On 28 January 2012 20:12, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I approached your site, making some challenging questions, all I see > hear on the whole is people jealously defending Feists work...
What did you expect from a Feistfans list? > Which is a usually a sign of a poor argument!!! Not necessarily. Ray has been writing for 20+ years. We enjoy his work. So yes, when someone comes along who has not even finished Magician and starts criticising and making assumptions about the fate of one character which are completely wrong because they haven't read the whole book, then yes, we will point this out to them. Also, advertising your own work in the same e-mail where you attack the author and his work, well, that takes some Chutzpah laddie. > No one, and do not get me wrong, has challenged my points rationally - > you've just stuck Feist on this proverbial pedestal, and worshipped him from > afar, and to me - as none of you seem to have addressed my points, it seems > absolutely unjustifiable - particularly in light of many of your responses! I provided rational points. Nice of you to ignore them. > As I said I wanted to enjoy Feists works, I did not wish to find these > flaws. Can I suggest if many of you are so aggrieved with what I saying, you > address my points sensibly? I did address them sensibly. > Or take up these flaws with Feitst himself, but as I said, the first signs > that someone unfortunately is not sure of their argument, and the ground > they stand on, is to resort to personal put-downs! Well, Ray is on this list. Whether he chooses to answer you or not that's his choice. > I came to the sight to pose challenging questions, I am not about to > apologise for not being sycophantic and worshiping the wholly pedestal that > is Feists work, without due criticism where I see genuine flaws. But you have to realise, what kind of reception did you expect to get on a Feistfans list. Seriously. Are you that naive? > I am going to go through the rest of these emails, briefly, and see if > anyone actually makes any rational sensible points instead of blindly > defending Raymond's Feists work, without rhyme or reason, then I'd be > pleased to know. See my comments. > But, again I have to say vehemently and viciously defending Feists work, not > being open to criticism, it hardly endears me - at all... if being a fan > means, you have to be closed minded, and aggressively defend your stance. I'm not closed minded. Do the spelling mistakes and typos annoy me? Yes? What can we do about them? Alert Ray to them when the book is first published and hope thay are fixed in subsequent publishing. Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't. > Personally, in my own work, I am always open to criticism and improvement, > but perhaps I regard my own work as stronger? Plenty of people on the list have criticised your work. You haven't answered their criticism. how do you expect Ray to answer yours? > Nevertheless, I expected and hoped for reasoned balanced argument, I see > unfortunately little of that! To the contrary, it re-affirmed my > convictions, that people are readers are perhaps not discerning enough as to > the flaws, and do not care. Oh we see the flaws, but we are also intelligent enough to see past them. BTW, did you also know Ray suffers from dyslexia? Maybe taking that into accoutn might affect your views a little. But, of course, if you'd done a little research you would know that. > As I said, I approached this forum with a balanced and open mind, it is a > shame that this was not similarly reciprocated. It's the way you went about it, not just here, but all over the internet. > How do I submit to the forum itself please, instead of these > emails? Also, if people have got nothing worthwhile to say, and as I said if > they are just going to resort to petty personal put-downs, because perhaps > you cannot accept the fact Feist is not infallable, then please do not > bother! This is a mailing list, not a forum. Google is your friend if you want to know the difference. > Reasoned sensible argument, I am prepared to listen to? See my comments. Anestis. -- Anestis Kozakis | [email protected] | http://www.akozakis.id.au/
