Eric Mead: More Than a Review

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Eric Mead: More Than a Review

Postby Dustin Stinett » March 15th, 2012, 6:06 pm

Genii readers: Do NOT miss reading Eric Meads review of a book of jokes in the April issue. It is more than a review: it is an essay and lesson on performance art.

Bravo and thank you Mr. Mead!

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Re: Eric Mead: More Than a Review

Postby Matthew Field » March 16th, 2012, 6:05 am

Eric is a treasure for magic. I'm so glad he will be at the Genii Bash in July.

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Re: Eric Mead: More Than a Review

Postby mrgoat » March 16th, 2012, 6:20 am

Tangled Web is also a brilliant brilliant book.

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Re: Eric Mead: More Than a Review

Postby Ian Kendall » March 16th, 2012, 7:22 am

There's a Genii bash in July? Or are you just starting a queue _really_ early?

Cos if so, your Britishification is complete.

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Re: Eric Mead: More Than a Review

Postby Matthew Field » March 16th, 2012, 9:32 am

D'oh! I meant October for the Genii Bash, which I'm really looking forward to.

FISM in July.

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Re: Eric Mead: More Than a Review

Postby Ian Keable » July 21st, 2012, 1:08 pm

I recall many years ago Martin Gardner giving an excellent review of a book by John Fisher - principally because he had extracted much of it from Gardner's own book. In similar vein I must congratulate Eric Mead for his excellent review of Charles Dickens: Conjurer, Mesmerist and Showman by Trevor Dawson in the August edition of Genii. H

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Re: Eric Mead: More Than a Review

Postby John Lovick » July 21st, 2012, 2:25 pm

Ian, I don't think you finished your post -- the last part seems to have been cut off. It is unclear the point you are making because it sounds like you are either accusing Trevor Dawson of plagiarizing Eric Mead, or Eric Mead of plagiarizing you.

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Re: Eric Mead: More Than a Review

Postby Richard Kaufman » July 21st, 2012, 2:52 pm

I pointed Eric to Ian's article about Dawson's work, and the credit to Ian seems to have been lost in the shuffle, for which I apologize.
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Re: Eric Mead: More Than a Review

Postby Richard Kaufman » July 21st, 2012, 4:36 pm

Eric asked me to post this:

"To Ian Keable (and others looking in):
As a matter of personal policy I don't read other people's reviews before writing my own, as I've found it can color my opinion before I've formed one. In this case I wrote the first draft of my review, focusing on the mistake made by Mr. Dawson in attributing to Dickens articles not written by Dickens from the periodicals. Then, when I read Mr. Keable's scholarly and far more knowledgable dissection, I discovered many important details and a plethora of other errors by Dawson I was unaware of. I drew from Mr. Keable's excellent research in subsequent drafts to strengthen and clarify my observations. Anyone reading his and my review can see where I have pulled from his work, and his name and full credit for original research I used in my review absolutely belong in my column. I did not mean to take credit for his outstanding work either directly or by omission. In fact, I had credited Mr. Keable in a longer version of my review, but in trimming the column down to the required size for publication I obviously cut those credits. It was a mistake--an amateurish but not intentional oversight--and I apologize publicly and sincerely to Mr. Keable, Genii readers, and my editor.

Eric Mead"
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Re: Eric Mead: More Than a Review

Postby Ian Keable » July 22nd, 2012, 3:42 am

Please pass on my thanks for Eric's gracious and clearly sincere apology, which of course is fully accepted.


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