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My review was clearly, very clearly, an opinion and not defamtory. I have finally been driven to the point of losing my temper with the little arsehole.
On and on and on and on run the semantic games. So let’s talk about MY country.
Here in the Uniited States of America, there is a growing backlash against pornography. I am of the opinion that the reason you cannot look inside the book on places like Barnes and Noble’s is because the content is so disgusting that it would offend the majority of American citizens.
Philbin’s novel is worse than the worst pornography I have ever edited and that is going some.
It presents itself as an important work of fiction indicting the corporate system, and yet it is written in the language and metaphor of pornography. In my opinion (yes, let’s make this clear that it is my opinion) the book is pornographic.
It is disgusting, ugly, and without artistic merit. There is no excuse in this country at this point in time to publish a book like this.
I did not defame the bloody author by stating my opinion and the review stands until I am forced to take it down by goodreads.
Mr Tweaker, if you are so pedantically stupid as to keep beating this dead horse, then it is on you head for your intransigent stupidity.
I made ever effort, except revising the bloody fucking review, to be conciliatory toward you. Now, I am all out of patience.
You sir, are a nitwit. You are a pedantic, ignorant, piss-proud idiot.
Considering the cover is of a naked female, even though the important parts are concealed by her legs, it is still a pornographic cover by the most recent standards of American Law.
I will always call Philbin on the indecency of his prose. His prose that is so clumsy and disgusting
DISGUSTING DISGUSTING DISGUSTING
that I am offended by it to the depths of my soul.
The metaphor acquires no virtue from its subject matter which has been done to death by better authors than Philbin will ever be.
Suck it up, Tweaker. You are a nitwit.
Philbin has shown up again at Shocklines. With Philcon approaching in November, Philbin is attempting to cozy up to people in an attempt to persuade them to nominate him for a Philip K. Dick Award. Previously in Dagstine’s forum, now vanished, at Horrorworld, Dagstine and Philbin were both going on and on about both the Hugo Awards and the Philip K. Dick Awards. Both awards are among the most prestigious in speculative fiction. Daggy wanted a fan Hugo and Philbin wanted a Philip K. Dick Award. At that time, Daggy mentioned that he intended to try and make it to Philcon.
How Philbin, notorious for writing noxious fiction filled with disgusting imagery, can believe that his work is as good as that of the previous winners and nominees is a study in infantile shit-fetishistic behavior patterns of the entitlement generation.
Insulting and offending the reader will not gain him an award in anything except poo smearing.
Writers are free to write what they wish. Editors are free to buy what they wish. AND READERS ARE FREE TO TELL BOTH THE WRITER AND THE EDITOR TO EAT SHIT AND DIE and refuse to give them awards they do not deserve. This especially holds true for fan voted awards.
Dagstine’ s birth name is Lorenzo D’agostino. He changed his name. You might say that he ‘Americanized’ it, except that he was one to begin with. Maybe he changed it. However, I would like to offer the possibility that his name is still Lorenzo and that Lawrence (as seen on his domain registration) is actually a DBA.
Lawrence was one of the first members of Silverthought. He spent most of his time involved in flamewars, belittling and generally stomping on vulnerable writers with more talent than he had.
Eventually most of those writers left Silverthought. Oh, Paul gave Dagstine periodic bannings, but they were never permanent and Dagstine was soon back doing his usual thing to destroy the people on the board who had better craftsmanship and more talent than he did.
Eventually, this resulted in the usual defections that occur when boards go toxic.
People left in droves.
It only takes a single germ… uhm infected individual to force a board into sepsis.
Paul’s well-intentioned devotion to the tenets of free speech worked against him and the others on his board. I think that Paul is beginning to see the light concerning Lorenzo.
As Lorenzo got uglier and he began to spread his infection to other sites, we became aware of him and he became aware of us. The tricks that he had perfected during his long years at Silverthought were applied elsewhere. Many of us have become victims of that.
The deeper I probe into Lorenzo’s early days at Silverthought and elsewhere, the more I begin to suspect that he is a borderline sociopath. He appears to take great joy in hurting people. Perhaps it gives him a feeling of power.
It was not enough that he drove people off the Silverthought forum. He often continued to persecute them through email and other venues. It is no wonder that the people I have been talking to about him do not wish to have their names made public. They are still hiding from him.
The investigation will continue.
