WUWT readers may recall this article and photo from earlier this year:
IPCC now in Bizarroland: Pachauri releases “smutty” romance novel
Click for more photos from his book release.
Well at least one person bought his book Return to Almora, and has, ahem, given an interesting review of it. Here’s an excerpt:
Lucky for him, Sanjay never encounters any serious criticism in this book. No one accuses him of scientific fraud, no one seriously disagrees with his ‘research’, no one takes him to task over the fee structures of his Meditation Huts (or whatever he calls his 400 plus franchised enlightenment outlets). It seems likely that if controversy ever came Sanjay’s way he would respond badly. First he’d try lofty, above it all condescension; when that failed to stifle opponents he’d result to angry and unthinking vituperation. In neither case would he show much talent for detailed, evidence-based argument. At the end, he would vanish from the scene, looking and sounding hurt, and go off to seek inner peace among the forgiving silence of the Himalayan hills. There, where the Force is strong, he would heal. The gurus and saddhus would throw themselves at his feet; women would batter down his door; memories of his past incarnations would distract him from unpleasant events; from time to time he would consider ways to help the poor and spread the light.
Read the whole review here at The American Interest
h/t to WUWT reader Ken Smith
As the reviewer says:
“The intellectual vapidity and narcissistic self satisfaction of the book is unsurpassable. ”
“The lack of any intellectual rigor or evidence of rational thought in this book is remarkable…Criticism and rigorous thinking are just not in his repertoire.”
“Some reviewers have spoken of Sanjay as an idealized version of Pachauri: this is Rajendra Pachauri as he would like to be and Rajendra Pachauri’s Sanjay is his portrait of a hero.
This is a truly chilling thought — that the leadership of the global environmental movement might have accepted someone whose ideas and culture are this vapid and banal into its leadership…Greens should be deeply, deeply grateful that Pachauri’s novel has stayed off the shelves in the US. “
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,211,154
He could use some guidance on “brand development”
Pachauri better not quit his day job. Oh, wait a minute…. Never mind! ;->
When it hits the remainders I may buy it if cheap enough, there’s a hard winter coming and it looks to be a good choice for fire making…
The only question, is this a good story well told? From the reviews apparently not. I gather from the reviews that this fiction is little better then his other non-fiction fiction. Therefore, not worth my time.
Pachy is playing his part in this life as well as he can. He will get his just deserts as a reward in the hereafter and have a harder life next time as an untouchable. His saw that his task was to confuse and discourage the intelligent and prowd into inaction and wasteful greed; and to inspire the weak and fainthearted to get up off their backsides and join the fight to save the world from stupidity and profit and worthless novels. He has done all this and so much more. Those who should know better follow him blindly. Those who would have never lifted a finger to save themselves or anyone else seem to be lighting torches and getting ropes and mumbling something angrily under their breath as they take to the street and the web. Such is life. Even the wicked have their place.
I enjoyed the review, but probably wouldn’t enjoy the book. Now the MST3K-annotated edition, on the other hand…
That review was hysterical! One wonders what Dr. Patchy will be reincarnated as. One wonders what Dr. Patchy was reincarnated from!
My Gawd, isn’t there a (heavily) retouched photo of Pach somewhere? Doesn’t he have PR help?
Here I am, quietly reading and enjoying myself… I scroll down… and GAaaaaauhhg
According to the review:
“At one point, a mysterious holy man with a great deal of funding has graduate students wear special tin hats through which they are put into contact with the ‘divine’. This is all very scientific, the narrator reassures us; the subjects report on a scale of one to ten how close to the deity they feel and the resulting data is averaged and calculated using the best available statistical methods. ”
Heh!! Sounds like a class with Mann or Jones (except for the use of statistics!). In regards to its use of statistics, this novel is an “interesting” upgrade over AR4!
Almost forgot about old Pachy. Now what has he been up to recently at the IPCC?
John
I enjoyed the following comment on Walter Russell Mead’s review that I found on his blog,
“Yet again Walter Russell Mead performs a selfless humanitarian service: reading this clot of codswallop so we don’t have to.
Comment by vanderleun – August 22, 2010 @ur momisugly 7:05 pm”
The Friday Funny on a Monday morning! You’re going to spoil us.
@Richard Dupuis Werme 4:55
From their website; “The IAC has been asked to establish an ad hoc Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of experts from relevant fields to conduct the review and to present recommendations on possible revisions of IPCC practices and procedures. In addition, the IEG is asked to recommend measures and actions to strengthen the IPCC’s capacity to respond to future challenges and ENSURE THE ONGOING QUALITY of its reports.” (My emphasis.)
From the “if you are going to have an enquiry, make sure you write the terms of reference” school.
So no preconceived position then?
Reading one novel like this could happen to anybody; reading two of them begins to look careless.
The last sentence of the review about sums it up I think.
Douglas Dc says:
August 23, 2010 at 8:38 am
When it hits the remainders I may buy it if cheap enough, there’s a hard winter coming and it looks to be a good choice for fire making…
That would have been funnier if it hadn’t had been true…
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/807821-pensioners-burn-books-for-warmth
I think the book would make a movie. You know…..
Telly Savalas is………………….Kojak
Daniel Craig is……………………Bond
Patch Morals is………………….Sick
Email Gore to Patchy Morals:
Dear Patchy: I’ve purchased your book but want my money back as it doesn’t work….especially around Seattle.