tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post1013246979087561245..comments2024-03-28T23:48:27.173-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: Quentin Rowan - A Literary ThiefBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-30415902653874663072011-11-15T00:54:37.410-06:002011-11-15T00:54:37.410-06:00Larry: Thanks for the comment. Anyone misguided en...Larry: Thanks for the comment. Anyone misguided enough to think it was post-modern pastiche or wry commentary should read Rowan's emails to Jeremy Duns explaining it was no post-modern exercise and acknowledging his actions were outright theft of material from other authors. Any plagiarist thinking they can justify their actions by claiming post-mordern pastiche or wry commentary is going to experience a very expensive judgment in the courts.Bill Selneshttp://mysteriesandmore.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-71355620521732220942011-11-14T10:01:58.803-06:002011-11-14T10:01:58.803-06:00I concur completely, Bill. As a writer of contempo...I concur completely, Bill. As a writer of contemporary genre fiction (thrillers, under pen name Lior Samson), I have been objecting vociferously to those who would condone Rowan's calculated and cynical theft of the work of others by calling it a brilliant post-modern pastiche or a wry commentary on the state of genre fiction and publishing today. Stealing is stealing, whatever the excuses or explanations of the thief.<br /><br />--Larry Constantine (Lior Samson)Larry Constantine (Lior Samson)http://www.amazon.com/Lior-Samson/e/B004KDPO9A/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-65617255704856861192011-11-14T09:53:38.283-06:002011-11-14T09:53:38.283-06:00Dorte: Thanks for the comment. I encourage you to ...Dorte: Thanks for the comment. I encourage you to try to find The Spinster and the Prophet. It will show to you how Florence Deeks, a dedicated researcher, diligently put together her history of the world called "The Web" and how dismissively she was treated as a non-scholar against the eminent Wells. Most telling of his copying were the repetition of mistakes she made in her history. She was given little regard as she was a woman challenging the great Wells. It will make you grind your teeth in frustration.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-54320879026285348762011-11-14T09:43:17.100-06:002011-11-14T09:43:17.100-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. I think it is espe...Margot: Thanks for the comment. I think it is especially sad for the people he duped in the process of publishing the book.Bill Selneshttp://mysteriesandmore.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-74733867797874212892011-11-14T09:11:50.427-06:002011-11-14T09:11:50.427-06:00He definitely is a thief. What makes me wonder is ...He definitely is a thief. What makes me wonder is how on earth he believed he could get away with it these days. <br /><br />But when it comes to H.G. Wells I don´t know what the attitude and the limit was in his time. Back in the Renaissance Shakespeare stole lots of ideas and scenes like everybody else; he was just better at putting them together than most writers.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-1027828933984622372011-11-14T06:58:40.095-06:002011-11-14T06:58:40.095-06:00Bill - What a thoughtful and interesting discussio...Bill - What a thoughtful and interesting discussion of this sad case of plagiarism. I'm very glad the plagiarism was exposed and after reading what you've shared about this, I couldn't agree more about Rowan. And it's so sad to hear that Wells was a plagiarist, too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-54180450702319507182011-11-13T20:46:39.588-06:002011-11-13T20:46:39.588-06:00Anonymous: I can say no more than your comment is ...Anonymous: I can say no more than your comment is a long distance from the topic of the post.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-43877383223967343072011-11-13T20:45:25.411-06:002011-11-13T20:45:25.411-06:00John: Thanks for the comment. If not for your blog...John: Thanks for the comment. If not for your blog I would not have read about the scandal.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-21274749712384637662011-11-13T13:16:38.319-06:002011-11-13T13:16:38.319-06:00Then there's the exact opposite to plagiarism ...Then there's the exact opposite to plagiarism that happens sometime whereupon the UK's Ministry of Defence deleted 400 pages from my manuscript and then instructs that it be legally be called fiction. Welcome to the world of published books. - Nicholas Anderson, author of "NOC - Non-Official Cover: British Secret Operations"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-49319154910805740962011-11-13T11:57:41.713-06:002011-11-13T11:57:41.713-06:00H.G. Wells stole, too? I'm sick.
Thanks, Bil...H.G. Wells stole, too? I'm sick.<br /><br />Thanks, Bill, for your insights on plagiarism in the publishing industry and this astounding con. When Jeremy Duns found six entire pages (!) lifted from a John Gardner novel in <i>Assassin of Secrets</i> that sealed Rowan's fate in my book.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com