Kuetsar Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Anyone else read the JYD/New Orleans book? I checked it out from the library(If I had paid for it, I'd be PISSED). Basically a recount of angles, with no research of note, written in a style perhaps one half step ahead of Scott Keith. . . .UGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Hart's was definitely impressive. I'm interested in the difference in dialog from the version we read and the finished one. Also, I gotta say that I thought I had found a typo with the "Often Idle/Austin Idol" bit till I read the next sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buy Me a Burrito Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I'd LOVE a PDF version of the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianChris Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Kindle version please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMDRAGON Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I'd really appreciate the kindle version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I'd love a chance to see the .pdf of it. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew8798 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Can I get the pdf one would love to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Ditto. Â EDIT: Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charro! Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 JJ made the jump after all of those guys except Schiavone. Tully made the connection that got him into the WWF.  I haven't read his book either. Don't know if he had anything to do with getting Schiavone in.  OK thanks. I started watching the WWE in late 1990/early 1991 so I can't really remember the timeframe when Arn & Tully et al debuted. Did they all debut at the same time, or shortly after each other?. Also were all the contracts up at the same time and Crockett decide not to renew them as there was quite a few JCP guys jump ship to the WWE?. From what I remember, Tony Schiavone wasn't in the WWE for that long and I wasn't really a fan (at the time) of him announcing alongside Jesse, because IMO their styles and voices didn't really gel together. I preferred Jesse & Gorilla as the announce team for the PPV's.  I noticed out of print books being mentioned, here's a few I assume could be: Sting's, DDP's autobiography, Goldberg's, Pure Dynamite & Chyna's. I think Crowbar Press have re-issued some books which would be out of print otherwise.   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I noticed out of print books being mentioned, here's a few I assume could be: Sting's, DDP's autobiography, Goldberg's, Pure Dynamite & Chyna's. I think Crowbar Press have re-issued some books which would be out of print otherwise. Â Â Â Â Â Amazon lists all of them as having copies for sale. Â Goldberg and Chyna's books are going for $0.01. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kuetsar Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015  I noticed out of print books being mentioned, here's a few I assume could be: Sting's, DDP's autobiography, Goldberg's, Pure Dynamite & Chyna's. I think Crowbar Press have re-issued some books which would be out of print otherwise.      Amazon lists all of them as having copies for sale.  Goldberg and Chyna's books are going for $0.01.   That's still overpriced. . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godfrey Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 PDF version for me if there is one. And I echo that I'd gladly pay for it if that was an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamhock Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 PDF for me, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brysynner Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 PDF please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 If anyone still wants the PDF, PM me your e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN! Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Is there anything else other than Gary Hart's book that's actually worth reading but hard to find?  Fall Guys is available on Kindle.  Even Thesz' Hooker's out there (or THOT as the kids call it) on both Kindle and print. I remember looking for that years ago and the only version I could find was a wire-bound version being sold by the Waterloo HOF. I want to say they were charging like $75 too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Out of curiosity, what was the reason all you supplicants did not pay cash for the physical copy of GHart's book when it came out? - RAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Had no idea it was out years ago until I kept seeing people on boards like this talking about how rare and out of print it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 It was either here or a Scott Keith's blog(the only two wrestling places I go), that I heard about the reissue. I got my copy really fucking quick. . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Out of curiosity, what was the reason all you supplicants did not pay cash for the physical copy of GHart's book when it came out? - RAF I was never big into World Class, so I really didn't know him too well. It wasn't until basically this thread that I'd ever heard anything about the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Is there anything else other than Gary Hart's book that's actually worth reading but hard to find? Â Hmm... Â Crowbar Press did a reissue of Drawing Heat that's on Kindle, so that's taken care of. Â Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George isn't super rare, but it's not super common and goes for a little bit more than most people are probably willing to pay and it's not available digitally. I finally found a copy of Paul Boesch's book (as in literally the first one I've seen for sale since its original release; I got a really good price, thankfully) that's coming tomorrow/today. It's supposed to be good and thorough (370 pages), albeit in a "kayfabed but you can read between the lines" kind of way. He wrote it not long before his death in 1989, and it didn't come out until 2002, when his wife did a small run with a local Minuteman Press. Teen Me wasn't sure about spending $30 on a kayfabed book and regretted it afterwards. According to Dave Meltzer, one of a handful of people to have gotten the original manuscript, the published book has a lot of Boesch's negativity towards Vince McMahon & Jim Crockett out of the book. Regardless, I'm looking forward to reading it. Â I feel like I'm missing something obvious...oh! Paul Vachon's "When Wrestling Was Real" books. Really regret not getting those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George isn't super rare, but it's not super common and goes for a little bit more than most people are probably willing to pay and it's not available digitally. Â Â WOW, that takes me back. Â That was literally the very first wrestling book I ever read. Â Finding that as a kid was like finding a copy of the Bible signed by Jesus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Adrian Street's books are really fun and detailed, and the Vachon books are great as well. I enjoyed the Blassie book and the Gorgeous George bio muchly, and you probably can find them at uninflated prices. - fundamental, RAF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper_kingpin Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I have all 4 Paul Vachon books, but I didn't enjoy them much. They have a few good stories but I was just kind eh on them. I have the original Drawing Heat but I'd love to read the extended version. Some one should take pictures of the new pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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