h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guid2/A544060

Once again I am being bigheaded and recommending my own entry. But only because Dancer made me.

Whoops. That would be
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A544060

I think this is a great, informative entry! I do think, however, that it's really more of an entry on the influences on Salvador Dali than on him himself. For example, there's relatively little about his life, or even about his actual paintings. If I was you, I'd retitle this one something to the effect of "Influences on the Work of Salvador Dali", and consider writing another entry on the man himself and his paintings.

But that's just my 2 cents!


Mikey

I've changed the title, but I won't post the thread again. It doesn't seem worth it for a few extra words.
Thankyou for your feedback, I'm glad you liked it.
Bear in mind that it's actually quite difficult to write about paintings that you can't include pictures of, because not everyone will have seen them and you can't mention specific aspects of them because no one remembers every little detail. So you may have to wait a while for the article about his actual paintings.

Interesting and informative. I always suspected that Dali was worth more as a celebrity than as an artist, and sure enough that's the picture that emerges from your pen portrait. Another person that Dali was completely awed by was Picasso, apparently - but not, it seems, for aesthetic reasons. No, he worshipped Picasso because the great Cubist was even more incalculably wealthy than he was himself...

Just as an aside... Dali's respect for Freud was far from mutual. I read somewhere that Freud regarded the Surrealists as fools, and their excursions into dream territory as missing the point completely. I'm not quite sure why, though, offhand. Personally, I think Freud himself was a bit of a charlatan, but there you go...

One typo that I noticed... The Lububrious Game - should be The Lugubrious Game, of course.

Lear

Cheers. I can't type to save my life. I already had about fifty billion typos pointed out in writers workshop (I'm not moaning, I'm grateful).

Yeah he was a big fan of Picasso. He visited him before anything else in Paris and Picasso told him he was right to do so. They seem to have had uch in common.

I didn't know that about Freud, but he always seemed odd to me anyway. Not that I know anything about him.

Now, hopefully this post will bring the entry back onto the page where people will see it. *crosses fingers*

Isn't there a Dali museum in Tampa, Florida?

Aside from that little factoid, this is a nice entry. I reckon we need more of these kind of arts and artists pieces in the Guide.

Cheers!

- X

There are Dali museums in loads of places. I don't know about Florida, but it's very likely. The most famous one is in northern Spain, and there's a new one in London. Not sure if it's permanent.
Glad you liked it

I read your article a few days ago in the Writers Workshop but didn't get round to commenting. So I shall do so here. I think this is a well researched, informative article about an interesting man.
I've been to the Dali museum in Figueres, Northern Spain and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I particularly liked the wrecked car full of snails but then I never did lay claim to any high-brow artistic taste.
Can't think of anything to add, it's already quite jam-packed with detail already. All you need now is a passing scout.
Cheers
MC

Great entry, nothing extra to say other than it would be good if you followed the idea of writing about Salvador Dali himself and his notable works of art, as this is what I found myself wanting to know whilst reading your entry. Of course it would involve a bit of extra work, and re-naming the entry back again, but I think it would be worth it. I reckon the extra information would fit into the entry (I like long entries), but I suppose you could alway write seperate entries and link between them instead.

You've obviously got an eye for art, keep up the writing!

I think you mean Luis Buñuel?

And it's Lorca, not Lorcas.

*rushes off to do more research*
*rushes back*
I stand corrected. I misread things all the time, and then they get stuck in my head.
*feeling silly*
I have made the corrections.

Congrats! This entry has been successfully recommended for entry into the Edited Guide! It will now have the honors of being edited by a lucky sub-editor and one of delightful staff editors, and then have the amazing honor of popping up on the front page!

Congrats again!


Mikey

Editorial Note: This thread has been moved out of the Peer Review forum because this entry has now been recommended for the Edited Guide.

If they have not been along already, the Scout who recommended your entry will post here soon, to let you know what happens next. Meanwhile you can find out what will happen to your entry here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/SubEditors-Process

Congratulations!

*runs round and round until she gets dizzy and falls down*
Hooray

2 out of 2, I'm on a roll.

Editorial Note: This thread has been moved out of the Peer Review forum because this entry has now been recommended for the Edited Guide.

If they have not been along already, the Scout who recommended your entry will post here soon, to let you know what happens next. Meanwhile you can find out what will happen to your entry here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/SubEditors-Process

Congratulations!

It got picked twice?
Very surreal.