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PREDICTABILITY PREDICTED
In Sweden, a book reviewer becomes book previewer:
A book reviewer on a Swedish newspaper has got himself into hot water for writing a review of a book that has not been written. To make matters worse, Kristian Lundberg claimed the book’s plot was “predictable” and said the characterisations were one-dimensional ...
Unfortunately for Lundberg, while the book had been advertised in publisher Piratförlaget’s autumn catalogue, [author Marie] Mattsson never actually got round to writing it.
Hit the link; the reviewer is refusing to back down. Fantastic.
Lay off. He just “erred in getting too far out in front of the news-cycle”.
Posted by Not My Problem on 2006 12 17 at 10:10 AM • permalinkI hope the sequel is better than the first, can’t wait for the reviews on that one.
Posted by surfmaster on 2006 12 17 at 10:13 AM • permalinkThe newspaper has made an “unreserved apology” to Mattsson. Lundberg’s apology was more qualified. He told Svensk Bokhandel magazine that he had “got worked up in advance about Britt-Marie Mattsson because I detest her so very greatly.
What’s so surprising about this statement? This pretty much describes the “fake but accurate” modus operandi for 90% of journalists, especially with respect to any article or news reports on George BusHalliburton. I’d include Mike Hudson in that 90%.
Posted by wronwright on 2006 12 17 at 10:25 AM • permalinkThe reviewer is refusing to back down, but this isn’t any ordinary kind of slip-up. It’s a cheeky challenge to accepted limitations.
Kristian Lundberg is able to use ordinary elements like hempweed, magnetism and the symmetry of crystals to fracture time and space. He can reach into the future, snatch a manuscript from its author at the forward limits of unfolding history and then return to the here-and-now, ready to tell the whole story before lunch.
#13
“Piratförlaget”
What sort of a name is that???
Pirate Publishing—somehow the name fits for a company that sells books that have yet to be written.
Posted by Bruce Rheinstein on 2006 12 17 at 12:21 PM • permalink#5: PACO! I want 50% of the profits! I gave you the idea in the first place.
Sigh. It’s sad that so many people don’t understand financial accounting. You see, MareeS, your idea may have - may have, mind you - contributed to revenues, but what with our high overhead, marketing expenses, the skyrocketing cost of e:mail, and so forth, I’m afraid that there were no profits from these specific ventures. It will all be in the notes to our annual report. Er, you do read Croatian, don’t you?
Paco, my croatian language skills are rudimentary at best. Fortunately my Croat next-door neighbour is fluent and very large, and extremely cosmopolitan. He can translate the %#&* work into seventeen languages while snapping major bones. Unfortunately, he’s illiterate in both written english and croatian. Can you please have the report translated into pidjin?
mareeS - why don’t you get someone to read the report before it is written? That seems to be the latest time saving trend.
Posted by surfmaster on 2006 12 17 at 08:02 PM • permalinkWasn’t there a course in pre-emptive literature taught at the Unseen University? Involved drinking lots of reannual wine and Klatchian Coffee, making you totally knurd and seeing into the future.
Posted by Rob Crawford on 2006 12 17 at 08:45 PM • permalinkWhat is it called when you have to take a review back? A deview?
Posted by Jim Treacher on 2006 12 17 at 09:05 PM • permalinkI am proud to announce my new novel, to be published by Paco Inc.‘s publishing arm PirateFloggit.
To save you all the trouble of reading it, and to spare Paco the expenses (correction: the rising expenses!) of emails, publication and distribution, we will just tell you how good it is, give a brief outline, and ask you for an advance payment against future developments. But rest assured, it’s going to be so good!#29: Plus, it will be offered in a deluxe edition, featuring genuine leather binding, raised spines, and gold lettering. For just a few dollars more, you will be able to point proudly at the gap in the shelf of books in your home, and describe to friends what this book would look like, if it really existed.
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Sounds like he was reviewing pixie & butch’s current road trip, predictable policies, check, one dimensional characters, check, is there a bridge in there somewhere?