For those wishing to participate in the discussions, just reply with:

1) you have the book
2) you don't have it, but have ordered it from Tom
3) you don't have it, haven't ordered it, but really want to participate
4) other option - please explain

FYI - I've communicated with Kerry Shirts, and he plans on being here for the discussions. Play nice, people ;-)

Satan Claus Wrote:
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> FYI - I've communicated with Kerry Shirts, and he
> plans on being here for the discussions....

Please send a special "hello" to my nephew from The Falls,
and tell him that I still love him.

Dale

Two questions:
Where am I supposed to get it?
Why is it like 700 bucks on amazon or am I looking at the wrong thing?

blacksheep Wrote:
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> Two questions:
> Where am I supposed to get it?
> Why is it like 700 bucks on amazon or am I looking
> at the wrong thing?


Yes, you're looking at the wrong one - most of us saw it for $1400. ;-)

The author, Tom Riskas, has been sending these to us for the postage price - US $8. He had a limited quantity, so I do not know if he still has any left. You can try here: tjriskas@yahoo.com

Great! I sent him an email. Hopefully he's still got a few.

Have it.

Thanks for organizing it all, Satan. It appears to be a bit like herding cats.

I have it. We have a small facebook group going with tom in it, if anyone wants to join it, email me at nottrueblueanymore@gmail.com

#4. I don't know WTF that "book" is. But I'm pretty sure I don't have it already but if I could I would

Hi Tupperwhere. There was a thread a few weeks ago about Tom Riskas' book, Deconstructing Mormonism. It is very costly and hard to find. The author came on and offered to send interested RfMers copies from his personal trough for the cost of postage ($8.00). You can email him and if he has any left, I'm sure he'd send you one: Tom Riskas <tjriskas@yahoo.com>

thank-you. I will follow up on that. I love a good book!

Sent an e-mail to see if I could snag a copy, then I'll join up with all yall.

Mine didn't come today, but I'm hoping any day now. I was a latecomer, and I hope he had some left.

Hope not. Seems like it's going to be hard to catch up. Big, deep, heavy book in every way. I usually need time to mull things over.

Can we go like, a paragraph at a time? :)

Tom just wrote back to me and said he doesn't have any left but that hopefully the publishers print second edition soon. Bummer.

Got the same e-mail. I'll just have to wait for the 2nd edition and try to catch up to you guys.

I haven't received my copy yet, but it is on order from Tom. I would love to join in. Would like to join the FB page also.

Option # 3

Same same. Want the book.

Received the book! Prefer discussions on rfm, as opposed to FB.

I would love to participate. I found the book at a library in Ogden. I emailed Tom but he is out of copies. (bummer) I'm about 1/2 way through it. I will be buying a copy as soon as I can get one cheap.

#2

I haven't yet received the book.

#1

I got the book today, and I'm excited about reading it! I don't do facebook so discussing it on here would be great.



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I was #3, just now e-mailed Tom Riskas in an effort to move up to #2.

Sounds like we're close. I think last time we had a discussion going it was decided to try here on RFM first. There is the FB group set up and ready to use *if* it's not working out here. I also have set up a complete discussion forum board empty and waiting for this book discussion if we want to take it there.

In a couple of days I'll throw some thoughts together for how we might want to proceed, that should hopefully be enough time for the straggling books to make it to their eager readers.

I'm sure we could do it again this summer if another printing makes it. Some of us are going to be slow enough with the book that we'll still be reading it through for the first time during the summer.

i got it on the weekend

thanks tom

have started to read it

Organizing deconstruction?

Is that on oxymoron?

I'm in door Number 3.

3) you don't have it, haven't ordered it, but really want to participate

I emailed Tom last week. No response yet.

...if he hadn't answered yet, Tom R said, he hadn't rec'd the email that anybody else had sent.

Subsequently, I've read that he has run out of copies. He very likely did not expect the amazing outpouring of interest from this lively and curious RfM crowd when he offered to ship out his books to us (very generously, I might add).

My cheque was also in the mail (no really, it was!) and so I'm hoping there was still a copy there for me. I don't want to have to wait for months to get dug into this sure-to-be interesting big book. And especially if others have a copy and are discussing it here.

They will have to appoint a copy typist to let us in on exactly what they're talking about. Posting a chapter a day, haha. Except that will infringe on copyright. And take up a lot of space. And is likely to give the typist bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome due to the huge volume of text that I'm assuming is there.

RfM Book Club - I've been here a long while and haven't seen this before. Tom has made an impact even before he started posting here. That takes talent. :)

My check is in the mail. Hopefully I still get a copy.

~Lou