| Subject: Re: FW: ANONYMOUS: Tales from Inside the Accidental Cyberwar |
| From: Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com> |
| Date: 9/8/11, 17:40 |
| To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
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From: Daniel Conaway <dconaway@writershouse.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:17 PM
Subject: FW: ANONYMOUS: Tales from Inside the Accidental Cyberwar
To: "greggatghc@gmail.com" <greggatghc@gmail.com>, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Guys,
See belowthis is Jon Krakauers editor, whose comment about Julian Assange is (actually) good news for us
Meanwhile, the proposal is now out with the following editors/publishersif they have it it means I spoke with them first
Pantheon/Knopf
Dan Frank
Doubleday
Gerry Howard
Random House
Will Murphy
Ballantine Bantam Dell
Mark Tavani
Spiegel/Grau
Chris Jackson
Crown
Charlie Conrad
Penguin Press
Ginny Smith
Gotham / Avery
Megan Newman
Blue Rider Press
Sarah Hochman
Riverhead
Geoff Kloske
Touchstone
Matthew Benjamin
The Free Press
Alessandra Bastigli
Simon and Schuster
Jofie Adler-Ferrara
Atria
Peter Borland
Ecco Press
Matt Weiland
Grand Central
Ben Greenberg
Twelve
Carey Goldstein
Little, Brown & Co.
John Parsley
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux
Sean McDonald
Metropolitan Books (Holt)
Sara Bershtel
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Eamon Dolan
Public Affairs
Clive Priddle
Norton
Tom Mayer
There are a few more editors itll go out to once they call back, but obviously this is pretty hefty list of editors I also have sent the proposal to a film co-agent in Los Angeles (Creative Artists Agency) to see if theyre interested in representing film rights. Will let you know when I hear back
Thats it for now. Try not to think about it [ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM!!!], and know that, the second there IS anything to hear, youll hear it.
From: Conrad, Charles [mailto:CConrad@randomhouse.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 2:56 PM
To: Daniel Conaway
Subject: RE: ANONYMOUS: Tales from Inside the Accidental Cyberwar
Dan,
Ill get right to this.
I just learned (you may already know this) that the plug was pulled on Julian As book. I think this happened while I was away this summer. Apparently Julian was saying the book would put him in legal jeopardy or something.
Anyway, Im really intrigued by this one. Thanks for sending.
Best, Charlie
From: Daniel Conaway [mailto:dconaway@WritersHouse.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 2:05 PM
To: Conrad, Charles
Subject: ANONYMOUS: Tales from Inside the Accidental Cyberwar
Importance: High
Dear Charlie,
Here, as discussed, is the proposal for an absolutely fascinating behind-the-curtain glimpse at the notoriousand apparently fearlesshacktivist collective known as Anonymous. The targets for Anonymouss particular brand of outlaw activismall part of their global campaign against injustices and abuses in the realm of freedom of speech and freedom of informationhave included (so far) foreign governments (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia), major corporations (Sony, Visa, MasterCard), sanctimonious religious organizations (the Church of Scientology, the Westboro Baptist Church) and powerful governmental agencies (FBI, CIA, NATO). Nobody, apparently, is off-limits.
As Kevin Mitnicks current New York Times bestseller Ghost in the Wires has demonstrated, there is a real fascination out there with the culture of hacking and the internet. Gregg Housh and Barrett Brown, the authors of ANONYMOUS: Tales from Inside the Accidental Cyberwarand the two most visible public figures known to be associated with Anonymous (both of whom have provided invaluable access & insight regarding the modus operandi of Anonymous to reporters hungry to make sense of it)take Mitnick one step further, showing how that culture can be harnessed as an engine for social change. Even when (as is often the case for Anons) the engine for social change rhetoric is really just a terrific excuse to indulge in some weaponized chaos
And therein lies the magnificent contradiction of this culture. Patriotic vigilantism? Animal House pranksterism? Both? Whatever the true alchemic mix is, its a wild and fascinating ride, laid bare here for the first time.
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Regards,
Barrett Brown
512-560-2302