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Saturday 2 March 2024
Granny Barkes Fell in Woolworths continues to make waves. Rattlesnake Press report a surge in interest after such positive reviews by A.N. Wilson and Arianna Huffington.
"Granny Barkes Fell in Woolworths continues to make waves."
- yes, as it sinks without trace, currently wallowed in the literary Mariana Trench that is number 2,961,970 on the Amazon Best Seller list - a position only just above the whaleshit level at the bottom of the sea.
"Rattlesnake Press..."
- there is no such publishing company -
"report a surge in interest after such positive reviews by A.N. Wilson and Arianna Huffington."
- no such reviews [whether by Andrew Norman Wilson or Aloysius Norbert Wilson or Arianne Huffington] have been published.
"Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths." is now being outsold by two million, nine hundred and sixty-one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-nine other books at position number 2,961,970.
What are you going to do with the 20,000 copies you claimed to have been shipped to you by the "Rattlesnake Press", Gene - build a garden shed with them? sell them to people with a table with one short leg? shred them and sell them as confetti? or donate them as kindling for the next Uxbridge Catenians November 5th bonfire party? They are good for fuck all else after all.
Number 2,961,970!!! Tee! hee! hee! chortle chortle.
Detterling you are a man obsessed. I thinks that you often wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat and cry out: "My God! Gene has published a book and I haven't."
Indeed I have not published A book. I have published THREE books, all commissioned by commercial publishers who paid me an advance, a further advance on publication day and royalties on sales. One of them, now out of print but available as an online resource, still pays me a dribble of royalties through licensed of some of its material through the Copyright Licensing Agency.
Whereas Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths is a KPD print to order vanity publication which no commercial publisher would touch, because it’s crap and, as crap, it has bombed. Hence the garbage about a print order of 20,000 by the non existent Rattlesnake Press, its selling like hot cakes in Uxbridge (when in fact it is selling like pork pies in a synagogue), and most hilariously of all reviewed by A N Wilson and Arianna Huffington!! (You forgot the bullshit about the Sydney Morning Herald by the way)
And all for a dismal flop currently headed towards the number 3, 000, 000 slot in the Amazon Best Sellers list. Face it, Gene, as a writer you are worth Jack shit.
No, Gene, you can't laugh it off. You know perfectly well that that it is true that I have published three books, as well as many feature articles in newspapers and journals, and had two Westminster Press newspaper columns, both of which ran for over two years.
And I note that you have, once again, weaselled on your commitment to free speech. Asked to review an item on Amazon this morning, I logged on to do so and found this message:
"We apologize but Amazon has noticed some unusual reviewing activity on this account. As a result, all reviews submitted by this account have been removed and this account will no longer be able to contribute reviews and other content on Amazon. If you would like to learn more, please see our community guidelines."
So you have obviously lodged some spurious complaint about the trenchant and entirely justified review of your book and caused this ban. So much for free speech.
Publisher : Independently published (20 Dec. 2023) Language : English Paperback : 114 pages ISBN-10 : 1671990722 ISBN-13 : 978-1671990722 Dimensions : 21.59 x 0.66 x 21.59 cm Best Sellers Rank: 3,004,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 11,651 in Genetic Engineering Fiction
THREE MILLIONTH IN THE BEST SELLER LIST.
Oh, and when are you going to post the publications and dates of the reviews by A N Wilson and Arianna Huffington so we can all look them up?
Or better yet, simply copy and paste the actual reviews - along with the attributions, of course, so we can sure you haven't made them up.
I noticed you have cooled off about your contact with A.N. Wilson. The reason of course is that A.N. Wilson and his secretary are perfectly capable of recognising nutcase correspondence when they receive it.
No: Mr Wilson has not heard of Gene Vincent, Johnny Bluenote or Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths.
Which is why you have ignored my request to post the reviews by A N Wilson or Arianna Huffington, for the simple reason that they don't exist. Nor can you publish anything purporting to be by either Wilson or Huffington, as you know that I will simply send the bogus reviews to them and watch the shit hit the fan.
I will go on asking until you tell the truth, so why not admit it? or prove me wrong by posting the reviews?
"We apologize but Amazon has noticed some unusual reviewing activity on this account. As a result, all reviews submitted by this account have been removed and this account will no longer be able to contribute reviews and other content on Amazon. If you would like to learn more, please see our community guidelines."
So much for free speech: you will be reminded of this underhanded sabotage of free speech every time you bleat about it, you two-faced, lying, hypocritical twat.
"Victory" - a defeat for free speech, common decency, honesty and straight-dealing, more like, you duplicitous bastard.
STOP PRESS: "Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths" is now at number 3,022,206 in the Amazon Best Seller List - a collapse in the wankings of 17, 448 in 7 hours - a rate of descent of 2,500 places PER HOUR!!
If this is SUCCESS and VICTORY, then what the fuck must defeat and failure look like?
Splendid!
All the same, don't go on ignoring my request to post the reviews by A N Wilson and Arianne Huffington and remember that you can't publish anything purporting to be by either Wilson or Huffington, as you know that I will simply send the bogus reviews to them and watch the shit hit the fan.
I will go on asking until you tell the truth, so why not admit it? or prove me wrong by posting the reviews? Come on Gene, either shit or get off the pot. After all, if the reviews are bad you could always go behind their backs to their editors and have them removed, like the two-faced, lying, hypocritical twat and duplicitous bastard that you are.
"There is no such person as ARIANNA HUFFINGTON-PUFFINGTON."
Arianna Huffington-Puffington is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, the founder of The Huffington Post, and the author of 15 books, including Thrive and The Sleep Revolution. In 2016, she launched Thrive Global, a leading behavior change tech company with the mission of changing the way we work and live by ending the collective delusion that burnout is the price we must pay for success.
She has been named to Time Magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people and the Forbes Most Powerful Women list. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union.
She serves on numerous boards, including Onex and The B Team.
Her last two books, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder and The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night At A Time, both became instant international bestsellers. Most recently, she wrote the foreword to Thrive Global’s first book Your Time to Thrive: End Burnout, Increase Well-being, and Unlock Your Full Potential with the New Science of Microsteps.
Arianna Huffington-Puffington has not reviewed "Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths" in the Huffington Post or anywhere else. If you want to, substantiate your claim that she has by posting the review below along with the date and media of publication and a link to it. Don't bother reposting the shite you claimed above that she had written about it, because she didn't.
A.N. Wilson has not reviewed "Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths" in The Spectator or anywhere else. If you want to, substantiate your claim that he has by posting the review below along with the date of publication. I don't need a link as I have a subscription to The Spectator. Don't bother reposting the shite you claimed above that he had written about it, because he didn't.
When you are going to admit that you have made these reviews and their authors up?
I am going to keep on asking until you tell the truth.
"Granny Barkes Fell in Woolworths continues to make waves."
ReplyDelete- yes, as it sinks without trace, currently wallowed in the literary Mariana Trench that is number 2,961,970 on the Amazon Best Seller list - a position only just above the whaleshit level at the bottom of the sea.
"Rattlesnake Press..."
- there is no such publishing company -
"report a surge in interest after such positive reviews by A.N. Wilson and Arianna Huffington."
- no such reviews [whether by Andrew Norman Wilson or Aloysius Norbert Wilson or Arianne Huffington] have been published.
"Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths." is now being outsold by two million, nine hundred and sixty-one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-nine other books at position number 2,961,970.
What are you going to do with the 20,000 copies you claimed to have been shipped to you by the "Rattlesnake Press", Gene - build a garden shed with them? sell them to people with a table with one short leg? shred them and sell them as confetti? or donate them as kindling for the next Uxbridge Catenians November 5th bonfire party? They are good for fuck all else after all.
Number 2,961,970!!! Tee! hee! hee! chortle chortle.
Detterling you are a man obsessed. I thinks that you often wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat and cry out: "My God! Gene has published a book and I haven't."
ReplyDeleteGENE
Indeed I have not published A book. I have published THREE books, all commissioned by commercial publishers who paid me an advance, a further advance on publication day and royalties on sales. One of them, now out of print but available as an online resource, still pays me a dribble of royalties through licensed of some of its material through the Copyright Licensing Agency.
ReplyDeleteWhereas Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths is a KPD print to order vanity publication which no commercial publisher would touch, because it’s crap and, as crap, it has bombed. Hence the garbage about a print order of 20,000 by the non existent Rattlesnake Press, its selling like hot cakes in Uxbridge (when in fact it is selling like pork pies in a synagogue), and most hilariously of all reviewed by A N Wilson and Arianna Huffington!! (You forgot the bullshit about the Sydney Morning Herald by the way)
And all for a dismal flop currently headed towards the number 3, 000, 000 slot in the Amazon Best Sellers list. Face it, Gene, as a writer you are worth Jack shit.
"I have published THREE books"
ReplyDeleteHa! Ha! Ha! It's the way you tell 'em Detters.
No, Gene, you can't laugh it off. You know perfectly well that that it is true that I have published three books, as well as many feature articles in newspapers and journals, and had two Westminster Press newspaper columns, both of which ran for over two years.
DeleteAnd I note that you have, once again, weaselled on your commitment to free speech. Asked to review an item on Amazon this morning, I logged on to do so and found this message:
"We apologize but Amazon has noticed some unusual reviewing activity on this account. As a result, all reviews submitted by this account have been removed and this account will no longer be able to contribute reviews and other content on Amazon. If you would like to learn more, please see our community guidelines."
So you have obviously lodged some spurious complaint about the trenchant and entirely justified review of your book and caused this ban. So much for free speech.
You two-faced, lying, hypocritical twat.
From Amazon UK Books at 1201 March 3rd 2924:
ReplyDeleteGRANNY BARKES FELL IN WOOLWORTHS
Publisher : Independently published (20 Dec. 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 114 pages
ISBN-10 : 1671990722
ISBN-13 : 978-1671990722
Dimensions : 21.59 x 0.66 x 21.59 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 3,004,758 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
11,651 in Genetic Engineering Fiction
THREE MILLIONTH IN THE BEST SELLER LIST.
Oh, and when are you going to post the publications and dates of the reviews by A N Wilson and Arianna Huffington so we can all look them up?
Or better yet, simply copy and paste the actual reviews - along with the attributions, of course, so we can sure you haven't made them up.
No, thought not.
Just Googled
ReplyDeleteA N Wilson Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths
and
Arianna Huffington Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths
No matches.
Game, set and no matches - Gene once again caught out in a blatant lie. Why do you bother, Gene, this is derangement?
I noticed you have cooled off about your contact with A.N. Wilson. The reason of course is that A.N. Wilson and his secretary are perfectly capable of recognising nutcase correspondence when they receive it.
ReplyDeleteGENE
No: Mr Wilson has not heard of Gene Vincent, Johnny Bluenote or Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths.
DeleteWhich is why you have ignored my request to post the reviews by A N Wilson or Arianna Huffington, for the simple reason that they don't exist. Nor can you publish anything purporting to be by either Wilson or Huffington, as you know that I will simply send the bogus reviews to them and watch the shit hit the fan.
I will go on asking until you tell the truth, so why not admit it? or prove me wrong by posting the reviews?
Come on Gene, either shit or get off the pot.
"We apologize but Amazon has noticed some unusual reviewing activity on this account. As a result, all reviews submitted by this account have been removed and this account will no longer be able to contribute reviews and other content on Amazon. If you would like to learn more, please see our community guidelines."
ReplyDeleteHURRAH! HURRAH!
All reviews removed by George!!!
Another victory for Gene!
GENE
So much for free speech: you will be reminded of this underhanded sabotage of free speech every time you bleat about it, you two-faced, lying, hypocritical twat.
Delete"Victory" - a defeat for free speech, common decency, honesty and straight-dealing, more like, you duplicitous bastard.
STOP PRESS: "Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths" is now at number 3,022,206 in the Amazon Best Seller List - a collapse in the wankings of 17, 448 in 7 hours - a rate of descent of 2,500 places PER HOUR!!
ReplyDeleteIf this is SUCCESS and VICTORY, then what the fuck must defeat and failure look like?
Splendid!
All the same, don't go on ignoring my request to post the reviews by A N Wilson and Arianne Huffington and remember that you can't publish anything purporting to be by either Wilson or Huffington, as you know that I will simply send the bogus reviews to them and watch the shit hit the fan.
I will go on asking until you tell the truth, so why not admit it? or prove me wrong by posting the reviews? Come on Gene, either shit or get off the pot. After all, if the reviews are bad you could always go behind their backs to their editors and have them removed, like the two-faced, lying, hypocritical twat and duplicitous bastard that you are.
"Prove me wrong by posting the reviews?"
ReplyDeleteFine Detterling. Herewith:
'Gene writes beautifully - something not always the case with authors of trail-blazing literary works.'
A.N.WILSON
'I was enthralled. A new star has shot into the literary firmament.
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON-PUFFINGTON.
GENE
"Now post the periodical, newspaper or social medium on which this was published, with a date and a link so that I can inspect it.
ReplyDeleteThere is no such person as ARIANNA HUFFINGTON-PUFFINGTON."
Check things yourself with A.N. Wilson at The Spectator and with Arianna Huffington-Puffington at the Huffington Post.
Gene
"There is no such person as ARIANNA HUFFINGTON-PUFFINGTON."
ReplyDeleteArianna Huffington-Puffington is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, the founder of The Huffington Post, and the author of 15 books, including Thrive and The Sleep Revolution. In 2016, she launched Thrive Global, a leading behavior change tech company with the mission of changing the way we work and live by ending the collective delusion that burnout is the price we must pay for success.
She has been named to Time Magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people and the Forbes Most Powerful Women list. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A. in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union.
She serves on numerous boards, including Onex and The B Team.
Her last two books, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder and The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night At A Time, both became instant international bestsellers. Most recently, she wrote the foreword to Thrive Global’s first book Your Time to Thrive: End Burnout, Increase Well-being, and Unlock Your Full Potential with the New Science of Microsteps.
Arianna Huffington-Puffington has not reviewed "Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths" in the Huffington Post or anywhere else. If you want to, substantiate your claim that she has by posting the review below along with the date and media of publication and a link to it. Don't bother reposting the shite you claimed above that she had written about it, because she didn't.
ReplyDeleteA.N. Wilson has not reviewed "Granny Barkes fell in Woolworths" in The Spectator or anywhere else. If you want to, substantiate your claim that he has by posting the review below along with the date of publication. I don't need a link as I have a subscription to The Spectator. Don't bother reposting the shite you claimed above that he had written about it, because he didn't.
When you are going to admit that you have made these reviews and their authors up?
I am going to keep on asking until you tell the truth.