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Clear Warning of the Perils of Vanity Publishing., March 31, 2009
This review is from: Org's Odyssey: A Tale of Post-Human Earth (Paperback)
The 'Furry' literary sub-group is, as one might expect not the most prominent upon which a chap might call for a spot of light reading.
Indeed, as with the community itself, the material of choice for such works does, in the main tend towards the fetishist, even the lurid as those who work within it strive to serve their fellows with apt prose.
However, though perhaps not for the general reader, this is not to say that the writers working in this environ are all poor in their craft, for there are a number of very talented scribes about.
However, Jeremy M. Gallen (under his pen-name of Duke Otterland) is certainly not one of them.
I have been required to read this work, it having been recently donated to our university library by a current student (though I cannot say for certain if this donation was made entirely without some sort of practical jest attached) and post this review not simply to rehash the very clear, and cutting work of previous reviewers. Rather, I use the quality of this work - or lack thereof - to plead for greater consideration from, so called Vanity Publishers who surely must accept some responsibility for the waste of pulp which this book (and others like it) represents.
I make no value judgements regarding the subject matter - for, in all it is a genre title, and subject to the social and sexual mores of the Furry Family.
However, the child-like and amateurish way in which the book has been thrown together as the worst sort of 'Mary-Sue' adventure leaves me in no doubt that of three general points:
1: That the author should not be wasting his time putting pen to paper, without some very serious editorial support.
2: That the publisher in question, in offering a vanity package which does not offer even basic editing is equally guilty of a crime against (Furry) literature in this case (though the same can be said of anyone who is willing to publish in this fashion).
3: Anyone who can even make it out of the first chapter with their sanity intact is a better man then I am.
To the general reader I say, think very carefully here - or simply turn around and walk away. There is nothing for you here.
To the discerning Furry I say, there are better authors out there. Do not allow this travesty of literary form scar you.
To the author and publishers I say, shame on you - and do so in full light of phrases such as 'freedom of expression' and 'free market'. All that being said, this is still an utter waste of raw materials, time and effort.
And to Amazon I offer my heartfelt sympathies for being required to stock this waste of inventory.
However, in the interest of closing on a positive point I can say this of "Org's Odyssey"; page for page it is cheaper than Andrex, and softer than Izal.
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Clear Warning of the Perils of Vanity Publishing.
The 'Furry' literary sub-group is, as one might expect not the most prominent upon which a chap might call for a spot of light reading.
Indeed, as with the community itself, the material of choice for such works does, in the main tend towards the fetishist, even the lurid as those who work within it strive to serve their fellows with apt prose.
However, though perhaps not for the general reader, this is not to say that the writers working in this environ are all poor in their craft, for there are a number of very talented scribes about.
However, Jeremy M. Gallen (under his pen-name of Duke Otterland) is certainly not one of them.
I have been required to read this work, it having been recently donated to our university library by a current student (though I cannot say for certain if this donation was made entirely without some sort of practical jest attached) and post this review not simply to rehash the very clear, and cutting work of previous reviewers. Rather, I use the quality of this work - or lack thereof - to plead for greater consideration from, so called Vanity Publishers who surely must accept some responsibility for the waste of pulp which this book (and others like it) represents.
I make no value judgements regarding the subject matter - for, in all it is a genre title, and subject to the social and sexual mores of the Furry Family.
However, the child-like and amateurish way in which the book has been thrown together as the worst sort of 'Mary-Sue' adventure leaves me in no doubt that of three general points:
1: That the author should not be wasting his time putting pen to paper, without some very serious editorial support.
2: That the publisher in question, in offering a vanity package which does not offer even basic editing is equally guilty of a crime against (Furry) literature in this case (though the same can be said of anyone who is willing to publish in this fashion).
3: Anyone who can even make it out of the first chapter with their sanity intact is a better man then I am.
To the general reader I say, think very carefully here - or simply turn around and walk away. There is nothing for you here.
To the discerning Furry I say, there are better authors out there. Do not allow this travesty of literary form scar you.
To the author and publishers I say, shame on you - and do so in full light of phrases such as 'freedom of expression' and 'free market'. All that being said, this is still an utter waste of raw materials, time and effort.
And to Amazon I offer my heartfelt sympathies for being required to stock this waste of inventory.
However, in the interest of closing on a positive point I can say this of "Org's Odyssey"; page for page it is cheaper than Andrex, and softer than Izal.
Dr. D. J. Ashmore
March 31, 2009
- Overall:
5

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