A poll

[james_davis_nicoll]

[Poll #1746241]

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/krin_o_o_/]

He should follow each and every post about the book with a nakid link back to the original review without and commentary whatsoever no matter where or how often said links would appear or flood the discussion.

[mollydot.livejournal.com]

I wish to complain about the answers to the poll. 12 people did not choose cats.

[maruad.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I missed the question.

[mollydot.livejournal.com]

One person is forgiven.

[seawasp]

There are no cats. The cats are a lie!

[felis-sidus.livejournal.com]

It depends on why you're revisiting the book. If it's been changed in some way, or if your current review is for a much different audience than your earlier one, posting an updated version of the earlier review ought to do. Otherwise, I like the option of an essay focusing on aspects left out of the original review.

[zxhrue.livejournal.com]

I don't think a wholly new review is generally going to be required. salient updates maybe. really the additional word-count is going to be a function of how much _more_ you have become aware of, and/or how much you want to revise your previous opinion.

[burger-eater.livejournal.com]

Any of the above is acceptable, as long as the posts are not opened, saved, then posted later as backdated LJ entries. Backdated entries don't show up on my flist.

[nelc.livejournal.com]

[] All of the above.

[khavrinen.livejournal.com]

I would say a link to the original review would be sufficient, unless there is ( in your opinion ) some significant element that requires updating, such as a new sequel, evidence that the early hints of "brain-eater" syndrome from this book are clearly in full bloom in the author's next one, a new edition that fixes egregious editing errors, etc.

[dbdatvic.livejournal.com]

James should also post at least one short anecdote relating to either some change he has discovered in his feelings towards the work ("more frustration" is a perfectly cromulent change) or to something that happened in the time between the previous review and now. To distract us from the lack of cats and to get people factionalizing over something that's not in either of the review bits.

--Dave, drama drives ratings, people!

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

'Essay' can of course mean one paragraph, if it works out that way.