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[crystal palace fireworks]

It isn't anything like the Jolly Roger's cookbook guys! It really is just a fun, light hearted book, and includes safety info. That bunch of text file dangerous garbage is nothing like this, nothing even close. Last time I checked, that was all about credit card fraud, hating school and mercury fulminate etc. Not even comparable. Homemade fireworks, even high quality consumer fireworks are illegal and that is never going to change, no matter how you look at it, this book will have no effect on that (well at least in Australia, the law gets tighter every day). I'm not pressuring anyone into buying it, I just really enjoy it, and I have a university degree, definitely not a "yob/halfwit" target audience. I guess I just haven't grown old and boring yet

The isbn isn't listed in many places because it only just came out.

I have just bought a few copies and put them on eBay Australia (the author is one of my best friends), though the shipping makes it very expensive to ship overseas as it weights about 1.1kg and shipping in Australia is terribly expensive.

Hi Aussie Pyro King,

Just a few questions if thats ok with you;-

1, Does the book have a introductory preface on the author? if so, can you tell me more about him, his qualifications and his contributors qualifications regarding the firework contents?

2, Is the book ISBN registered only in OZ? or can the book be accessed in libraries elsewhere around the globe? if so, where?

3, Would the author be willing to donate a free copy of the book to the UKPS for appraisal/comment?

Thanks

[Aussie Pyro King]

Not everyone has to like a book mate, typical case of judging a book by its cover though, I think you will actually like it if you pick it up, even if it is just looking at the nice pyro art pictures. I'm man enough to agree to disagree though, it is written in a fun, informative manner which doesn't encourage young and stupid people to engage in such activities, only to learn and be educated for the better.

[Aussie Pyro King]

Hi Aussie Pyro King,

Just a few questions if thats ok with you;-

1, Does the book have a introductory preface on the author? if so, can you tell me more about him, his qualifications and his contributors qualifications regarding the firework contents?

2, Is the book ISBN registered only in OZ? or can the book be accessed in libraries elsewhere around the globe? if so, where?

3, Would the author be willing to donate a free copy of the book to the UKPS for appraisal/comment?

Thanks

1. There is a small preface, no proffessional pyro qualifications of the author though other than a degree in organic chemistry and mechanical engineering.

2. No idea where the ISBN is registered, i'll ask. I assume it is Australia, but isn't an ISBN a worldwide thing?

3. No idea either, i'll ask!

[Mumbles]

On the back cover, it lists a quote, presumably from a review, from The Invention Times. Is that a real publication? I can find no mention of it anywhere on the internet. This is as close as it gets: http://poster.4teach...ew.php?id=32135 That's not to say it doesn't exist, I couldn't find a few newsletters from clubs I am a member of either.

If the author doesn't feel comfortable giving out promotional copies, perhaps he may be willing to publish a sample chapter or excerpt. The table of contents would be questionable to many involved in pure pyro. Some proof it is intelligently and well written could help to calm some of the uneasiness.

[crystal palace fireworks]

I have legally obtained the authors contact details, if any UKPS members wish to contact him to ask questions about his book, I can forward his contact details to you if you send me a personal message.

[Karl Mitchell-Shead]

You mean his email address? Which is located on the site linked to previously......

I contacted but no reply.

[crystal palace fireworks]

You mean his email address? Which is located on the site linked to previously......

I contacted but no reply.

No not his email address from the site, although I do have a publisher name (which we know) + email address + phone numbers + PO Box number address at his bonefida university which were freely obtained from the australian ISBN agency/co-ordinator.

Edited by crystal palace fireworks, 21 April 2011 - 04:42 PM.