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=== Endorsements === | === Endorsements === | ||
The blurb on the front cover of the Landers book and also, a bit expanded, on the title page of the book is attributed to [[:wikipedia:Anna Funder|Anna Funder]]. Anna bills herself as a human rights activist and advocate of the right to privacy. However, when attempts to contact Anna were made, it turned out that she cannot be reached via the [http://www.privacy.org.au/About/AdvisoryPanel.html Australian Privacy Foundation], of which she may be on the Advisory Panel. Her endorsement of the Landers book inevitably calls into question the accuracy of Anna's public image. | The blurb on the front cover of the Landers book and also, a bit expanded, on the title page of the book is attributed to [[:wikipedia:Anna Funder|Anna Funder]]. Anna bills herself as a human rights activist and advocate of the right to privacy. However, when attempts to contact Anna were made, it turned out that she cannot be reached via the [http://www.privacy.org.au/About/AdvisoryPanel.html Australian Privacy Foundation], of which she may be on the Advisory Panel. Her endorsement of the Landers book inevitably calls into question the accuracy of Anna's public image. | ||
=== Awards === | |||
On 2016 November 23, Rachel Landers was awarded [http://www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/services/library/whats_on/regular_events/waverley_literary_award The Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature], also known as The Nib. This award is sponsored by the Government of New South Wales, who also commissioned the Landers propaganda piece, suggesting something less than an impartial decision.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/rachel-landers-who-bombed-the-hilton-wins-literary-prize-20161121-gsuco0.html Rachel Landers' Who Bombed the Hilton? wins literary prize]</ref> | |||
=== Critiques === | === Critiques === | ||
Leaving aside the aforementioned, self-serving award, reviews of the Landers book have been scanty and largely negative. The only [http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B01D0YGJD4?tag=professionalde03&linkCo reviews] of the book on [[:wikipedia:Amazon.com|Amazon.com]] dismiss the book as "highly speculative", "very poor history", and "trash journalism". The first review also cautions that the book is marketed with "false advertising". In addition, [[Abhidevananda]], one of the people libeled by Landers in her book, panned the book and its author in an [http://newhumanistsociety.blogspot.co.il/2016/05/is-rachel-landers-hilton-bomber.html article] on one of his [[:wikipedia:Blog|blogs]]. | |||
=== Possible film === | === Possible film? === | ||
Though it seems unlikely that the book would be produced as anything other than a fictional work (in poor taste), Rachel has been trying to hawk her book as a potential film.<ref>[https://filmink.com.au/2016/they-should-make-a-movie-of-that-who-bombed-the-hilton/ They Should Make A Movie Of That: ''Who Bombed The Hilton?'', Rachel Landers, 2016 May 2]</ref> | Though it seems unlikely that the book would be produced as anything other than a fictional work (in poor taste), Rachel has been trying to hawk her book as a potential film.<ref>[https://filmink.com.au/2016/they-should-make-a-movie-of-that-who-bombed-the-hilton/ They Should Make A Movie Of That: ''Who Bombed The Hilton?'', Rachel Landers, 2016 May 2]</ref> This is in contrast to the latest claim that the book actually emerged from a failed documentary film project. According to [http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/rachel-landers-who-bombed-the-hilton-wins-literary-prize-20161121-gsuco0.html The Sydney Morning Herald], Rachel may be now claiming that her documentary film failed to materialize, because she "couldn't persuade enough surviving main players to talk on camera". However, in the epilogue to her book, Rachel makes it abundantly clear that she made little or no effort to speak with any of the "surviving main players".<ref>[https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/who-bombed-the-hilton/ ''Who Bombed the Hilton?''], Epilogue, Rachel Landers, NewSouth Books, April 2016</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||