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Post by nomad on Feb 20, 2020 21:03:57 GMT
I had interesting email today from John Tennent regarding the author Mr Mark Payne, "whose declared intention is to write 1,000 books covering the butterflies of the world in the next 20 years." He sent me a review of his of Payne's Butterflies of the Azores and Peter Russell’s review of the Butterflies Capo Verde. The reviews did not recommend these works. If anybody was thinking of buying these books and would like to read these reviews first, just send me a message, and I will let you have a pdf. Other books by Mr Payne are in press. Peter.
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Post by bobw on Feb 20, 2020 23:31:50 GMT
A few of us have been discussing this man and his "works" for a while now. The reviews say it all.
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Post by trehopr1 on Feb 21, 2020 8:14:21 GMT
I cannot imagine anyone with such "lofty" intentions finding the feat even possible; not to mention credible...
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Post by nomad on Feb 21, 2020 11:22:43 GMT
Apparently he has no background in entomology at all!
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Post by bobw on Feb 21, 2020 12:25:56 GMT
I wouldn't want to repeat what most people are saying about him, at least not on a public forum...
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Post by jhyatt on Feb 21, 2020 14:43:41 GMT
Those two reviews were the most entertaining things I'd read in ages! They're quite well written.
jh
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Post by bobw on Feb 21, 2020 14:58:01 GMT
That's because they're written by people who know what they're talking about!
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 21, 2020 15:55:23 GMT
I would very much like to see copies of the reviews, just to confirm my suspicions from the comments above, perhaps Bob can e-mail them to me, thanks. Hopefully he will not create too much of a taxonomic mess that would need a huge waste of time to sort out. Apparently he has no background in entomology at all! If that's the case why on earth has he taken it upon himself to supposedly write 1000 books on butterflies in 20 years? That alone suggests that he is likely to be less than diligent in his research. Adam.
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Post by jshuey on Feb 21, 2020 16:14:46 GMT
A few of us have been discussing this man and his "works" for a while now. The reviews say it all. Come on man! Share some of those reviews! john
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Post by exoticimports on Feb 21, 2020 18:03:02 GMT
Mr Tennent’s reviews have always been informative and entertaining. God forbid he ever takes issue with any of my work!
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Post by nomad on Feb 21, 2020 19:16:22 GMT
I would very much like to see copies of the reviews, just to confirm my suspicions from the comments above, perhaps Bob can e-mail them to me, thanks. Hopefully he will not create too much of a taxonomic mess that would need a huge waste of time to sort out. Apparently he has no background in entomology at all! If that's the case why on earth has he taken it upon himself to supposedly write 1000 books on butterflies in 20 years? That alone suggests that he is likely to be less than diligent in his research. Adam. I have sent you them Adam.
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Post by nomad on Feb 21, 2020 19:17:36 GMT
A few of us have been discussing this man and his "works" for a while now. The reviews say it all. Come on man! Share some of those reviews! john Message me your email, and I will send them. John Tennent said share them widely.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 21, 2020 20:18:28 GMT
I have sent you them Adam. Thank you very much. Oh dear! What a disaster, and worryingly more such "books" (I hesitate to call them works) will probably be published soon. I just posted a link to this thread on Insectnet. The more of us that see this information the better. Adam.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 21, 2020 20:29:11 GMT
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Post by Adam Cotton on Feb 21, 2020 21:27:05 GMT
He seems to have discounted them from the 85 pounds per book quoted in the 2 reviews.
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