Thursday, November 22, 2007

I don't remember writing a technothriller


I'm amazed to discover that the paperback of Taking Comfort is the number two bestseller in amazon uk's technothriller chart. Just below a Michael Crichton omnibus and one above a Tom Clancy novel.

This is staggering news for a number of reasons, most of all because I wouldn't myself class Taking Comfort as a technothriller. Unlike this book. Or this one. Or this one.

Of course, by the time you check out the list I will have sunk back down into obscurity. But I enjoyed my brief moment in the technothriller sun. Alternatively, you could help me knock Michael Crichton off the top spot. Now that would be cool.

5 comments:

Faye L. Booth said...

Of course, by the time you check out the list I will have sunk back down into obscurity.
Nope, you're still there.

Anyway, however long you end up being there - congratulations!

Anne Brooke said...

Taking Comfort is so absolutely hot and classy that it deserves to be the number one spot in everything! And yes, I would class it as a (literary) techno-thriller. As well as being a post-modernist classic, a psychological thriller, etc etc.

Basically, it's fab!

A
xxx

Nik Perring said...

I agree. With both Faye and Anne.

Nik.

Roger Morris said...

Thanks faye, anne and nik. Down I go, number 9 now. I'll stop looking. Honest. I have a book to write!

David Isaak said...

Yep, still number 9--even though they update hourly!

Who even knew such a list existed? (Who decides what is eligible?)

Like it or not, it's a now a technothriller, and you should push it that way for all it's worth.

I understand that "Taking Comfort" also prevents tooth decay, and makes a great Christmas gift! No home should be without one.