Thursday, June 23, 2011

An "extraordinary" achievement

First, I think Thom Stark deserves recognition for his achievement. A three hundred page review of a two hundred page book is an extraordinary thing. I always thought there was an unwritten rule that book reviews should not exceed the length of the books they are reviewing, but Stark has boldly challenged that rule.

http://randalrauser.com/2011/06/reflections-on-the-thom-stark-paul-copan-debate/

How’s that an extraordinary achievement? Nowadays, books are written on computer. It wouldn’t be very hard for Stark to copy/paste a lot of stuff from his book on The Human Faces of God to his review of Copan, with minor editing. Does Rauser imagine Stark did this all from scratch? 
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5 comments:

  1. Maul P.6/23/2011 7:20 PM

    Maybe it's a case of: the lady doth protest too much, me thinks?

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  2. Victor Reppert6/23/2011 7:54 PM

    Actually, Richard Carrier broke that barrier in his reply to my book.

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  3. Victor Reppert6/23/2011 7:55 PM

    So it was not unprecedented.

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  4. steve6/23/2011 8:19 PM

    What Carrier lacks in quality he makes up for in quantity.

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  5. Coram Deo6/24/2011 11:14 AM

    There's nothing particularly extraordinary about filling 300 pages with puffery and promotion of one's own personal opinions except, perhaps, the considerable restraint demonstrated by stopping at 300 pages.

    In Him,
    CD

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