# Would you buy Sampiros book? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 19, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286 "2012-02-19T00:35:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/21 "2012-02-19T04:51:13Z")
Ah. So you’re saying **Sampiro** is ‘infectious’. Gottit. 🙂 Yes, I would buy his book. If he needs help editing or publishing, I may be able to help or at least able to point him in the direction of those who can help. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/22 "2012-02-19T05:01:49Z")
Oh, and text-only ebooks are quite easy to make. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/23 "2012-02-19T06:00:58Z")
Went to Meddlin’ Books (New & Slightly Used Books and Antiques), but there were NO books by Sampiro! Had to buy another David Sedaris book. It’ll do in the meantime… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/24 "2012-02-19T07:57:55Z")
Some of **Sampiro** ’s post are so long, I feel like I’ve already read the entire book. But sure, I’ll definitely get the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/25 "2012-02-19T10:29:50Z")
Absolutely hell yes! I’ve loved **Sampiro** ’s writing for years and he’s on the short list of posters whose threads I will always click on. When that book finally comes out, my Christmas shopping will be completely taken care of that year. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/26 "2012-02-19T11:01:11Z")
As a recovering former Keeper myself (who has thoroughly and vocally opted out of my presupposed designation as familial caretaker), I’d \*definitely \*buy the ebook. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/27 "2012-02-19T11:09:34Z")
Book? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/28 "2012-02-19T14:06:24Z")
Can I haz Book? ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/29 "2012-02-19T15:28:53Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Well, I’ll don some asbestos pajamas and admit I answered ‘no’. Especially since the poll is public anyway! 😃 I’ll join you. He’s a nice guy, but I find his posts to be in tl;dr territory… I can’t imagine how it would be improved by being fleshed out in print. If he got a good, ruthless editor who could get rid of parentheticals and tangents, then it could be good reading. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/30 "2012-02-19T15:46:30Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > I’ll join you. He’s a nice guy, but I find his posts to be in tl;dr territory… I can’t imagine how it would be improved by being fleshed out in print. If he got a good, ruthless editor who could get rid of parentheticals and tangents, then it could be good reading. Well it worked for David Foster Wallace, and look what happened to him. Er hang on. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/31 "2012-02-19T15:46:34Z")
I will absolutely buy his book and any future ones as well. If i live long enough. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/32 "2012-02-19T15:54:17Z")
I enjoy Sampiro’s posts, but voted no because there is as yet no book to buy. Also - I am a cheap bastard and would have to wait until it was in the half-price paperback bin in order for me to even consider buying it. I would happily borrow it from someone else, though!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/33 "2012-02-19T16:09:25Z")
Oh hell yes. And I’d watch the HBO mini-series, introduced weekly by the man himself. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/34 "2012-02-19T16:37:06Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Well it worked for David Foster Wallace, and look what happened to him. > > Er hang on. 😃 DFW is probably the main writer I think of when I think of bad, tangential writing. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/35 "2012-02-19T16:44:23Z")
What’s the book about? I haven’t seen a reference to it. I do enjoy Sampiro’s posts, so probably yes. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/36 "2012-02-19T16:49:39Z")
I rarely buy fiction but I would buy his book. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/37 "2012-02-19T19:00:03Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > I’ll join you. He’s a nice guy, but I find his posts to be in tl;dr territory… I can’t imagine how it would be improved by being fleshed out in print. If he got a good, ruthless editor who could get rid of parentheticals and tangents, then it could be good reading. No. The idiotic detail in the tangents is hilarious. If anything, they enhance the main thread. Besides, that is how people think. Or at least how I think. ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/38 "2012-02-19T19:14:51Z")
Of course I would buy the book. I would also forge his autograph after the lengthy (fake) dedication I’d inscribe in the front. How else am I supposed to brag about how well I know the author? ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/39 "2012-02-19T19:19:54Z")
I’d buy at least two: one for me, and one for my mom. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286/40 "2012-02-19T19:29:45Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > What’s the book about? Who cares if it’s a book on string theory? I’m there! Plus it would be nice for him to be better off than his sister. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-sampiros-book/613286.md?page=3)