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Rossy ([info]rossywar) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2005-04-04 00:49:00
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Current mood:Flippant

I'm on the "politically correct, hate anything Christian" liberal side of the culture war
Neil Gaiman brings us some wank. And no, I don't mean Neil Gaiman is being wanky, but that he links to this review of a book called Leah's Way, which includes at the end an email conversation between the reviewer and a disgruntled representative of the publisher.

Enjoy. :)


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(Anonymous)
2005-04-04 01:13 am UTC (link)
I've been involved in fandom way too long, because my knee-jerk reaction to Sue Eccleston was, "Psh. Sockpuppet."

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[info]luckdragonfujur
2005-04-04 02:24 am UTC (link)
Likewise o.oU

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[info]enoh
2005-04-04 03:16 am UTC (link)
I assumed it was the author.

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(no subject) - [info]yadda, 2005-04-04 05:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]smo, 2005-04-04 06:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]squib, 2005-04-04 08:39 am UTC

[info]big_bad_wolf
2005-04-04 01:23 am UTC (link)
Waahahahahaha

"unprofessional".

So what's flamer a reviewer and being patronising to them, then, if not unprofessional?

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[info]big_bad_wolf
2005-04-04 01:24 am UTC (link)
Furthermore: OMG, Bunny icon!

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(no subject) - [info]rossywar, 2005-04-04 01:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2005-04-04 02:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]rossywar, 2005-04-04 03:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]big_bad_wolf, 2005-04-04 03:14 pm UTC

[info]xanos
2005-04-04 01:54 am UTC (link)
Wow @@; That's a pretty intense knee-jerk reaction to a bad book review - you'd think the reviewer had gone and shit on each and every one of "Sue"'s ancestor's graves or something.

And she even broke Godwin's law! In only three e-mails, no less.

Ah, Neil Gaiman. You find such amusing wank.

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(no subject) - [info]altoidsaddict, 2005-04-04 04:02 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-04-04 01:58 am UTC (link)
Sue's response even invokes Godwin's law (scroll down to the bottom).

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Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]ashenmote, 2005-04-04 04:27 am UTC
Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]princessdot, 2005-04-04 06:58 am UTC
Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]24601, 2005-04-04 07:49 pm UTC
Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]ashenmote, 2005-04-05 12:00 am UTC
Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]tangentialone, 2005-04-05 05:50 am UTC
Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]ashenmote, 2005-04-06 08:51 pm UTC
Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]tangentialone, 2005-04-07 03:53 am UTC
Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]ashenmote, 2005-04-07 06:06 am UTC
Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]tangentialone, 2005-04-07 06:27 am UTC
Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]ashenmote, 2005-04-09 07:19 pm UTC
Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]tangentialone, 2005-04-09 09:05 pm UTC
Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]kookaburra, 2005-04-04 06:43 am UTC
Re: Throw 'em to the lions, Neil! - [info]visp, 2005-04-04 06:55 am UTC

[info]luckdragonfujur
2005-04-04 02:26 am UTC (link)
Is it bad that I keep reading Sue as in Mary Sue?

Either way: such a fangirl xDDD

Much love to Mr. Gaiman! &hearts!

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[info]wankismyfandom
2005-04-04 02:28 am UTC (link)
That last response is so utterly Christian. I'll have to keep this link handy when people start telling me how wonderful Christian-run businesses are.

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(no subject) - [info]teratologist, 2005-04-04 04:52 am UTC

[info]arabel
2005-04-04 02:30 am UTC (link)
That's one of the most spectacular flights off a handle I've seen from someone in a professional (-snerk-) capacity. Simply stunning!

*applauds*

Honestly, she managed to pull every "wronged author" cliche in the book, including bringing the Godwin, and she's only the PR person. Imagine the author's response...

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[info]nevadafighter
2005-04-04 02:53 am UTC (link)
Go and Google "Sue Eccleston Windstream." More wank to be found there . . .

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[info]sepiamagpie
2005-04-04 03:51 am UTC (link)
I need a cigarette after that.

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[info]altoidsaddict
2005-04-04 03:57 am UTC (link)
Everyone who thinks Harriet Klausner is an unbiased, legitimate reviewer should compare her reviews with the blurbs from the book jackets sometime.

Someone brought up that Klausner is basically fed copy from publishing companies and didn't even read most of the books she reviewed when she got named a top bibliophile by the departed Books Magazine a while back. Klausner, to my knowledge, didn't take any pains to deny the allegation, but I might be wrong - and in any case, reading her reviews, they sound highly suspect.

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(no subject) - [info]squib, 2005-04-04 04:45 am UTC

[info]ashenmote
2005-04-04 04:18 am UTC (link)
Culture wars, eh?
*Adds 'Sue Eccleston' to list of interests*

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GIP (or is it GIC?)
[info]nekoneko
2005-04-04 04:21 am UTC (link)
She was really wanking away. I mean, look here. She went after someone who mentioned the wankery in their blog.

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Re: GIP (or is it GIC?) - [info]rossywar, 2005-04-04 01:42 pm UTC
Re: GIP (or is it GIC?) - [info]nekoneko, 2005-04-04 02:13 pm UTC
Re: GIP (or is it GIC?) - [info]rossywar, 2005-04-04 03:09 pm UTC

[info]erototoxin
2005-04-04 05:26 am UTC (link)
Sue, meet Anne. Anne, Sue.

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(no subject) - [info]annabelle_lee, 2005-04-04 12:56 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-04-04 05:56 am UTC (link)
I'm Christian and I had to read that book for review; it sucked, and I said as much. Ideology is no substitute for character development. Figures that it's self-published; I never bothered to research the company - getting through that thing once was punishment enough. Give me Flannery O'Connor any day of the week.

- Sonetka (LJ)

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(no subject) - [info]smo, 2005-04-04 06:10 am UTC
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[info]smo
2005-04-04 06:11 am UTC (link)
I love how the sockpuppet publisher assumes that liberal != Christian. Come here, dear, I'd like to introduce you to a fellow named William Sloane Coffin...

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(no subject) - [info]suzycat, 2005-04-05 08:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]smo, 2005-04-05 12:41 pm UTC

[info]chaimonkey
2005-04-04 06:38 am UTC (link)
I wish they'd remove my name from the title of that book.
Ugh.

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(no subject) - [info]hellespont, 2005-04-04 03:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]suzywongdress, 2005-04-04 04:05 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jaseroque, 2005-04-04 04:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]suzywongdress, 2005-04-04 04:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jaseroque, 2005-04-04 04:47 pm UTC
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[info]blue_linnet
2005-04-04 10:38 am UTC (link)

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(no subject) - [info]tangentialone, 2005-04-05 06:20 am UTC

[info]jaseroque
2005-04-04 12:36 pm UTC (link)
Heh, I got halfway through writing up a little (very little!) report for this for f_w before I thought of checking here. 'tis a thing of beauty, is it not?

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(no subject) - [info]rossywar, 2005-04-04 01:43 pm UTC

[info]adora_spintriae
2005-04-04 12:45 pm UTC (link)
HP sauce as a coin cleanser and so on

Please tell me I'm not the only one thinking very wrong things here? Yeah, okay, I read the wank, but I found this infinitely more amusing.

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[info]pipssister
2005-04-04 10:51 pm UTC (link)
Oh God, as a reviewer myself (for the Sequential Tart), I salute Steph. "Your opinion is wrong and you can't HANDLE THIS WORK!" nonsense really makes me roll my eyes.

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redwarrior
2005-04-05 12:28 am UTC (link)
Umm...sucky fiction is sucky fiction. Doesn't that bitch know that?

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