Final Consensus on SuperSystem2

[Al Mirpuri]

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By my count there are 101 words in the original prargraph. I eliminated 23 of them, changed 4, and changed tense once.


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You are writing a post on editing a rival's book and you cannot even ensure it contains no typos. Physician Heal Thyself!

[Hellmouth]

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I'm not talking about typos and grammatical errors, I'm talking mostly about bad presentation of the information. Recent books, like SSHE, are much better, but they still are molded in the very boring and dry layout and language.


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You can't have it both ways. To be clear sometimes things have to be dry. If you want an exciting book, go read fiction. If you cant be excited about a book that systematically tells you how to win other peoples money then why are you here???

Greg

[Rudbaeck]

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You can't have it both ways. To be clear sometimes things have to be dry.

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You can in fact write the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth without being boring. Anyone who has spent a few years at the university knows that there is a wide gap in how well presented the same information can be.

I've had textbooks covering topics I burn for that make me fall asleep in two pages, and textbooks about utterly boring fields that I have read several times more than required for good grades.

[KenProspero]

Unless something changes dramatically, this is the final update for those who care, but who can't vote because they haven't looked at the book.

Excellent 6 4%
Very Good 30 20%
Good 66 44%
Fair 38 25%
Poor 7 4%

[driller]

In the first SS, Brunson states in his intro to Caro's section that he (Caro) was the only one to write his own stuff.

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I think there's a blood clot somewhere in his brain that prevents him from seeing how ridiculous he sounds. Just open up a "For Advanced Players" book to page 9, then reread his replies, then do it again and see if it seems any less ridiculous.

Blar blar blar we're not professional writers blar blar blar you can buy lots of books with the money we make you blar blar blar now I'm going to criticize everyone else's writing and act like I'm not a hypocrite.

[Rudbaeck]

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Blar blar blar we're not professional writers blar blar blar you can buy lots of books with the money we make you blar blar blar now I'm going to criticize everyone else's writing and act like I'm not a hypocrite.

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I think Malmuth has seen the light sometime between the release of HEFAP and today, and now he is spreading the Gospel of good writing. You got to admit that the two latest 2+2 books are heads and shoulders above the earlier when it comes to style.

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Neither of which have Malmuth as the primary writer.

[Mason Malmuth]

Boris:

That's just the point. Since we're not professional writers, we use editors.

MM

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Rudbaeck:

The original version of HPFAP was released in 1988. The first professionally editied version was released in 1994 (if my memory is accurate).

Best wishes,
Mason