Hi Kev-
I don't disagree with you on anything you've said. I didn't say Tucker
should have been shot at birth or banned from science, just that he was in a
position to take his time and produce a true masterpiece in the second
edition. Instead he rushed to print. Since even a "best seller" in science
never rivals the NY Times Best Sellers list, and since he was not on his
death watch, he could have been a bit more careful.
As to my editing, that's a few years away because I don't have the time or
money just now to go for a doctorate in an entirely new (education-wise)
field. Maybe when I retire! Meantime, I'd love to collaborate with someone
else, even if only to proof-read.  Karen
-----Original Message-----
From: Kev Lamprell <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 3:08 AM
Subject: Re: Telling things apart.


>Hi Karen
>
>It will be interesting to read the first book you produce on molluscs, it
will
>be the first book on the subject written without errors.
>More recent than Tuckers great work,  Springsteen and Leobrera published a
book
>"Shells of the Phillipines", this publication coincided with a massive
revison
>by Beu on the Cymatium and several other revisions by Houart, Hughes, Lan,
>Ponder, Houbrick, Kilburn, Petit, Emerson, Cernohorsky, Shikama, Vokes,
Kosuge &
>Suzuki, Marshall, Kaicher, Rockel, Coomans, Moolenbeek and Wills and
Petuch.
>This involved a massive list of text alterations which must have broken the
>authors hearts, evolving within such a short period after the books
release.
>How can any author be expected to see into the future, if they did there
would
>be no publications, remember the person who does not make a mistake does
>nothing.
>There is very little reward in writing books on zoology and in particular
>malacology and is usually done to further the scientific knowledge of
people
>such as ourselves, and future publications used to increase that knowledge.
>However I am sure that if you are prepared to offer your services, to edit
such
>a publication, and providing you have the extensive knowledge required for
such
>an undertaking, you will be in great demand.
>
>Kev