tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post2528819808866642283..comments2024-03-19T07:27:38.215+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Herbert Thomas scrutinizedBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-11697629185975527852018-06-09T16:31:20.845+01:002018-06-09T16:31:20.845+01:00Wonderful if we can encourage Waterstones to stock...Wonderful if we can encourage Waterstones to stock the new BJ book via its central "hub". Then all those shy archaeologists may obtain it "anonymously" without Brian finding out they are buying copies!!TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-35224483109991324482018-06-08T08:36:25.602+01:002018-06-08T08:36:25.602+01:00You a troll, Neil? Never -- your comments are far...You a troll, Neil? Never -- your comments are far too well-informed and well-considered. And always welcome.<br /><br />You might just have to order the book from Waterstones -- that esteemed company has not (so far) ordered the book for its "hub" so that all branches can stock it, and as I understand it each order is dealt with separately. But the more people who ask for it, the more likely it is to be stocked. It's a tough commercial world out there.......<br /><br />Let me know when you do manage a trip to Wales, and we can take a look at a few key sites...BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-77248653661540442902018-06-08T00:10:25.306+01:002018-06-08T00:10:25.306+01:00Thank you Tony. It'll be my second visit in 9 ...Thank you Tony. It'll be my second visit in 9 months. The Stones at Solstice. Oh ... joy.<br />Is it possible we have a mutual friend in Bournemouth? The gent I know is currently visiting the Emerald Isle, but reports favorably on the book.<br /><br />You've made quite a splash this time, Brian, I must say. Several people have contacted me, breathlessly announcing this 'New Idea!' from some guy in Wales with two first names ...<br />You have readers, my friend -- and some of them have voices.<br />Another mutual friend of ours in Brum is also, er, reading it. We have a lunch date on the 19th and I expect a full report. I'll pick up my copy from Waterstones.<br /><br />I won't have time to make it to Wales this visit, Brian, so you're off the hook from this annoying troll. Maybe see you in September.<br /><br />Best wishes to all,<br />NeilND Wisemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925248433335448747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-74866351814717620752018-06-07T22:50:43.653+01:002018-06-07T22:50:43.653+01:00Neil is just being mischievous -- we get over 11,0...Neil is just being mischievous -- we get over 11,000 page views per month, so there are presumably quite a few followers out there, tuning in when it suits them......BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-49083494788160339612018-06-07T18:31:53.113+01:002018-06-07T18:31:53.113+01:00Gang of TWO? Not based upon the number of folk vis...Gang of TWO? Not based upon the number of folk visiting this site each day!! Welcome to the UK in a few days, Neil. Enjoy reading the book - MANY people already are, a few days after official publication. Incidentally. a friend (another glacial hypothesis champion) has just received his SECOND copy via the national bookshop, Waterstones. That was near Bournemouth and Souuthampton, so all you professional archaeologists and students based at Southampton and Bournemouth now know they can do the same.TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-46449488758368013612018-06-07T13:42:17.822+01:002018-06-07T13:42:17.822+01:00On the contrary, Brian, I imply no such thing. Tho...On the contrary, Brian, I imply no such thing. Thomas was very accomplished. But when he wandered around Wales as a younger man, he had not yet risen to his later position.ND Wisemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925248433335448747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-75867693040423645292018-06-07T11:37:23.610+01:002018-06-07T11:37:23.610+01:00Neil -- you imply that HHT was a bumbling amateur ...Neil -- you imply that HHT was a bumbling amateur who wandered around just looking at things. He was not-- he was a professional geologist who worked for the BGS and who was involved in all of the key memoirs for South Wales, as well as writing assorted specialist papers published in learned journals.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-36271940747972768822018-06-06T13:15:51.589+01:002018-06-06T13:15:51.589+01:00Hi gang (of two),
I had benefit of reading the abo...Hi gang (of two),<br />I had benefit of reading the above review prior to its release. One of the authors leaned more toward the denigration of Thomas for the lack of follow-up. I begged to differ with regard to a couple of points, and so Thomas was presented in a less-caustic light.<br />Thomas essentially wandered through that part of Wales as a much younger man, picking up rocks and ruminating on the similarities between them and those at Stonehenge. But he never went back and subsequently went about living his life.<br /><br />Twenty years later he learned (through a request) that others were about to publish an in-depth analysis and decided to nip it in the bud by publishing his own analysis, based on a thesis he'd cooked up when he was younger.<br /><br />He got the source-locations wrong, but not the vicinity. But in no way could his published supposition be construed as hubris, rather for wanting to be remembered for something he would never have achieved in his present, somewhat mundane career. And thus he is.<br /><br />Was Thomas the sharpest tool in the shed? By no means, but what was essentially an extended stroll through the wilds of Pembrokeshire by a man who was enjoying the scenery, turned out to be a watershed event in provenancing the Blues at Stonehenge. The details of his position paper are flawed, yes. But the overall thesis turns out to be spot-on.<br /><br />Best,<br />NeilND Wisemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925248433335448747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-19494142005234391522018-06-03T00:18:51.480+01:002018-06-03T00:18:51.480+01:00I think that Richard and Rob seem to alternate the...I think that Richard and Rob seem to alternate the honour.....BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-81313369311679776512018-06-02T13:00:44.865+01:002018-06-02T13:00:44.865+01:00I see Richard Bevins is the author for corresponda...I see Richard Bevins is the author for correspondance.TonyHnoreply@blogger.com