# For fifty bucks someone will throw your book at J.K. Rowling

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 15, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824 "2011-08-15T20:38:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/41 "2011-08-18T21:28:32Z")

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Atlanta Nights is hilarious, and I’ve said this before, but **RealityChuck** wrote the best chapter.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/42 "2011-08-18T21:35:46Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> Atlanta Nights is hilarious, and I’ve said this before, but **RealityChuck** wrote the best chapter.

It could become another [“Eye Of Argon”](http://www.rdrop.com/~hutch/argon)!

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/43 "2011-08-18T21:50:17Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> It could become another [“Eye Of Argon”](http://www.rdrop.com/~hutch/argon)!

It already has: sf conventions have had **Atlanta Nights** readings instead of **Eye of Argon** readings.

**Eye of Argon** had more typoes, but **Atlanta Nights** is worse writing. At least **Eye of Argon** had a plot.

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