Promising author Egolf kills himself at 33 (Leader of Smoketown 6/Abu Ghraib protesters)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/14/05 | AP

[InvisibleChurch]

"It was very, very early for him ... and he had many, many more books coming," said Judy Hottensen,

some people just say dumb things

[TASMANIANRED]

Sarcasm on.

[AmishDude]

"Smoketown" is where the evacuation airplane flew from. It seems to be a coincidence.

[BallyBill]

What is it that they smoke up there in Smoketown?

[BallyBill]

Smoketown airport, yet that is it.

[hinckley buzzard]

a third novel, "Kornwolf," about a werewolf in Amish country, is slated for release next year.

Poor sap. Someone pointed out to him that "Children of the Corn" had already been done.

Seriously, it appalls me what the literatoids consider signs of "creativity" these days.

[Jenya]

I tip my hat, I mean my underwear, to his passing.

[Just A Nobody]

It seems to be a coincidence.

Or is it...hmmmmm

[Tall_Texan]

One less Dem voter in PA bump.

[AmishDude]

They're bored. It's like movie reviewers. If you watch 100 movies a year, an exciting shoot-em-up is boring for them, but when you don't see it all the time, it's fun.

Lots of novelists know how to play the literary game.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Sounds like he figured out that everything he wrote was self absorbed trash and couldn't deal with it.

Liberals really shouldn't own guns.

[Archidamus]

LOL!! You cut right to the chase.

[lodwick]

Sad. But if he's compared with Toole, I'll check out his works. Thank you.

[abclily]

A disturbed group of lefties whose creativity is always somewhere right in front of them, but which eventually just falls apart.

[Lester Moore]

"He pushed the envelope wherever he went," Hoober said. "His creativity was always right in front of him, but somewhere in there it started to fall apart."

So another manic-depressive, leftist wacko has killed themself. Why are these aberrant wacko's always touted as visionary leaders to be followed? They are just sick.

[McGavin999]

Wonder what his DU posting name was?

[SolomoninSouthDakota]

"Bush's fault"

No matter how ubiquitous that phrase has become on these type of stories, I always chuckle out loud on seeing it pop up again! Thanks.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

So, in short, he was freaken nut case??

[Intolerant in NJ]

It was rejected by more than 70 U.S. publishers before being picked up by a French publisher...ah yes, and the French have an unerring sense of artistic worth - they believe that Jerry Lewis is a sophisticated, cerebral comic.....

[celtich1]

i also live in the Lancaster area, and have never heard of him.