European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Books sign of the times in at bookstores Howard Stem tells All in private parts and 10,000 fans Stop fifth Avenue Iraq Fie waiting for the Jock to sign their copies at Barnes amp Noble in new York. Fabio the multimedia hunk visits a Long Island shopping mall to autograph his new Calendar and line of Romance novels a and hundreds of women Are on hand to swoon. A gleaming Diana Ross enters Barnes amp Noble to inscribe copies of her new secrets of a Sparrow As cameras Flash and fans holler a i love you Diana and a you look so  Bookstore signings Long a Staple of Book promo Tion have become More popular and widespread in recent years. Retailers Battle one another for Cus Tomars superstores seek to bring celebrity dazzle to the aisles so publishers Are sending More of their authors on the Road. And the gambit is successful if not overwhelming. The Large turnouts for Anne Rice and other prolific authors who have built up faithful followings typically have prompted store and writer to impose a two or three Book limit on the number of books per person that will be signed. Barnes amp Nobles a Auto. Graphing department a which had one full timer and an assistant More than a year ago now includes four people to coordinate the comings and goings of writers at the chains nearly 1,000 . Stores. Most signings Are orderly even at Mammoth size. An estimated 500 fans of Robert James Waller filed in and out of a Midtown Manhattan Barnes amp Noble the other Day to have him autograph his new Romance. Slow Waltz at Cedar Bend. Another few Hundred displayed proper British decorum at the same store As they waited patiently in a queue for former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher to put pen to her Memoir the Downing Street years. A then too there Are signings of concern. In addition to store Security and City police thatchers protectors included British and Federal agents she was greeted in new York City by protesters who denounced British policy in Northern ire a land. Last year desert storm hero Hnorman Schwarzkopf had to move a signing of his of does no to take a hero from a Crown books in Mclean va., to the stores parking lot after a bomb threat interrupted his visit. Many of those who had been waiting patiently grumbled As they lost their places on the rearranged line. A it was probably the eerie St thing in be Ever seen in publishing Quot said Bantam books. Publicity maven Stuart Applebaum. A was dusk settled in Here was the general out in a parking lot doing this Impromptu Twilight  magic Johnson magic Johnson my life and Arnold Schwarzenegger who wrote Arnold a fitness for kids series have likewise raised the excitement level. At a signing last year Schwarzenegger briefly unsettled the careful what if Security preparations by addressing the crowd from atop a chair a rising to a height where his protective shield was All but worthless. As one observer recalled a Arnold is a Man who likes to take  and which authors wont be warming to readers at the mall a Amy Fisher of Amy Fisher my Story. The Long Island Lolita probably wont be out of jail until her Memoir lands on the Buck a Book rack. Too late for booksellers to care. A monster Kody of monster 77ie autobiography of monster Kody. This charmer a Leader of los Angeles notorious crips gang has spent half his 29 years in jail where 60 minutes showcased him. A i have pushed people violently out of this existence monster writes. A i have shot numerous people and been shot seven times  not the Best credentials for a visit to the neighbourhood mall. A Michael Jordan of the rare Jordan. The enormously popular basketball Retiree visited Oprah est Sellers scoring with magic Johnson my life. Winfrey the today show Larry King and that a that. A signings. A a it a a Security Issue wherever he goes Quot said Lara Morris a publicist at Collins publishers. A at this Point a signing does no to Appeal to him. He a retired from Public  a Rush Limbaugh whose new Sec i told you so was said by pocket books to have sold 250,000 copies in its first three Days last week. With his radio and to shows serving As daily infomercials for his wares Limbaugh does no to need the meet and a acct in stores. Besides the super confident Limbaugh of the airwaves turns ill at ease off the air when fans come to Paw him up close. Paul Colford new Day reviews a dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett to Ltd Corte press Follett has probably helped More people through interminable air plane flights than dramamine and a Fine screw top cabernet. From International terrorists to Crafty nazis he a forever plundering history for a Good character. So it would seem to be a Good bet that Folletts new novel a dangerous Fortune would turn out to be a terrific Page Turner. It would also seem to be a Good bet that skulduggery suspense and each and every one of the seven deadly sins would take its turn on stage before the Story is Over. What you might not expect is that Follett would ignore nazis terrorists and billionaire populists in favor of victorian England and a family dynasty of merchant Bankers. In the end a dangerous Fortune handily surpasses most swivel rack novels. So sit Back relax ask the flight attendant for a Pillow and let Follett provide you with those same careening thrills you Hope your air Carrier wont. A Thomas Hines the los Angeles times killing for company the Story of a Man addicted to murder by Brian masters random House. The crimes were grotesque and eerily similar to the grisly deeds committed by Jeffrey Dahmer Between the years 1978 and 1983, a British civil servant named Dennis Nilsen lured 15 men to his apartment in North London and strangled them while they slept. He buried the corpses beneath the floorboards of his apartment later he hacked the bodies to bits and either burned them in the backyard or flushed them Down the toilet. He was arrested in february 1983, when the plumbing in his building backed up and workmen discovered that the pipes were clogged with human flesh. Masters the author of several studies of French literature began corresponding with Nilsen soon after his arrest and published this study. Michiko kakutan1, new York times new York times list hardback fiction 1 slow Watt h Cedar Bend by Robert Jam Iwahei last week t. Weeks on list 8 a. 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Scoll Peck weeks on Lisl 529 2 rare air by Michael Jordan weeks on list 8 3 the Way things ought to be by Rush Limbaugh weeks on hot 15 4 i know Why the Canad Bird sings by Maya Angelou weeks on Lisl 45 5 submarine by Tom Clancy weeks on Lisl 9 8 the cat who came Lor Christmas by Cleveland Amory weeks on Lisl 34 7 everything she Ever wanted by Anne Rule weeks on Lisl 5 i a year in Provence by Peier Mayie weeks on Lisl 115. G Young men and fire by Norman Maclean week on list 9 10 Opret by Nellie Gay weeks on Lisl 2. 1.1 the Teot Piglet by Benjamin Holl weeks on Lisl 4 12 uh-0h by Robert Fulghum weeks on i 19. 13 Genius by James Click weeks on list 4 14 Tou Guri Provence by Peter Mayle weeks or list 40 15 Truman by David Mccullough weeks on list 23 16 every la Flag thing by James her not weeks on Lisl 24 17 h Owesn t Taka hero by h Norman Schwarzkopf Wilh Pelcer pc re weeks on list 12 a. 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