Little Billy’s Letters: An Incorrigible Inner Child’s Correspondence with the Famous, Infamous, and Just Plain Bewildered
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- ISBN13: 9780061807282
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
What do Tori Spelling, the Church of Scientology, and Donald Rumsfeld all have in common?: They — and many others — have answered letters from “Small Billy”, a grown man with a cache of stamps and far too much time on his hands. Amusing, touching, and delightfully odd, Billy’s letters take in a broad range of theme matter:
- Operation Drop-Out: Considering dropping out of elementary school, Billy writes to serial killers and celebrities seeking their wise counsel.
- Billy’s Law: Which Supreme Court Justice prefers the Huge Mac to the Whopper? Who is Janet Reno’s favorite crime fighter? What do Robert Shapiro and Congressman Gary Condit say is the best defense for being framed for murder? Billy finds out.
- The Building of the Class President: Billy runs for class president and collects “endorsements” from Nancy Reagan, Dick Cheney, George HW Bush, Gerald Ford, Bob Dole, Ken Starr, and Colin Powell.
- Choosing My Religion: Billy questions representatives from the Catholic, Presbyterian, Mormon, Raelian, Satanic, Scientologist, Hare Krishna and Unification Church (Moonies) what is “cool” or “simple” about their religion.
Presidents, Supreme Court Justices, Celebrities, Heads of Corporations, Serial Killers, Robot Makers, and the NesQuick Bunny have all answered to “Small Billy’s” scrawled questions.
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I am the leader of the recently unrestricted suspense novel IDENTITY ASSUMPTION and I have to comment on LITTLE BILLY’S LITTERS, it is a fantastic thought and a fantastic book. I for one, like it. Of course it shows that many adults are still kids at heart. But, thats ok and it should be, for real life is already serious enough as is, we need this type of variety in books and every additional area of our lives. I read the negative comment that said it: ” is a really unfortunate premise for a book?” To you, Sir, I say “to each his own,” but you need to loosen up, have fun, give it a break. The real vital issues that you really need to stand-up, speak-up and take a stand against you are silent on, but something like this that is ment for enjoyment, fun and laughs, you choose to attemp to shoot it down lacking giving others a chance to make their own decisions about its merit. An ancient B-ball coach of mine use to say, “if you don’t have anything excellent to say, don’t say anything at all,” this was excellent advice then and I reflect it still applies. Some of us, me included, needs to be reminded that having just a small consideration for others can be a excellent thing.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
Come on, people. Is it just me or does anyone else feel that this is a really unfortunate premise for a book?
While I am heartened that the legendary took the time to respond to a child’s queries in this busy and regularly impersonal world, I cannot help but marvel if, because of this book, they and others might be less likely to do so again, or at the very least,might be less spontaneous in the future.
Taking advantage of others’ generosity to make a buck and possibly sowing cynicism along the way is hardly honorable and can carry regrettable consequences.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
This book was fantastic I couldn’t stop laughing I reflect that you should read the book
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Really, really fun book. I’m amazed at how thoughtful some of the responses are. And rumor has it that people in prison have a lot of time to answer. Go figure. Be sure to notice some of the letterhead that the answers come on — bizarre.
Perfect book to keep in the bathroom (what! it’s right), or a guest bedroom after you’ve had a chance to read it.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
The letters are terrific and amusing, and each one is like a potato chip. You have to have another one. But I want to take up what must have taken place to really do a book like this. This is the kind of thought guys around the college dorms talk about doing. Then everyone joins in on thoughts of who to send the letters to, laughing it up about how amusing the responses will probobly be while finishing a six pack of beer. But it’s all forgetten about by the time they walk to their first class in the morning.
Not right with this ‘Small Billy…’ leader. Having done some projects myself, I’m sure he had to go it alone, write letters, wait for responses, and then months later, choose if he had the courage to send it around to publishers. I’m only guessing, as I don’t know the history of this book, but I imagine it was a hard sell to whatever publishing houses he sent it to.
So yes, I did laugh, yes it is a unigue thought. But I’m writing to you guys in the dorm rooms to take some of your thoughts to fruition as this leader did. I’ll end with the definition of ‘fruition’ (I had to look it up anyway.)
‘Fruition’: Realization of something desired or worked for; accomplishment: labor finally coming to fruition.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5