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Phy
Joined: 02 Feb 2006
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 Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 3:25 pm Post subject: Cool interview with flashg in hometown newspaper |
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http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=342879&paper=72&cat=104
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Springfield resident John M. Whalen
By Arielle Retting
Thursday, July 22, 2010 Bookmark and Share
On a humid afternoon in Philadelphia, John M. Whalen is in a race against time to make it back before 5 p.m. Successfully making the trip home from school, the 10-year-old plops down on his living room floor, turning the knobs on his 12” black and white TV. As the classical music plays from his loudspeakers, he places his cowboy hat on his head and picks up his toy raygun. His eyes are fixated on one thing only: Flash Gordon.
But that was decades ago; a time before special effects, color TVs and endless re-runs of “Law & Order.” A time where serials, westerns and science fiction ruled and kids still had to use their imaginations. After all, when you’re 10 years old everything looks real.
Now it’s 2010 and Whalen is all grown up. Even though time passed, his age is the only thing that changed. That bright-eyed kid sitting Indian-style on his living room floor watching Flash Gordon and reading Tarzan after school might not be a kid anymore, but he still has the same sense of imagination and craving for adventure. |
It's a cool article. Click on over and check it out!
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PaulMc
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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Very cool. 
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flashg
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I was just checking in to post the article and I see you beat me to it, Johne! Thanks. The reporter did a good job, except she didn't make it clear that the whole book was serialized first here in RGR. But overall it's a pretty good article. Especially since I found out I'm a losy interview subject. How she made sense of anything I said amazes me.
Thanks, Paul.
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Loriendil
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:25 am Post subject: |
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Major awesomeness! Way to go, John! 
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Alice
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This was a very enjoyable read!  I hope you sell lots of books at the book signing. 
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