The excerpts on Amazon indicate the authors know *something* about CF. Terry
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:19 AM, OrionWorks <[email protected]> wrote: > Terry sez: > >> My! What a lovely couple! >> >> http://www.haggis-on-whey.com/ >> >> Terry >> >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:49 AM, OrionWorks <[email protected]> wrote: >>> For the children, our future. >>> >>> To be honest, I can't figure out if this publication is informative or >>> simply more ignorant disinformation. The Editorial Review would seems >>> to be shooting itself in the foot. >>> >>> Editorial Reviews: >>> >>> Product Description >>> >>> For many years the scientific and educational communities have >>> wondered and worried about the possibility that semi-sane >>> scholar-pretenders would find the means to publish a series of >>> reference books aimed at children but filled with ludicrous >>> misinformation. These books would be distributed through respectable >>> channels and would inevitably find their way into the hands and >>> households of well-meaning families, who would go to them for facts >>> but instead find bizarre untruths. The books would look normal enough >>> but would read as if written by people who should not have written >>> them. Sadly, that day is upon us. The fourth book in the HOW series, >>> Cold Fusion, is to be feared. Like its predecessors, Giraffes? >>> Giraffes! and Animals of the Ocean, Cold Fusion must also be kept far >>> from the young people in your life. This book reveals the secrets of >>> cold fusion, one of the most controversial scientific pursuits that >>> can be conducted in a bathtub. >>> >>> ... >>> >>> See: >>> >>> http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/catalog.detail/object_id/3165f87d-cfb7-40cd-b8c5-0e3918f2b68d/ColdFusion.cfm >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/6tcfhy >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Fusion-Doris-Haggis-Whey/dp/1934781215/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232458628&sr=1-1 >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/9v7j2k > > The authors seem well adept at publishing satire an all sorts of > subjects and for children of all ages. Methinks it's not to be taken > seriously. Who knows! Maybe their latest "target" and the added > exposure might do some good! > > I have an old high school buddy who deliberately lied to his children > all the time. He deliberately tried getting them to fall for > outlandish incidents he would concoct out of thin air. He prepared > them well. You can't fool them. > > It should probably be reviewed anyway. Might be a fun exercise. > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > >
