1. garymorris:
A. Quite right, all this is subjective, which is why my opinion should count no more or less than anyone else's, correct? Still, the
ad populum fallacy is not too convincing.
B.
Quote:The Night Shade CAS volumes are as good as you'll get for Smith, and far better than they might have been (or for that matter have been in their innumerable previous books and magazine appearances). This is a matter of celebration for me, not scorn.
For me, celebration and scorn in this matter are not an "either-or" question. Also, it's not at all clear that the Night Shade volumes represent a textual improvement upon all previous editions of CAS, as your remark suggests.
C. There are always alternative ways to look at any matter. In any case, Hippocampus is not the best example for your argument, as much of their "reasonably priced" books are shoddy print-on-demand material. Whether one is willing to give up a few dinners to afford a deluxe, limited edition is, in any case, completely irrelevant to the question of whether such editions should exist, in the first place.
2. mikehunchback:
Quote:There are times when one cannot resist being one of "those": he who indulges in pointless, bitter message board machismo
Mike ought to know, I guess! Pot, meet kettle.
3. Martinus:
Quote:70 years ago you probably would have been one of the people [...] screaming bloody murder at having to pay $5 for The Outsider and Others. ;)
Yes, most likely, I would, since (
allowing for inflation), five dollars seventy years ago is the equivalent of $77.86, today. So, I guess I should be grateful in 2010 for forty or fifty dollar volumes? ;-)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 15 Sep 10 | 05:55PM by Absquatch.