…Honestly, even if the man hadn't told him what the book was about, Adam probably would've gotten the gist just from glimpsing the cover. Incredibly, it looks exactly the way a trashy novel from his own world would look. Guess some things just don't change. Raising a brow – may I? – he picks up the book and leafs through a few pages at random, trailing over a sentence here or there.
Well. "Smutty literature." The guy certainly wasn't kidding.]
Funny. I know a guy like that, myself. [Poor Francis. As much as Adam thinks he and his scripts probably deserve it, getting five rejections from Picus TV is enough to elicit a wince from an even less sympathetic person than he is.] But I think your friend's efforts were more well-received.
Unless… [Halfway through skimming a particularly lurid passage, Adam shuts the book and places it back on the ledge where it belongs, front cover facing upwards. He taps it with a black, metal finger.] ...The five-star rating on the cover is just another part of his attempt at fiction?
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…Honestly, even if the man hadn't told him what the book was about, Adam probably would've gotten the gist just from glimpsing the cover. Incredibly, it looks exactly the way a trashy novel from his own world would look. Guess some things just don't change. Raising a brow – may I? – he picks up the book and leafs through a few pages at random, trailing over a sentence here or there.
Well. "Smutty literature." The guy certainly wasn't kidding.]
Funny. I know a guy like that, myself. [Poor Francis. As much as Adam thinks he and his scripts probably deserve it, getting five rejections from Picus TV is enough to elicit a wince from an even less sympathetic person than he is.] But I think your friend's efforts were more well-received.
Unless… [Halfway through skimming a particularly lurid passage, Adam shuts the book and places it back on the ledge where it belongs, front cover facing upwards. He taps it with a black, metal finger.] ...The five-star rating on the cover is just another part of his attempt at fiction?