04-03-2006, 10:15 AM
Hi Jim - thanks for the plaudits. I actually found 'Imperial Governor' in the library a few months back - it was one of those books I'd always meant to read but never got round to, and I was glad I took the time to read it.
Good work on your own story, by the way - I hadn't realised you were writing it yourself! As for your presentation of the topic, as you put it, it's certainly very thorough - Mr Shipway could not, I'm sure, have asked for a more diligent promoter! If this leads you more people reading his book then so much the better.
I don't actually contribute to any other on-line forums, so I'm not sure how things are done elsewhere, but it's seemed to me in the past that topics are raised on RAT on a fairly casual basis, most being suggestions for debate or requests for information rather than (in)formal symposia. I would not worry unduly, therefore, if the responses are slow or deviate from the original post in their focus - such is the nature of these things. Some threads smoulder on for months, others are taken up a long time later and burst back into life. Sometimes the strangest topics generate the most heated exchanges - although in general, throwing out contentious theories about lorica segmentata fastenings or the colour of the Roman subarmalis will inspire the most vigourous response :wink:
One of the oddest topics I recall came up a couple of years ago - somebody posted a rather scathing review of Conn Iggulden's first 'Emperor' book, various others then chipping in to lambaste the accuracy etc of same - at which point the author himself appeared (under his own name, no less!) to claim redress! Fair play to him - a certain amount of qualifying was done by one and all, and Mr Iggulden actually proved a lively contributer to the forum for a while; a shame he didn't 'carry over' to the new board, although I've seen piles of his new books around the place, so I daresay he's been a a bit busy...
Incidentally, Shipway has often been likened to Alfred Duggan. Has anybody read Duggan's books?
- Nathan
Good work on your own story, by the way - I hadn't realised you were writing it yourself! As for your presentation of the topic, as you put it, it's certainly very thorough - Mr Shipway could not, I'm sure, have asked for a more diligent promoter! If this leads you more people reading his book then so much the better.
I don't actually contribute to any other on-line forums, so I'm not sure how things are done elsewhere, but it's seemed to me in the past that topics are raised on RAT on a fairly casual basis, most being suggestions for debate or requests for information rather than (in)formal symposia. I would not worry unduly, therefore, if the responses are slow or deviate from the original post in their focus - such is the nature of these things. Some threads smoulder on for months, others are taken up a long time later and burst back into life. Sometimes the strangest topics generate the most heated exchanges - although in general, throwing out contentious theories about lorica segmentata fastenings or the colour of the Roman subarmalis will inspire the most vigourous response :wink:
One of the oddest topics I recall came up a couple of years ago - somebody posted a rather scathing review of Conn Iggulden's first 'Emperor' book, various others then chipping in to lambaste the accuracy etc of same - at which point the author himself appeared (under his own name, no less!) to claim redress! Fair play to him - a certain amount of qualifying was done by one and all, and Mr Iggulden actually proved a lively contributer to the forum for a while; a shame he didn't 'carry over' to the new board, although I've seen piles of his new books around the place, so I daresay he's been a a bit busy...
Incidentally, Shipway has often been likened to Alfred Duggan. Has anybody read Duggan's books?
- Nathan
Nathan Ross
