Here We Go Again, Again
I have a question for Jeff Gordinier. Is it weird to get paid to write a book someone else has already written?
Ted Rall
http://rall.comTed Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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What do you do Ted, Google the phrase "you're really a liberal" and then look for any new books that turn up?
You're not the only one with this concept, you know.
I reiterate, you sound bitter and it doesn't suit you.
I have the same question for Keith Richards.
I don't own the concept that Americans are more liberal than they think. Not even hardly.
But when you write a book a few years after another one came out and present some of its structure and basic arguments as if they were your own, well, a hat tip in the introduction would probably be appropriate.
I did that in "Attitude 1." I ripped off the format from several previous titles that I mentioned in intros and in interviews.
On the other hand, Alterman's book is worse than mine. So I should probably be grateful.