Exqueeze me? Book reviewing? Ethics? Discussion? What? I mean, what do you do with the other 59 minutes of the allotted hour? Was there punch or something?
See, there's not much to it. Let me break it down for you two-step style:
The TDAOC Comprehensive Guide to Ethical Book Reviewing
- Don't lie.
- Don't be an ass.
Am I right? I'm so right, right? I just guess I hope it wasn't one of those panels you had to pay to get into. Think of all the Dum-Dums you could have bought with that cash.
Or not? Am I radically oversimplifying the matter? The lines are open. Please: elucidate, illuminate.
4 comments:
I'm pickier, I suppose. I stopped reading a review of Fagles' translation of Aeneid in the LRB after the reviewer admitted he was thanked in the acknowledgements and then tried to modestly downplay his contribution.
But I didn't see the point of the discussion anyway. From what NBCC reported most of the participants just sat around talking about all the awesome essays they got when they had friends review friends. Which seemed irrelevant to me because what does that have to do with the question of ethics? Then I realised I was reading the NBCC blog and went to shower off some maggots.
See, I think I'd think that reviewing a book you'd contributed to qualifies as being an ass. But what do us grubby grub grubs know, no?
Now if you'll pardon me, I have to pen a review of your comment for youy to post on your blog. You know, the one you commissioned me to write. Itchy backs scratch best!
I completely agree. People just get sillier and sillier looking for ways to make everything sound complicated.
Glad you're with me on this!
I think I need to start a petition.
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