe Schmo's new novel...shows promise...with interesting characters...and an engaging plot", where it's obvious they've left out all the caveats and deprecating qualifiers.
My brother and I used to make a game of it. "This movie is . . . one of the best . . . of the year"
So many possibilities.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 29 June 2022 01:13 (two years ago) link
keep seeing a twitter ad touting that a certain show is 'the best in months'
tbh i respect the humility
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 29 June 2022 01:22 (two years ago) link
"It's the best thing I've seen in the past 12 hours"
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 29 June 2022 01:26 (two years ago) link
I get annoyed/amused when the back page blurb is taken from a review of one of the author's old books ("Tom Clancy is a master!") rather than the book it's printed on.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 29 June 2022 10:59 (two years ago) link
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 4 July 2022 17:08 (two years ago) link
damn, didn't know the story of the word 'blurb' and the sexism therein
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-history-blurb-publishing
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Monday, 4 July 2022 17:39 (two years ago) link
China Mieville on klein’s doppelganger: “as thrilling as a novel”Only the most recent eg of this v bad cliche
― cozen itt (wins), Thursday, 21 March 2024 11:19 (six months ago) link
That reminds me of (and is equally as annoying as) "transcends the genre"
Also IME "thrilling" and "hilarious" blurbs are always perfect guarantors of un-thrilling and non-hilarity.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 21 March 2024 11:26 (six months ago) link
One of the oddest I’ve seen recently:
Today in 'weird' and possibly 'badly' 'translated' blurbs. pic.twitter.com/n2uLmbjD7Y— Caustic Cover Critic (@Unwise_Trousers) March 19, 2024
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 21 March 2024 11:41 (six months ago) link