Philip Pullman writes in the latest Children’s Digest email that his identity has been stolen on popular social networking site Facebook.
“I now learn that there is an entry on Facebook in my name. Someone has lifted some photos out of various publicly accessible sources, copied some of the material from my website, and added a lot of comments in his or her own clumsy and facetious words. I have asked the Facebook controllers to withdraw this entry at once, but if anyone (and I believe this liar has been corresponding with some bookshops) is under the delusion that they’re talking to me, please be disabused.
“I would personally like to go and strangle the wretch who has wasted my time and possibly other people’s like this, but I shall have to make do with sending out this warning.”
So for anybody who thought they had found Mr Pullman himself, you now know otherwise!
People can be such jerks!
This is sad and yet hilarious at the same time… Though it may have been taken down by now; I can’t find it in search, at any rate.
It wasn’t the first time and won’t be the last unfortunately..
I consider it pitiful that the person responsible for this couldn’t find something more constructive to do with their time.
Ummm Don’t people do that all the time?!? to various celebrities…??
Yeah, people do that all the time to various celebrities… especially on myspace… i didn’t know it was such a big deal… i mean was the facebook profile trying to to make some financial gain with it? Or was it just a fanmade profile? if it was the latter i believe it would be virtually harmless.
yea i agree..
it is practicly harmless..
and why was pullman searching himself up on facebook?
Pullman thinks the person has been contacting bookshops pretending to be him, and, perhaps, wrote things on the website that he did not like. Since we don’t have all the facts this is speculation based on what he is reported to have said on the above article.
Either of those things could lead to difficulties for Mr. Pullman, and I can understand his anger and frustration.
Who ever did this is a JERK, phillip Pullman should be concentrating on helping to get his next two books turned into films, HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS???
Really I have to disagree with you Gobbler. Philip Pullman should be concentrating on writing books, not making films. And I’m sure that’s what he’s doing.