Not all original works invoke the encore impulse in their audiences. Those that do generally spawn replications - sequels; spin-offs; or re-makes. This book presents a theory of why some replications succeed and others fail across genres and media.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Memories of 1960!!!!By CurlyWhile brief this book is an outstanding account of the Pirates most memorable team. Many wonderful facts and memories packed into this book. Well worth the purchase.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy AdamSmaller than expected by the recipient LOVED it; has reread it multiple times1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Decent addition to Pirate fans collection of books about the 1960 World SeriesBy clemente_in_rightI enjoyed the book. Its a quick read since; as the title would suggest; most of the pages are images with captioning. But; there are a couple of issues with the book. The primary one is structural. The book suffers from a lack of game action images. Other than some shots of the 1960 World Series; the vast majority of pictures are posed photos of the players and coaches and front office personnel who were part of or who helped put together then 1960 Pirate team. The book suffers slightly because of that - itd be good to have wire images to go along with some of the game details that Finoli chooses to expound on. Also; there is no structure whatsoever to the section of images devoted to the players. Rather than go through an alphabetical or roster-type run down to keep all the pictures; say; of Bill Mazeroski somewhat together; Finoli has pictures of Maz interspersed over several pages with images of other players in between. It greatly disrupts the flow and leads Finoli to repeat himself (I stopped counting but I believe we are told three times that Maz is from Wheeling; WV). Theres also a shot from the mid-1960s of Joe Brown (GM); Harry Walker (current manager) and Danny Murtaugh (at that time not managing but still working for the club) in the players section when it clearly belonged in the earlier section devoted to the front office.Given the brevity of the book; the fact checking and proof reading should be better. Theres a group shot on page 52 and 53 in which Finoli misidentifies three of the players. He mistakenly lists Dick Stuart (actually Dick Groat); Gino Cimoli (actually Hank Foiles) and Hal Smith (actually Frank Thomas) as being in the picture. The caption of an image of Vern Law on page 59 states the Buc hurler is from Meridian; Indiana. Law is actually from Meridian; Idaho. On page 81 there is a picture of Roberto Clement and Finoli comments in the caption that the future hall of famer had a sophomore slump in 1957.... 1957 was Clementes third season. Also; on page 106; the caption states that in 1966 Bill Mazeroski set carerr highs in homers (16) and RBIs (82)... Maz career high in dingers was 19 in 1958.This will be a fun book to flip through in the future. But; the potential was certainly there for this to be better.
