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Re: Mike Wise writing a book?
Wise, Mike. 1990. Description, distribution, and a proposed phylogeny of
Apistogramma species-groups. Colorado Aquarist (Spring/Summer): 15-20.
(Won 1st place award for it from FAAS).
Mike Wise
Cory and Susanne Williamson wrote:
> Is there a ref. for this publication?
>
> Cory
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>
> To: <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
> Sent: February 23, 2000 9:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Mike Wise writing a book?
>
> > Mike,
> >
> > You do have your priorities right!!!
> >
> > I also understand where you are coming from....
> >
> > Happy to have you on the list, at ACA, and in the ASG
> >
> > ....still if you change your mind.....or win the lottery, we will be here
> > waiting. :) You definitely make unique contributions to the hobby and
> > when I was looking back in '96....the only one that coherently had
> > published and described clearly the apisto classification system (even if
> > it was 10 years prior) was you. Thanks, I have always appreciated the
> > teaching.
> >
> > Kathy
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Mike & Diane Wise wrote:
> >
> > > Kathy (Ladies first), Tsuh Yang & Vinny, and everyone,
> > >
> > > Oh God! Did I stick my foot in my mouth! Tsuh Yang's right, family will
> always
> > > come first, then apistos, ASG, and then all of you guys on the list
> (sorry). Yes,
> > > I do have empty tanks, but only 25 - 30 of them and none are over 30
> gallons (of
> > > course I don't have any tanks over 30 gallons!). Vinny's right, too, Uwe
> has a
> > > wife, son, and daughter. Ingo has a wife, daughter, and several dozen
> students.
> > > Suffering must be a prerequisite for writing a d.c. book!
> > >
> > > Once, in the glow of many accolades, I semi-seriously considered writing
> a book
> > > in installments for the ASG. Sitting back and looking at it
> dispassionately I
> > > realized that I didn't have the resources to do it properly. Access to
> newly
> > > discovered species is a major part in writing any book on this subject.
> I don't
> > > have access to the fish (I'm not rich by any means and dwarf cichlids
> are next to
> > > impossible to find in Denver unless you come to my ... (Oh No, I won't
> go
> > > there!)). Unless you are TFH Publications or A.C.S. Glaser, access to
> reasonable
> > > photos of all the needed species is extremely difficult. Time could be
> found for
> > > observing and breeding all of the species, but I feel mass breeding each
> species
> > > only once or twice would become more like work than a hobby. This is
> something I
> > > don't want to happen! I'm happy observing and breeding obscure,
> > > less-than-commerically-salable (= mostly ugly), apistos that fill my
> tanks right
> > > now.
> > >
> > > My question is why do we need another book?? Right now there are 2 books
> on West
> > > Africans, 8 books on Neotropicals and 3 on dwarfs in general that are in
> print
> > > and available right now. (Oh, yes, I do have a manuscript to one more,
> but it
> > > certainly isn't mine!) There is also the ASG which is progressing nicely
> thanks
> > > to the few dedicated people willing to work on its Steering Committee.
> There's
> > > the Apisto Mailing List, too. Do we really need more books? All I can do
> is
> > > repeat what the other books say. Is it worth it? I don't think so.
> Besides, I
> > > don't need all of you picking my book apart for errors & mis-IDs! Oh,
> and for
> > > those who just have to have my autograph, I hope to see you all at the
> ACA
> > > Convention in Cleveland in July.
> > >
> > > Mike Wise
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > V Kutty wrote:
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > please, vinny... mike's gonna tell you he's too busy with a wife,
> kids, a
> > > > house... i tell you, he's got all his priorities screwed up... :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > for god's sake, he's got empty tanks at home!!!!!!
> > > > >
> > > > > tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA
> > > >
> > > > He's gotta spend an hour a day answering all our danged
> questions...cut back
> > > > to half hour and write the book with the other half. If you've been
> on the
> > > > list for more than a year, you notice that the questions kinda repeat.
> Then
> > > > all he has to say is "Read the book!" Simple. Mike, it'll be a labor
> of
> > > > love!
> > > >
> > > > Vinny
> > > >
> > > > PS: Romer's got a wife, house, job etc. Koslowski must too. Heck,
> being
> > > > busy is a prerequisite!
> > > >
> > >
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