[lunchbox]

Lunchbox and the Aliens
by Bryan W. Fields

Scheduled for October 2006 release from Henry Holt and Co.

Lunchbox the basset hound is enlisted by a pair of misfit space aliens to build a machine that manufactures alien food from garbage

For info and updates, please visit my website:
http://www.bryanwfields.com

 

[MissMolly]

Ha! I'll be buying that book!

 

[Sandy and Bo]

I just LOOOVE creative people! Especially ones who are also fanatics of bassets!! I'll buy it for my granddaughter, who always checks out cyberhound when she visits. A basset slave in training.

Sandy

 

[Barbara Winters]

"Lunchbox" has got to be one of the best names I've ever heard for a basset. I can't wait to tell my basset owning veterinarian, who keeps a list of great dog/cat names, about this one.

Welcome to Cyberhound and Congrats on the book.

 

[roscoe/lori]

How cool is that! I had nothing to do at work today so I started a short story about how I acquired my babies. When I was younger I used to write short stories all the time but then went to college for a short while and an instructor there ruined any further thoughts of writing again. I can't wait to get your book. Latley, I have thought of starting a different kind of basset collection other than the actual dog .

 

[Guest]

Uh...Bryan? You describe Lunchbox as a "typical basset hound: FAT, FLOPPY, and NOT TOO BRIGHT?!?!?!
Whose bassets have you been hanging with?
NOT OURS!!!!!!!!
Harumph...

 

[Sadeyes]

Ummmm Beverley...Speak for yourself ......... That guy has obviously met my Toby :roll:

 

[Guest]

Sounds like a fun book...but Ruby is VERY bright.

 

[Milly and Lily]

I am looking forward to it. Congrats on the publishing!

 

[tinaherb]

I love the idea. A couple of my hounds would deffinetly LOVE such a machine!!

By the way,please tell me where or how, a non-American such as myself, can get hold of your book. I would really like to buy me a copy!!

 

[Marcia]

Barbara, I'm jealous! I wish I could find a vet who owns bassets......

 

[Guest]

My vet owns a basset too.

 

[Marcia]

Where are you finding all these Basset owning vets??

 

[lunchbox]

Reply to tinaherb in Norway:

At this point I'm not sure how you will be able to get hold of it--it will be released in the US and Canada in October. We haven't made any foreign rights deals yet, but that's a possibility. Most likely you will be able to get it through Amazon.com or Amazon.com.ca this fall.

[ January 18, 2006, 08:12 PM: Message edited by: Bryan W. fields ]

 

[lunchbox]

Originally posted by Beverly Anne Cawley:
Uh...Bryan?  You describe Lunchbox as a \"typical basset hound: FAT, FLOPPY, and NOT TOO BRIGHT?!?!?!
Whose bassets have you been hanging with?  
NOT OURS!!!!!!!!
Harumph...

I had two bassets when I was a kid. The first one, Herbie, was pretty smart, though a bit stubborn and independent (a basset trait for sure). Alice, our second one, had the IQ of celery, but she was beautiful and we loved her anyway.

Lunchbox is "nothing but bone between the ears" until the aliens get hold of him. They help bring out his inner genius...

 

[Agnes & Lucille's Mom]

That looks too adorable. I hope you sell zillions of copies. And for the record, my basset Lucille is sweet and beautiful and not too bright. Agnes is also sweet and beautiful in a less-obvious way but probably holds the basset equivalent of a Ph.D. from the SHK (school of hard knocks). In my various meetings with bassets, it seems about 50-50 on smarts. But they are all smarter than labs!!! (No offense to any lab wannabes on the board of course--my favorite nephew is a yellow lab.)

 

[Guest]

I collect children's books with bassets so I can't wait! I think bassets like the idea that some think they are not too bright..... all the easier to sneak extra treats! yvonne

 

[lunchbox]

Originally posted by Sabian's mom:
I collect children's books with bassets so I can't wait! I think bassets like the idea that some think they are not too bright..... all the easier to sneak extra treats! yvonne

One of my favorites is "The Dog Who Had Kittens." I've lost count of the number of times I've read that one to my kids. The drawings are priceless.

 

[Guest]

The IQ of celery. Do you have a patent on that or may I please borrow it I would never use it on my goofy basset but I know a whole bunch of 2 leggers I would use the term on. Congratulations, I'll be looking for your book.
Susan and Wilson

 

[tinaherb]

Thanks for the info Brian.

Please let us all know when the book comes for sale.

Oh, by the way...... I am owned by four Bassets. 3 are VERY smart. But I am sorry to say that Ludvig fits the Sellery-IQ. But he is a really lovable and bouncy Basset.