Ramsey Campbell, Obsessively

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The Beware "Barker" Warning.

Small press publisher Chris Barker (http://www.hauntedriver.co.uk/) is
a classic internet troll and egocentric personality who routinely
grubs through newsgroups and discussion lists in a perverse quest to
draw attention to himself and his few meager accomplishments in the
publishing world. He is a muckraker who will attack anyone anywhere
for any imagined offense that occurs to his warped mind. It seems
that to get on his good side, one must not only agree with all his
bizarre opinions but also submit all of one's own opinions to him for
approval before making them public. Chris Barker is, in short, an
absurdity of tragicomic proportions.

Unfortunately, Mr. Barker's barbs are so numerous and outrageous that
many persons of good character have felt the need to wage an
interminable war of words with him, a war which has ravaged and
polluted more than one online forum. Also, these persons have risked
lowering themselves to his subterranean level, risked besmirching
their own reputations, and put themselves in danger of health
complications due to high blood pressure.

The present document exists to counter these issues. It serves as a
public health and sanity warning and is at the disposal of all
individuals who have fully evaluated Mr. Barker's heinous online
activities and wish to no longer respond to his attacks with personal
messages. This document is a standing response to Mr. Barker and may
be posted in any online forum in which Mr. Barker has launched one of
his typical assaults.

This document is not an antibiotic, however, but a quarantine notice:
Do not for any reason engage the Barker Virus, just avoid it. 'Nuff
said.
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On 26 Dec 2004 10:22:16 -0800, hauntedriver RemoveThis @hotmail.com wrote:

 >The question I put up for discussion is this:
 >
 >"Should Ramsey Campbell use his column in ALL HALLOWS to talk
 >obsessively about Ramsey Campbell?"<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Since Ramsey Campbell does not use his column "to talk obsessively"
about himself, the question is moot.
Therefore I shall disregard your inappropriate post.

Kevin L. O'Brien
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Laughable, as you well know.
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Thuba Mleen wrote:
 > Obviously, Ramsey Campbell has as much right to say what he wants as
 > anyone else on the net. No one has to read it if they don't want to.
If
 > any writer, well-known or otherwise, wants to promote the merits of
his
 > own work, that is his privilege. Unless he does it by some
anti-social
 > method (e.g. spam), which Campbell doesn't.
 >
 > Thuba Mleen, Evil Emperor
 >
 >
 > --
 > I will never purchase anything that is advertised by unsolicited
email.

Ms Mleen:

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I was referring to RC's regular column
which features in All Hallows, a printed journal, owned and published
by the Ashtree Press, which however purports to be the official organ
of the Ghost Story 'Society'.

May all your New Year's resolutions be suitably Evil,
CB
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://hauntedriver.co.uk" target="_blank">http://hauntedriver.co.uk</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Ramsey Campbell, Obsessively 

Obviously, Ramsey Campbell has as much right to say what he wants as
anyone else on the net. No one has to read it if they don't want to. If
any writer, well-known or otherwise, wants to promote the merits of his
own work, that is his privilege. Unless he does it by some anti-social
method (e.g. spam), which Campbell doesn't.

Thuba Mleen, Evil Emperor


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I will never purchase anything that is advertised by unsolicited email.
 >> Stay informed about: Ramsey Campbell, Obsessively 

I find Campbell's column boring myself. To use the available space in
All Hallows for discussing the editing - or the lack of it- of his
previous novels (who cares, anyway?) and for chiding David Langford for
his criticism is a demonstration of poor taste.
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How so?

Huw
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Hear, hear. Some common sense at last.

The problem with nepotism is that your friends (or in this case,
cronies and work colleagues) won't tell you the truth for fear of
offending you. And if you happen to be one of the UK's most famous
horror writers, and President of a society that bestows awards,
then...well, you don't have to be a genius to work it out.

CB

PS. I suggest you guard your identity with some degree of caution: your
card will most definitely now be marked for having expressed the
opinion that you did. I'm serious.
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I read the article without thinking Mr. Campbell was chiding Mr. Longhorn
for his review. It seemed to me merely his way of launching an article about
constructive editorial criticism vs. editorial tampering.

Jim

"andy" <andwestgate.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1104783774.636189.280960@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
 >I find Campbell's column boring myself. To use the available space in
 > All Hallows for discussing the editing - or the lack of it- of his
 > previous novels (who cares, anyway?) and for chiding David Langford for
 > his criticism is a demonstration of poor taste.
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On 2005-01-03 19:01:58 -0500, "Jim Rockhill" <jrock.TakeThisOut@locallink.net> said:

 > I read the article without thinking Mr. Campbell was chiding Mr.
 > Longhorn for his review. It seemed to me merely his way of launching an
 > article about constructive editorial criticism vs. editorial tampering.
 >
 > Jim
 >
 > "andy" <andwestgate.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
 > news:1104783774.636189.280960@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
  >> I find Campbell's column boring myself. To use the available space in
  >> All Hallows for discussing the editing - or the lack of it- of his
  >> previous novels (who cares, anyway?) and for chiding David Langford for
  >> his criticism is a demonstration of poor taste.

I admit I started the article thinking Mr Campbell was reacting quite
poorly to the review, but by the end of the column I came to feel the
same way Jim does. The remarks were just an opening into a larger topic
(one I found interesting even if Andy did not).

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nomis

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The reactions I am aware of, both on- and offline, indicate quite
clearly that those who know RC are giving him the benefit of the doubt,
whereas those that don't, believe it was a self-centred piece. Be
honest, would you expect anything else? CB
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Why on earth would I want to guard my identity?

In reply to "Adam": please don't be daunted by the warning above. It
was honest of you to make such points in your very first posting ever,
and I hope everyone treats them with respect.

JCWW -

Ramsey Campbell
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Why on earth would I want to guard my identity?

Still, I got the name "Andy" wrong, so let me try again:

In reply to "Andy": please don't be daunted by the warning above. It
was honest of you to make such points in your very first posting ever,
and I hope everyone treats them with respect.
JCWW -


Ramsey Campbell
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