New Book By Simon Options

I just wanted everyone to know there is a new book coming out by our old friend Simon. Yes the same author of the Necronomicon.

The title of the new book which is Dead Names : The Dark History of the Necronomicon has been out for awhile and it is still not released as of yet BUT they have finally released a picture of the book and a quick overview.

Here is the picture of the new book:

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and here is the Book Description:


The most feared, fascinating, and dangerous book in the history of humankind . . . Necronomicon

An ancient Arabic text -- a powerful book of spells that could, in the wrong hands, create unimaginable and irreversible devastation -- the Necronomicon featured prominently in the stories of legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. For many generations, few believed it to be anything other than pure fiction.

But in 1972, a young man who, for his own protection, must be known simply as "Simon," stumbled upon an old, handwritten manuscript that ultimately proved to be an authentic edition of the unholy work.

Dead Names is the startling true account of the dark and violent history of this most fearsome of books: from its Middle Eastern origins to its reemergence centuries later; its role in pivotal events of the twentieth century, from the JFK assassination to the Son of Sam murders; and the terrible fates that befell those who helped bring the Necronomicon out of the shadows and into the light of day.

Dan Harms

this is just bullshit.

No, my argument is not just about estethics it is about both ethics and ethos. My claim that the pseudonym may be viewed as a literary device was a counterexample which disproved your implication that there could only be one justification for the use of the pseudonym - and that justification had to be known by and approved by you according to your set of moral standards.

(And btw to claim that it is "just" about aestethics is also quite silly. Imagine some of the greater court cases regarding cencorship vs art during the last century being thrown out of court because some person who was convinced about how right he was said that it would be absolutely unimportant to protect joyce (or burroughs) from cencorship because the oppositions argument were "just" about aesthetics.)

And NO, my best argument doesn't fall by the wayside because Simon never told you his identity. Of course he didn't, and I never claimed so. I claimed that you wrote to him under his identity and he answered, hence confirming your assumption regarding his identity.

This is something you clearly stated here:
http://danharms.wordpress.com/2006/06/14/d...-dead-dog-bias/

I fear of course that this will matter little now as you have started to misrepresent the critique from your opponents and answer it with set phrases like "I write non-fiction. My job is to tell people the truth, as best I'm able, in the best way possible, on issues where they want to know it." Yes, sure, and that little nifty phrase liberates you of moral responsibility. Nice one. Sounds just like thos journalists working in those papers we all so deeply respect. Congratulations.

Or am I just playing straight into your hand by getting pissed by this? Is it that you wish to provoke a reaction so that you can add the adjective "controversial" to your revelation of Simons pseudonym?

BTW If I were dealing with someone who had demonstrated the qualities you have demonstrated recently I would be EXTREMELY HESITANT to contact you in order to clear this up like you say Simon has ways to - it would not exactly be tempting to confide anything to someone who is preparing to blow my cover and who assumes the right to decide when it is proper to do so ... Jeez ... you have already considered two or three arguments that would be fine with YOU. Wow! Fine with you. Sounds a bit to much like a blackmailing pseudomuckrakers attempt at getting even more info to expose.

I also have a question. You claim that evedence proves according to you that Simon no longer has any reason for using a pseudonym. And yet you grant that there are ways he can clear it up. Sounds like a contradiction to me.

I am extremely skeptical. Especially considering your "reasoning" recently. Well, maybe you will succeed in footnoting yourself into history, but maybe the word shame will be burned as an association to your name.

All the best
Noxlux

This post has been edited by nox: Jul 12 2006, 06:39 PM