Tom Nelson reports:
I hate the idea of spending $9.99 on a climate hoax book, but I plan to get my money’s worth.
Searching Mann’s book for “denier” yielded 125 hits; “Morano” had 27 hits; “McIntyre” had 166 hits; “Watts” had 16 hits.
Mann’s book currently has 15 reviews on Amazon, all five-star, many by his warmist friends. I hope some climate realists eventually review the book as well.
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While I realize that many people don’t want to buy this book, please don’t pull a Peter Gleick and do reviews apparently in absentia. (I can’t emphasize this enough – don’t post a review if you have not read it.)
For some balance, may I also recommend Don’t Sell Your Coat by Harold Ambler.
The book is out on Kindle and doing much better, for instance competing successfully with Michael Mann’s The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars. It is now number 3 just ahead of Mann’s new book.
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higley7 says:
February 8, 2012 at 11:24 am
It’s under science fiction, right?
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Its actually in the Crime section next to “How to commit a fraud and get away with it”.
Just heard from Amazon. My slating has been published. Surprise surprise.
This is Mann getting back some of his.
What a great thread. Has inspired me to buy this book.
Ross J. do you think all those pouring blind adoration on Mann have read the book to , given some make mention of its content that would seem not to be the case . But oddly that causing you no concern , funny how that works.
Dale,
Hate to rope you a bit. Its a bit rich you coming here and crying bad bad SKS. I did rerad your posts there.
You poor boy! What do you expect – a heroes welcome there on an AGW site.
You were allowed your opinion. This is not a sob story – sorry. This tells the other side – it is a great pity many will not even take the time to even listen in just little bit.
I think somewhere that equates to bigotry which is just plain opinionated.
4.0 out of 5 stars – Useful and Thoughtful, February 8, 2012
By Michael Tobis (Austin TX) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines (Kindle Edition)
“I have only read a quarter of the book and ordinarily would not review it under the circumstances. But well-followed “skeptic” Anthony Watts has called out his troops and urged them to vote the thing down sight unseen. Casual shoppers should be aware of this.”
What is it about warmists and libel?
Sorry, forgot the link: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2Q6UZNJ61VEAT/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B0072N4U6S&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode=
John Trigge says:
February 9, 2012 at 12:42 am
An early 5 star review by Rob Honeycutt states:
“In fact it was Mann himself who coined the term AMO (Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation)…”
According to Wiki (maybe not an infallible source)
JF. Please John do not mention Wiki for reference as every time I see the word “Wiki” I spit coffee or red wine all over my keyboard. I have already been through 4 in the last 12 months.
Talking about amazon. There is a thread there called “Global warming is nothing but a hoax and a scare tactic” There are 9000 posts, looks like it has mainly watermelons on site. I was occasionally participating. There is a guy there called TruthSeeker, he gives them stick all the time. I have seen him here as well. Good guy. Why don’t you drop in and have a few posts.
Meanwhile the Watermelons from the South sustained considerable damage due to heavy shelling from the Realists of the North.
Given that the MSM have been trying to shove AGW down our throats for years, I found that a bit rich.
I will be neither reading this book nor writing a review for it. Apart from his work, the only experience I have of Mann is a few TV interviews where he came across as a whining, wheedling little child.
DaveE.
The first 2 chapters can be read at Amazon. Apparently Mann is a zebra and skeptics are lions. The zebras protect their week by bunching together creating a mesh of indistinguishable stripes. Perhaps that’s the IPCC?
So much for “we’ve moved on.”
““This book is exactly like a turd.”
“REPLY: WUWT readers should vote that one down and click on the “report abuse” button. That’s uncalled for – Anthony”
Anthony, why be coy. You called for it. The response is so reflexive, so automatic, so impressively lemming-like in its consistency.
Also impressive how many commenters plowed through the the 300+ page book in an afternoon.
Good speed reading, but apparently low comprehension.
John from CA says:
February 8, 2012 at 5:37 pm
I agree, though I found the top rated review to be the most insightful comment so far.
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Its no longer the top rated review:
194 of 349 people found the following review helpful:
assumptions are not fact., February 8, 2012
By JrF “Jonny old boy”
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rossbrisbane says:
February 9, 2012 at 12:39 am
Hi Anthony,
It is obvious what has happened. I am well aware that anyone doing a review on Amazon should READ the book which YOU REQUESTED all do so. Unfortunately many of your posters have not heeded your request to do so at all. I have read and some of the reviews to be quite frank are disgusting. The simmering hate for him is palpable – please bring them into line and don’t encourage them to flame.
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Anthony’s disclaimers are already more than sufficient. Stop shooting the messenger.
dorlomin says:
February 9, 2012 at 2:48 am
What a great thread. Has inspired me to buy this book.
But, me, I’m a little dubious of the implication that, according to his own assertions and unbeknownst to the rest of the world, Mann has proven the existence of enough of his “identical Earths” so as to be able to finally make “mainstream” CO2 = CAGW Climate Science falsifiable; or that this book presents the so far completely absent evidence on this Earth of the existence of even one correct relevant empirical prediction deriving from the idea that CO2 is the driver of climate.
A real science and a real scientist certainly wouldn’t make anyone pay extra for such findings.
greenman3610 says:
““This book is exactly like a turd.”
“REPLY: WUWT readers should vote that one down and click on the “report abuse” button. That’s uncalled for – Anthony”
“Anthony, why be coy. You called for it.”
greenie, you are a mendacious fool. Anthony specifically did not ‘call for it.’ He strongly repudiated it.
As I’ve pointed out countless times, if it were not for psychological projection, the alarmist crowd would have little to say.
Smokey says:
February 9, 2012 at 9:24 am
As I’ve pointed out countless times, if it were not for psychological projection, the alarmist crowd would have little to say.
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Isn’t that the point Smokey? Mann didn’t take the “high road” to reinstall trust, he took the “low road” to perpetuate the foolish diatribe.
If he’s representative of the IPCC, the best course of action is to retire the entire mess and start over with a solid set of governance rules.
The entire mess makes me sick, this is the only issue that brings all world powers together and they BLEW IT!!!
Scientists, give us a break — they need a Nanny!!!!
The Amazon UK hardcover listing:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hockey-Stick-Climate-Wars-Dispatches/dp/023115254X
44% off with free shipping!
(I tried looking at the Kindle listing. It tells me “Kindle titles for your country are not available at Amazon.co.uk.” and won’t give me the UK price. Awwww…)
Only 2 reviews so far. If you’ve read it, feel free to submit a review on Amazon UK!
Wherethereishope says:
February 8, 2012 at 9:09 pm
When Tony Blair, UK ex PM, put his autobiography on sale. A lot of people were moving it from the Biography section in the shops and putting it under “crime” or “fantasy”. Where should this one go?
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Science Fiction of course.
jaymam says:
February 8, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Negative (i.e. 1 star) reviews by the following people have been deleted:
59 of 86 A. Blue
42 of 71 R. Hooper
35 of 62 Chris B
17 of 32 Peter
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I’ve had two reviews deleted. I think it simple requires a few “report abuse” button pushes from Mann’s best friends.
I don’t read children’s fables anymore.
It’s sales will look like an inverse Hockey Stick!
I have no problem with Amazon deleting reviews where the reviewer has not read the book. If this had happened to the negative reviews of Donna Laframboise’s book then by my count the negative reviews would have shrunk from 17 to 3 or 4, with the infamous Peter Gleick’s being one of those that was removed. On the other hand, Gleick and similar reviews have been very helpful in demonstrating the lack of integrity of these reviewers. It is a shame that some readers of this site felt compelled to write reviews without reading the book, despite Anthony’s urging not to.
I look forward to the reviews of the book by McIntyre, McKitrick, Mosher, Fuller and/or Montford.
From Bernie on February 9, 2012 at 1:36 pm:
I look forward to when a Kindle version can be passed among people like a dead tree version, so the group only has to buy one copy. Besides, unlike the print version, when everyone’s done reading the digital edition and all agree it’s not worth keeping, it doesn’t even have the residual utility value of material for the fireplace nor for the outhouse.
Although for the latter I myself might consider printing off a few pages from an electronic version that wandered into my possession. I think I’ve seen “TP” as a selectable paper size with the one program…