[bookshare-discuss] Re: Book released
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:04:42 -0400
Hi all,
Sue, interesting message, but not sure exactly what you mean here. Can
you clarify? Do you mean that the book told a true story that is so
horrendous you can't read it? Or that the story, although
fictionalized , is too close to you for comfort?
No, my friend, I'm not criticizing, I'm just asking for clarification.
You have, I believe, every right to release a book if you cannot read
it for any reason. That includes any kind of emotional or intellectual
trouble. Hey, I released a book about a month ago that I just couldn't
read. I found it insipid in the extreme and it was also strongly
biased toward proselytizing Christianity. I don't mind reading
apologetics, but not in a mystery story, thank you! C.S. Lewis, for
example, wrote Christian apologetics, but you were never, ever hit over
the head with a 2-by-4, (hmmm, not sure how to write that), while the
author chanted "have you been saved? Have you been saved?" No, no,
no, couldn't stand it, so I released it.
I'm just curious as to what would affect you in such a way. Write me
privately if you like. I just figured that I'd write this on the list
to let others know that I, for one, figure that a validator is entitled
to release a book for whatever reason. After all, we're volunteers,
and if we've lost "the will" to validate a given book, then releasing
it seems the best course.
Ann P.
Original message:
Hi All,
Sorry for the crooss post, but this is important. I am releasing
Appointment for Murder back to step 1 because it is so horrific.
<smile> It is a woonderful scan, so maybe one of you horror fans would
enjoy doing it. Carrie submitted it, so there won't be much wrong.
The reasoon it seems so horrific to me is that it is true.
Thanks, and sorry 'bout this,
Sue S.
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Ann K. Parsons
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