Re: FW: Housh & Brown / ANONYMOUS
Subject: Re: FW: Housh & Brown / ANONYMOUS
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 9/12/11, 16:41
To: Daniel Conaway <dconaway@writershouse.com>

Also, George Rush (Judith Regan's partner) has asked me to meet him for a drink or lunch while I'm up there; my interest in doing so is that, for this other mostly completed book I've told you about, it would be nice to work with a firm that's already interested in me, could potentially put it out quickly, etc. Obviously I wouldn't be making any deals with them at this point but just wanted to see what he has to say about the sample chapter I sent him yesterday. Let me know if there's any particular way in which I should handle it, if you'd like to speak to him as well, etc.

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Daniel Conaway <dconaway@writershouse.com> wrote:

OK!  A resounding thumbs-up re the proposal itself from Public Affairs, and to meeting you guys next week.

 

Dan Conaway

Literary Agent

Writers House

(212) 696-3825

From: Priddle, Clive [mailto:clive.priddle@publicaffairsbooks.com]
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 4:04 PM
To: Daniel Conaway
Subject: RE: Housh & Brown / ANONYMOUS

 

Oh yes, and to talk to Brandon here about it (he’s read it too, as an informed young person who understands this world…).

 

As a Catholic-burning Brit, I enjoy the fact that Anonymous has elevated Nov 5th as the day of global bonfires…
C.

 

From: Daniel Conaway [mailto:dconaway@WritersHouse.com]
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 4:07 PM
To: Priddle, Clive
Subject: RE: Housh & Brown / ANONYMOUS

 

Have you had a chance to read the proposal itself?

 

Dan Conaway

Literary Agent

Writers House

(212) 696-3825

From: Priddle, Clive [mailto:clive.priddle@publicaffairsbooks.com]
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 3:56 PM
To: Daniel Conaway
Subject: RE: Housh & Brown / ANONYMOUS

 

I’d like to meet them for sure.


C.

 

From: Daniel Conaway [mailto:dconaway@WritersHouse.com]
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 2:13 PM
To: Priddle, Clive
Subject: Housh & Brown / ANONYMOUS

 

Hey, Clive—

 

Don’t know if you had a chance to look at that ANONYMOUS proposal I sent you last week, but there’s interest in meeting with Gregg Housh and Barrett Brown and talking about various directions the book might take.  Looks like they’ll be in town a week from now, Monday and Tuesday, Sept 19 / 20.  

 

Is it too early to know, or do you think you might be interested in sitting down with them?  (A phone chat’s always an option too, of course.)

 

Meanwhile, don’t know if you saw it, but in Vanity Fair’s annual media movers-and-shakers rankings (this month) the first listing in “The Anti-Establishment” category is, of course, Anonymous:

 

“The world’s pre-eminent hactivist affinity group has waged holy cyber-war on a laundry list of Establishment brands, including PayPal, MasterCard, and Visa—rallying to the defense of their mother ship, WikiLeaks.  And no matter how many neckbearded I.T. guys the feds round up, it seems the “Anons”—a border-less, leader-less, ever expanding army of techno-vigilantes, misanthropic pranksters, human-rights crusaders, and free-speech absolutists—are here to stay.  In mid-July, some Anons took on the ultimate Establishment target, vowing to “kill” almighty Facebook on November 5 (Guy Fawkes Day).  As their slogan warns, they are legion, they do not forgive, and they do not forget.  If you mess with the little guy, expect them.”

 

Let me know if there’s a chance you might want to meet next week, will you?  Thanks.

 

-Dan

 

Dan Conaway

Literary Agent

Writers House

(212) 696-3825

 




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Barrett Brown
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