02-22-2007, 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by 2000 touring sp
But the Author is not a Mr. Nobody. He is generally known a an Authoritative in the Italian Car history. And in my eyes he is to day the uppermost Authoritative Author in the Alfa Romeo history.
In my opinion, such a position gives obligations, and the reader the right to have the expectation that the content of the work, reflect the title and covers the diff. angle if not all the issues regarding the variety on the known design issue, AT THE TIME THE BOOK IS RELEASED .
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The quote above is exactly where I dissent with you. An authoritative book is not a complete compilation of documents no matter relevance, quality and contents of the explanations. That's the league of another well-known author, not quite an "authority".
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And I am sorry, but I don't follow you line quote: "For all these reasons I find it difficult to understand that you play this book down despite you usual Alfa culture."
And if you by Alfa culture mean, one I not allowed to express ones disappointment regarding the content of a book, where the author has omitted a car with a special design as the car in question.. Sorry so I must admit I DON'T HAVE ALFA CULTURE, if that is the "interpretation" of Alfa Culture. And then levee the question of culture to an other tread.
[...] BUT I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED TO KNOW THAT THE "CARLO" ONE,IS LITERALLY OMITTED.
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For me the Alfa, or more generally the automobile culture is what allows you to reckon, stress and praise what differenciates a good book (in this case a masterpiece, I dare to say) from an average or a poor one. And, IMHO, it's not down to the fact that a single car may be missing: ALL THE BOOKS do miss something. The quality stays in the coherence, the depth, the edition work, the accuracy. No one has the "obligation" of completeness, it cannot make sense.
With this, I don't intend to start a flame, and I agree to stay focused on Carlo's mistery car.
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