My guess was that authors were on this forum.
Ariane Laidlaw

On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 7:04 PM, Kent Rasmussen <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I've just been looking at Mark Twain studies on amazon.com and noticed
> something remarkable. See if you can guess what the amazon pages for the
> books listed below have in common.
>
> ___________________
>
> Berkove, L. & Csicsila, J., HERETICAL FICTIONS: RELIGION IN THE
> LITERATURE OF MARK TWAIN (2010)
>
> Bird, J., MARK TWAIN & METAPHOR (2011)
>
> Caron, J., MARK TWAIN UNSANCTIFIED NEWSPAPER REPORTER (2011)
>
> Coulombe, J. L. MARK TWAIN & THE AMERICAN WEST (2011)
>
> Harris, S. K., GOD'S ARBITERS: AMERICANS & THE PHILIPPINES (2011)
>
> Howe, L., MARK TWAIN & THE NOVEL (1998)
>
> Hsu, H., SITTING IN DARKNESS: MARK TWAIN'S ASIA (2015)
>
> Justus, J., FETCHING THE OLD SOUTHWEST: HUMOROUS WRITING FROM LONGSTREET
> TO TWAIN (2004)
>
> Knoper, R., ACTING NATURALLY: MARK TWAIN IN THE CULTURE OF PERFORMANCE
> (1995)
>
> Kolb, H. H. MARK TWAIN: THE GIFT OF HUMOR (2015)
>
> Krauth, L., MARK TWAIN & COMPANY: SIX LITERARY RELATIONS (2003)
>
> Krauth, L., PROPER MARK TWAIN (1999)
>
> Kupersmith, A., TWAIN & FREUD ON THE HUMAN RACE (2009)
>
> Lai-Henderson, S., MARK TWAIN IN CHINA (2015)
>
> Lowry, R. S., "LITTERY MAN": MARK TWAIN & MODERN AUTHORSHIP (1996)
>
> Melton, J., MARK TWAIN, TRAVEL BOOKS, & TOURISM (2002)
>
> Mensh, E., & H. Mensh, BLACK, WHITE, & HUCKLEBERRY FINN (2000)
>
> Messent, P., MARK TWAIN (1997)
>
> Messent, P., THE SHORT WORKS OF MARK TWAIN (2001)
>
> Quirk, T., COMING TO GRIPS WITH HUCKLEBERRY FINN (1993)
>
> Quirk, T., DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY: MARK TWAIN’S HUCKLEBERRY
> FINN (2008)
>
> Quirk, T., MARK TWAIN: A STUDY OF THE SHORT FICTION (1997)
>
> Railton, S., MARK TWAIN: A SHORT INTRODUCTION (2003)
>
> Robinson, F. G., et al., THE JESTER & THE SAGES: MARK TWAIN IN
> CONVERSATION WITH NIETZSCHE, FREUD, & MARX (2011)
>
> Robinson, F. G. IN BAD FAITH: THE DYNAMICS OF DECEPTION IN MARK TWAIN'S
> AMERICA (1992)
>
> Robinson, F. G. THE AUTHOR-CAT (2007)
>
> Robinson, F. G. CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MARK TWAIN (1995)
>
> Sloane, D., MARK TWAIN'S HUMOR (1993)
>
> Sloane, D., STUDENT COMPANION TO MARK TWAIN (2001)
>
> Wieck, C., REFIGURING HUCKLEBERRY FINN (2000)
>
> Wuster, T., MARK TWAIN, AMERICAN HUMORIST (2016)
>
> ______________________________
>
> Did you guess correctly? The answer is that none the books in this list
> has a single customer review on its amazon page--and this list is only a
> sampling of Mark Twain books without customer reviews.
>
> It's awfully deflating to spend years working on a book, only to see it
> virtually ignored after it's published. I'd therefore like to suggest
> that each of us (me included) take a few minutes to go on amazon and
> distribute a little praise where it is due. We've all gotten a lot out
> of the work of our colleagues. Would it kill us to show a little
> appreciation in return?
>



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Arianne Laidlaw A '58