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Michael P
03-11-2005, 02:41 PM
Then take a gander over here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4535020492
Sheldon
03-11-2005, 03:41 PM
That is pretty cool. too bad I'm poor.
Karl J. Barnes
03-11-2005, 07:04 PM
Then take a gander over here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4535020492

That is ...just sad. Really. To buy your way into a novel is just so....21st century. I wonder how much Neil has control over this? Maybe it's his publishers and agent and Despair....
CurryStick
03-11-2005, 07:12 PM
Wow, good to see CBLDF making lots of dough.
Gabriel
03-11-2005, 07:19 PM
For one, it is a fund raiser for the comicbook legal defense fund. Two, it's up to $1400 with 6 days left. O.o And three, if it were only a grand, and I had the money, I would do it in a heart beat.
Sanagi
03-11-2005, 10:27 PM
I like Neil Gaiman enough to buy the whole Sandman series(among other things of his), but this might be going a bit far.
Michael P
03-12-2005, 10:57 AM
That is ...just sad. Really. To buy your way into a novel is just so....21st century. I wonder how much Neil has control over this? Maybe it's his publishers and agent and Despair....
Actually, it was his idea.
Karl J. Barnes
03-12-2005, 12:09 PM
Actually, it was his idea.

I just read the quoted price and thought that it was some fan or somesuch. Then I read up on it though I still think that 1,400 dollars is a bit steep for an average fan, but it looks as if it is going to a good cause, so I apologize for being so fast to judge.
stealthwise
03-12-2005, 02:27 PM
That's very strange, given that you could technically put ANYTHING into that book, if you paid enough. Could end up interesting.
Headhunter
03-12-2005, 08:08 PM
Cheesy, but for a good cause. Neil Gaiman will always get carte blanche from me, he can do anything he wants and it's all good. :)
Michael P
03-18-2005, 01:03 PM
The auction has ended; the winner ended up shelling out $3,533, which makes this the one of the most successful single-item auctions the CBLDF has ever had.
GremlinClr
03-19-2005, 07:47 AM
Hmmm, I guess if I was rich I would do tha...No, if I was rich I could just make a book completely about me and self publish.

Yea, I think some people have more money than sense.
comic_lover
03-19-2005, 08:01 AM
Wow, good to see CBLDF making lots of dough.Amen to that... :)
miss5050
03-21-2005, 12:49 PM
OMG US $3,533.00 :o
Solaris
03-22-2005, 12:47 AM
This is really cool... I just hope that the winner (named Alex, btw) doesn't have *our* Alex's sense of humor... *shudders to think what the ship might end up getting named*

:D
FunkyGreenJerusalem
03-22-2005, 01:18 AM
This is really cool... I just hope that the winner (named Alex, btw) doesn't have *our* Alex's sense of humor... *shudders to think what the ship might end up getting named*

:D

I only just realised that it didn't just get named after you.....

Neil could be in for a shock if the wrong person gets it.
(or he could get let down by their lack of dirty humour I guess).
borateen
03-23-2005, 12:12 PM
Yea, I think some people have more money than sense.

Yes, because making a donation to a good cause is senseless.
GremlinClr
03-23-2005, 12:43 PM
Yes, because making a donation to a good cause is senseless.

*SIGH* Not what I meant. If you wanted to contribute to CBLDF then pick up your checkbook and donate. Somebody that's a Gaiman fan could see this and not have the first clue what the CBLDF is and just buy it for what it is. Hence the term: "More money than sense."
Solaris
03-23-2005, 08:05 PM
*SIGH* Not what I meant. If you wanted to contribute to CBLDF then pick up your checkbook and donate. Somebody that's a Gaiman fan could see this and not have the first clue what the CBLDF is and just buy it for what it is. Hence the term: "More money than sense."


But hey---if it gets someone who doesn't even *know* about CBLDF to throw their money at it, why not? :)