tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post114265564108574355..comments2024-02-15T23:33:28.794-09:00Comments on Counting Heads: Geek-fu (or enough about me)David Marusekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01323940829182539355noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post-1143719021498294802006-03-30T02:43:00.000-09:002006-03-30T02:43:00.000-09:00David--Yes, stay out of it. Very smart move. Cool ...David--<BR/><BR/>Yes, stay out of it. Very smart move. Cool reserve is never wrong.:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post-1143029025301572052006-03-22T03:03:00.000-09:002006-03-22T03:03:00.000-09:00I nice little verbal war is ... well, publicity. ...I nice little verbal war is ... well, publicity. Any kind of publicity will help sell your book. I saw some of the blather about the NYT reviewer not being qualified to judge sf, but never got into the discussion far enough to find the catalyst. Congratulations! And good luck with your book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post-1143003742404035322006-03-21T20:02:00.000-09:002006-03-21T20:02:00.000-09:00My gosh, do we have rules for blogs now? And self-...My gosh, do we have rules for blogs now? And self-appointed blog cops?David Marusekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323940829182539355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post-1142996688237705122006-03-21T18:04:00.000-09:002006-03-21T18:04:00.000-09:00My only quarrel is with the term "self-appointed p...My only quarrel is with the term "self-appointed pundit." Deploying "self-appointed" as a pejorative -- usually to dis someone whose judgment you disagree with -- is an old sci-fi mainstay. "Self-appointed experts" (or "critics") are regularly lambasted, and there is always a good dollop of anti-intellectualism present. A "self-appointed pundit" is just a blogger, and in replying to a blog with a blog of one's own, one does what one condemns.<BR/><BR/>To belittle someone's credentials for being "self-appointed" is, inescapably, to claim that credentials are bestowed by outside agencies, and that the value of one's judgments should be first measured by them. Does anybody really believe this? Let's give "self-appointed" a rest.Gregory Feeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16442521152886558720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post-1142985765704951002006-03-21T15:02:00.000-09:002006-03-21T15:02:00.000-09:00For what it's worth, David - I think by far the mo...For what it's worth, David - I think by far the most important thing about the NYTBR of Counting Heads is that your novel was indeed reviewed in this new science fiction section. Period. In other words: nothing is more important than the plain fact that the book was reviewed. The specifics of the review pale in comparison to this towering fact. Your first novel got a full-page review in the Sunday New York Times Book Review.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy it. Bask in it. You and your novel deserve it.<BR/><BR/>All best,<BR/>Paul<BR/>www.sff.net/people/paullevinsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com