[the_old_crowd] Re: OMG!

[Rebecca Bowen]

>>David:
>>I recall in the initial clampdown books were banned (unless maybe
>> bought airside).  I don't rememebr the reason.

Rebecca:

Unless it's something that JFK or LaGuardia was doing as an airport policy 
(or perhaps the airline she was flying - they too could impose their own 
restrictions), bringing a book on a plane is anctivity with is not or was 
not banned via TSA or FAA regulations here in the US.

>Kathy W:
<snip>
>...No seriously, books are very, very dangerous.

>But what was the lady thinking? If the plane had gone down we'd have
>lost her "and" the manuscript!

Rebecca:

I'm sorry, call me a skeptic, non-conformer, what have you.  I can take it. 
The whole "airplane security and manuscript" thing is IMO, well, overly 
dramatic. I've noticed on other forums and messageboards folks freaking out 
about "what if..". "how dare they try to part her from her manuscript", 
yada, yada.. I couldn't help myself to create trouble with them by pointing 
out this sentence in the second paragraph of her news entry:

"(a large part of it is handwritten, and there was no copy of anything I had 
done while in the US)"

Ergo IMO, there's a copy of what was done (whether handwritten or not) prior 
to her coming to the US.  There just wouldn't have been a copy of the 2 or 3 
sentences (heh) that she did while she was in New York.

Considering all the charity events and other excursions she's taken, one 
might assume it will take another 2 years before she finishes; I also think 
that the whole "news" posting Wednesday is to assure everyone she's working 
on Book 7 since she's obviously had sooo much else to do.   As it is, the 
Daniel Handler's series (while not as popular) is going to end with "The 
End" October 13th - 7 years since "The Bad Beginning" was published. 
Chronicles of Narnia from the first book to the last were 
published/completed in 6 years.  By publish dates, it's been 9 years already 
since the PS/SS. I can tell you that for me, JKR is fast approaching the 
same feeling I have about Axl Rose and his Chinese Democracy album.....if it 
takes this long to produce.

Rebecca