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Message: <blockquote data-quote="grimslade" data-source="post: 4657745" data-attributes="member: 6061">Why the internet occasionally is a bad thingBIAS ALERT: I have a problem with lazy journalism and the minute you use the term interview you should hold yourself to a higher standard than a form letter.First off, this was not an interview, it is a questionnaire. An interview is a dialogue with follow up, and Pat doesn't do dialogue. He has a form list of questions that he changes the author's name and the title of their latest release. I have no problem with the practice, as a first step to get to finer tuned probing questions, but it tends to lead to book-blurb and press release answers which are freely available at the publishers website when used alone. Looking at other 'interviews' that were lauded as great in the comments, seem like reformatted publishers releases. Secondly, I get the impression GC is not thrilled with an omnibus edition being released when the original books are still in print. Makes sense, omnibus means less royalties to him ( 1 book vs. 3). So doing an interview on the release of an omnibus was probably not a good idea on his part. I think GC came into the process with a sour taste in his mouth and the questions could only further exacerbate him. He should have demurred.I enjoyed GC ripping apart the questionnaire even if it was not the most professional thing to do.</blockquote>