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I caught my first editorial miscue. Somebody -- either the titular [huh huh, he said "tit"] editors or a downstream copyeditor -- ruined my review of LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. Look it up, boys. At least nobody knows it was I who wrote it.
Just found one of mine edited as well:
The Number 23 - went from 'Dumb and Number.' to 'Carrey: Dumb and Number.'
Don't know that either of these changes ruin the review, but they certainly aren't improvements so it is kind of annoying.
I caught my first editorial miscue. Somebody -- either the titular [huh huh, he said "tit"] editors or a downstream copyeditor -- ruined my review of LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. Look it up, boys. At least nobody knows it was I who wrote it.
Just found one of mine edited as well:
The Number 23 - went from 'Dumb and Number.' to 'Carrey: Dumb and Number.'
Don't know that either of these changes ruin the review, but they certainly aren't improvements so it is kind of annoying.
I can explain this one at least. If I recall correctly, 3 word reviews were upped to 4 words so they were in keeping with the book's whole 4 word premise. The intention certainly isn't to try and butcher the reviews (and absolutely isn't some misguided attempt to somehow improve them) merely to minimise reader confusion. Sincere apologies to anyone's reviews that might be affected :(
I caught my first editorial miscue. Somebody -- either the titular [huh huh, he said "tit"] editors or a downstream copyeditor -- ruined my review of LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. Look it up, boys. At least nobody knows it was I who wrote it.
Just found one of mine edited as well:
The Number 23 - went from 'Dumb and Number.' to 'Carrey: Dumb and Number.'
Don't know that either of these changes ruin the review, but they certainly aren't improvements so it is kind of annoying.
I can explain this one at least. If I recall correctly, 3 word reviews were upped to 4 words so they were in keeping with the book's whole 4 word premise. The intention certainly isn't to try and butcher the reviews (and absolutely isn't some misguided attempt to somehow improve them) merely to minimise reader confusion. Sincere apologies to anyone's reviews that might be affected :(
There's some logic in that. Some readers might wonder why three-word film reviews are in a book entitled "Four Word Film Reviews".
I caught my first editorial miscue. Somebody -- either the titular [huh huh, he said "tit"] editors or a downstream copyeditor -- ruined my review of LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. Look it up, boys. At least nobody knows it was I who wrote it.
Just found one of mine edited as well:
The Number 23 - went from 'Dumb and Number.' to 'Carrey: Dumb and Number.'
Don't know that either of these changes ruin the review, but they certainly aren't improvements so it is kind of annoying.
I can explain this one at least. If I recall correctly, 3 word reviews were upped to 4 words so they were in keeping with the book's whole 4 word premise. The intention certainly isn't to try and butcher the reviews (and absolutely isn't some misguided attempt to somehow improve them) merely to minimise reader confusion. Sincere apologies to anyone's reviews that might be affected :(
There's some logic in that. Some readers might wonder why three-word film reviews are in a book entitled "Four Word Film Reviews".
I don't know. Four words or less seems like a pretty simple disclaimer to add to the beginning.
Maybe I'm just a little disappointed at the moment because my high art was retouched (or maybe I am this big an arse), but technically I did agree to have my reviews published, not my reviews plus 1 to 3 words as needed.
And there are LOADS of 1, 2 and 3 word reviews that got published in there, presumably, unaltered.
We are writing about the order you placed on July 20 2010 (Order# xxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx). The item(s) listed below will actually ship sooner than we originally expected:
Benj Clews, Michael Onesi "Four Word Film Reviews" Previous estimated arrival date: July 30 2010 - August 06 2010 New estimated arrival date: July 29 2010 - July 30 2010
10 copies by next week
Pretty sure I'll need another batch at christmas (stuff having them signed by benj and yukon - I'M GOING TO AUTOGRAPH THE LOT OF THEM!!! To mum and dad, happy christmas, signed "bife" )
Woohoo. I just spotted one of my reviews on the Amazon preview pages.
I shall be ordering my copy this weekend for delivery towards the end of August, along witha bunch of other stuff (for my birthday).
Does anybody know what this book has to say about us?
Funny. The UK site has almost nothing about the book. But the American site's product description talks almost only about us. What is really curious is this:
quote:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge.
So, this is a new "Publisher's Clearing House" or "Book of the Month Club" type of thing?