Fame or Infamy ...

[Chris]

Please can I have some cheese? B. Spears

Thank goodness someone's trying to divert the discussion on to more sensible topics.

Personally, every time I see the title of this thread, I think of the late Kenneth Williams's immortal line in "Carry on Cleo".

[Victoria]

Yeah, so it would have been better for Stevie Baby if he had made it clear right there on page 2 that he knows these were just the mindless ramblings of a couple of ignorant young hippies. From about 1960 onwards the only people who were putting it about that Anne Frank never existed or that her diary was a fake would have been rabid far right holocaust-denying loonies, or the kind of loonies who looked up to them and wanted to believe it.

Now maybe you can correct me here, but I didn't really have Stevie Baby down as the sort to go along with political stuff of this hue. I pictured the two Steves sitting around in the sunshine of the late sixties strumming their guitars and saying things like "Hey man, peace and love, can you spare some bread?" - not swallowing dirty great lumps of right-wing BS from God alone knows what sources.

That's why I could hardly believe my eyes when I read that they had discussed the forged diary of Anne Frank and agreed that she made a boring subject for fakery compared with Jack the Ripper because she was stuck in an attic all the time.

A kinder conclusion would be that they were drugged up to the eyeballs at the time. Or would you prefer it to be put down to yet another false memory and complete fiction?

Love,

Caz
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Thank you Caz for your take on things.

Maybe he thought it not that important in setting the record straight,
as not really relevant.
Maybe he didn't know these were just mindless ramblings ..

The other Steve as far as I am aware .. in the time that I knew him,
which was only when I was with 'SB' .. as he was not a 'personal' friend
of mine, in any way whatsoever....
would not have been 'drugged up to the eyeballs' .. he only drank.
No different to most young people back then, it was only later
that his 'problems' got worse, I believe.. from being told.

[Victoria]

Fame Or Infamy

FAME OR INFAMY
"The True Story Behind The Jack The Ripper Diary"
by Steve Powell

Hello fellow casebookers,
this is just to advise those that may be interested, that due
to popular demand this book is now back in print.

In the new .. 'Revised and Updated 2nd Edition'
The book has more photographs, and a few changes, plus I believe new revelations ...

Also the author is offsetting the costs so to make it more affordable to all,
so as you will see the price has now been reduced.
I honestly believe myself that the author is not at all in this for the monetary aspect.
He just wants his story to be heard by anyone interested in the diary subject.


View the book at Blurb:

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/775394/b628c6ec2ea75a7184c1ed4983ac4a9d

[Victoria]

Just a thought after my 'personal comment' ..

Please don't say to me, "then why does he not make it available for free".
He has spent a lot of time and energy on this, he believes in it wholeheartedly.
To see ones work produced in a proper format is how it should be and
must give satisfaction to the author.

This to me shows respect for the person and the work.

Plus it is far nicer to have a real book in ones hand than reading off a screen.
He will not make 'money' from this venture .. and it is not about 'lining someones pocket'.

[caz]

Just a quickie...

Anyone who describes Albert's gold pocket watch as 'large' has quite obviously never set eyes on it.

One small word can be enough to expose a whole world of fantasy. No new revelations can undo what's done.

Love,

Caz
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[The Grave Maurice]

Geez, I bought this book once and it is, frankly, laughable. Damned if I'll pay for second edition. Anyway, how can a second edition appear a month after the first edition, unless the first edition was rubbish?

[Victoria]

Just a quickie...

Anyone who describes Albert's gold pocket watch as 'large' has quite obviously never set eyes on it.

One small word can be enough to expose a whole world of fantasy. No new revelations can undo what's done.

Love,

Caz
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Hi Premium Caz,

Yes looking at it one way what you say is correct, but like on the 'eyewitness' thread, it is not
always seen like that in reality.

example;
When I was young my Dad made me a rollerboard .. a forerunner to
modern skateboards. He made it with the wheels from my old roller skates.
Anyway in my mind I remember the huge steep hill in my street that I used to wizz down down so fast ...
Now a few years back I visited that street where I once lived, I could
not believe my eyes how the road only had a very slight incline.
I even stupidly ..for a moment considered the idea, that it was a whole 'new road'.

So just possibly someone who was young and not used to seeing gold pocket watches ..
could be left with the impression that they were 'large'.
Anyway .. just another viewpoint to consider.

By the way Caz .. you seem to know many details about the book that you have not read ..
maybe you are psychic?

best wishes always,
Victoria

[Victoria]

Anyway, how can a second edition appear a month after the first edition, unless the first edition was rubbish?

The first edition was taken down temporarily due to a certain person
claiming some copyright/defamation issues.
Also there was an issue with the cover of the book.

All of this has been rectified, the author taking the opportunity to add
more pictures and other information.

It is a simple story of two friends, told through the eyes of Steve Powell,
about the years in life that they knew each other, and the events that
unfolded.

[The Grave Maurice]

But, unless it has been totally rewritten, the fact remains that it is a really terrible book. I'm glad, though, that I got the one that might attract the lawsuits.

[Victoria]

Oh well, each to his own ...
I'm enjoying it very much.
Can't please everyone all the time, so they say.

[Victoria]

Fame or Infamy

If anyone who has read this book, and there must be some
as there have been sales of it .. would like to make any comment,
or to ask any questions about anything contained in the book,
please feel free to pm me.

I will be happy to pass on any messages to the author.

Also anyone interested but who have not read the book can do likewise,
or contact the author directly to enquire about it.

For that matter you can find him on Facebook,
but as there are many by the name of Steve Powell ..
he is the one pictured in a guitar shop.
Or email him directly ..
s.powell@hotmail.com

kind regards to all,
Victoria

[caz]

By the way Caz .. you seem to know many details about the book that you have not read ..
maybe you are psychic?

When I said I hadn't read it, I hadn't read it.

I still haven't read it - to the end.

As with his Anne Frank fiasco, I don't suppose Stevie Baby's 'large' pocket watch blunder could have damaged his credibility any further. But if he knew the truth about both, when writing his novel, he could have helped himself by making that clear. It comes across to the reader like plain ignorance - and fatal to any serious claim that Albert's watch ever marked time in Australia. But I guess when it's fiction, anything goes.

Love,

Caz
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[caz]

But, unless it has been totally rewritten, the fact remains that it is a really terrible book...

I have to disagree, GM. So far, I'm surprised to find myself quite enjoying the simple charm of the author's love affair with himself and the quiet confidence he displays in his own story-telling abilities, despite being a classic eleven-plus failure when it comes to grammar and punctuation. My daughter found the quality of the writing so offensive to her eyes that she couldn't get past the first paragraph of the introduction.

Love,

Caz
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[anna]

Are we STILL discussing STEVE POWELL...he must be rivalling Patti by now..

Hmmm...come to think of it,I have got 10p for her efforts on my stall before.

Carry on promoting him Victoria..every little helps.

[Victoria]

Who is Pattie?
I only know of Little Pattie ...
and I doubt that she would be here.