THE LAST BALCONY (www.nemonymous.com)

Message from a member to the Nemonymous discussion forum today (27/4/04):

des's "White album".
>The more I think about it the more I see this as a fitting statement of
>the Nemonymous principle. This principle is, as far as I can make out,
>is that the story matters more then the author's name etc. Well, surely
>then the story matters more than the cover art. I mean how many great
>pieces of writing are hidden behind those dire cover's found on those
>old 60s and 70s paperbacks. For example, my copy of the wonderful "Man
>at the Top" is sandwiched between two abysmal black and white clips from
>the film and "A Kind of Loving" has an equally awful shot from some TV
>version of that novel (does my love of these books make me an angry
>young(ish) man?). Yet both contain some fantastically satisfying
>writing. On the other hand, how much bland rubbish is currently sitting
>behind those enticingly garish covers that fill our local Smiths and
>Waterstones?
>I'm not saying that the white cover idea is abysmal by the way!
>The only problem is that, as I've mentioned before, anominity can become
>conspicuous. But, then, Nemonymous is conspicuous anyway. As it should
>be. Ah, so many convolutions and wheels within wheels.
>So, yes, I like the idea very much.

Message from a Nemonymous customer who referred to the receipt of Nemo~4 today [8/5/04) with these words: "It's as fresh and pristine as newly fallen snow."