[DeTomaso] [SCPOCA] anyone purchase this book yet

Himes, Terry (397C) terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov
Thu Dec 17 16:54:27 EST 2015


Mike,

Of course there is interest.  C'mon dish out the  dirt.  We wanna hear it!

Terry



"Sometimes I think the surest signs that intelligent life
  exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried
  to contact us!"

Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
InSight Sequence Team Lead
Rosetta/MEX Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell:     (818) 653-8213
Fax:     (818) 393-3147
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov>
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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at poca.com<mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com>> on behalf of Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>>
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Date: Thursday, December 17, 2015 1:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] [SCPOCA] anyone purchase this book yet

Brian,

Short answer--yes. It's by far the best book ever written and arguably the only book ever written on the man. Photography and production are simply extraordinary.

However, that recommendation comes with a huge caveat. The story told becomes badly distorted and the narrative diverges widely from the truth the further into the book you get. It is woefully incomplete as there are several whole chapters that were completely left out at the end.

I worked closely with the author to produce this book, spending untold hours on the project with him. We were both deeply disappointed with the final result, me more so than him, as ultimately he found he had zero power to influence the direction the book was taking--in fact at the end he found himself fired from the project by the Italian publisher!  The American publisher signed on as a junior partner and got taken for a wild ride as a result.

With all that said, it is still far and away the best book ever produced relating to De Tomaso and is very much worth owning. Just have some grains of salt ready as you draw nearer towards the end....

I learned a hell of a lot about the (rather seedy) publishing industry during all of this. I'll happily tell the whole story here if there is interest?

Mike

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On Dec 17, 2015, at 12:17, "brian hill brian at pantera.parts<mailto:brian at pantera.parts> [SCPOCA]" <SCPOCA at yahoogroups.com<mailto:SCPOCA at yahoogroups.com>> wrote:

Just curious if anyone has purchased this book yet.  And if it is worth the money.  https://www.daltonwatson.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DETOMASO
Brian

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   Mike,
   Of course there is interest.  C'mon dish out the  dirt.  We wanna hear
   it!
   Terry

   "Sometimes I think the surest signs that intelligent life

     exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried

     to contact us!"

   Terry W. Himes

   JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   InSight Sequence Team Lead

   Rosetta/MEX Sequence Team Lead

   Phone: (818) 393-6261

   Cell:     (818) 653-8213

   Fax:     (818) 393-3147

   [1]thimes at jpl.nasa.gov

   From: DeTomaso <[2]detomaso-bounces at poca.com> on behalf of Mike Drew
   via DeTomaso <[3]detomaso at poca.com>
   Reply-To: Mike Drew <[4]MikeLDrew at aol.com>
   Date: Thursday, December 17, 2015 1:12 PM
   To: "[5]SCPOCA at yahoogroups.com" <[6]SCPOCA at yahoogroups.com>
   Cc: "[7]detomaso at poca.com" <[8]detomaso at poca.com>
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] [SCPOCA] anyone purchase this book yet

   Brian,
   Short answer--yes. It's by far the best book ever written and arguably
   the only book ever written on the man. Photography and production are
   simply extraordinary.
   However, that recommendation comes with a huge caveat. The story told
   becomes badly distorted and the narrative diverges widely from the
   truth the further into the book you get. It is woefully incomplete as
   there are several whole chapters that were completely left out at the
   end.
   I worked closely with the author to produce this book, spending untold
   hours on the project with him. We were both deeply disappointed with
   the final result, me more so than him, as ultimately he found he had
   zero power to influence the direction the book was taking--in fact at
   the end he found himself fired from the project by the Italian
   publisher!  The American publisher signed on as a junior partner and
   got taken for a wild ride as a result.
   With all that said, it is still far and away the best book ever
   produced relating to De Tomaso and is very much worth owning. Just have
   some grains of salt ready as you draw nearer towards the end....
   I learned a hell of a lot about the (rather seedy) publishing industry
   during all of this. I'll happily tell the whole story here if there is
   interest?
   Mike
   Sent from my iPhone
   On Dec 17, 2015, at 12:17, "brian hill [9]brian at pantera.parts [SCPOCA]"
   <[10]SCPOCA at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

   Just curious if anyone has purchased this book yet.  And if it is worth
   the
   money.  [11]https://www.daltonwatson.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode
   =DETOMASO

   Brian



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References

   1. mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
   2. mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com
   3. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
   4. mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com
   5. mailto:SCPOCA at yahoogroups.com
   6. mailto:SCPOCA at yahoogroups.com
   7. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
   8. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
   9. mailto:brian at pantera.parts
  10. mailto:SCPOCA at yahoogroups.com
  11. https://www.daltonwatson.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DETOMASO
  12. mailto:brian at pantera.parts


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