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Title: Frozen Assets: The New Order of Figure Skating by Mark A. Lund, Lois Elfman, Rebecca Patrick ISBN: 0-9721402-0-4 Publisher: Ashton Intl Media Inc Pub. Date: January, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: one long newspaper article
Comment: There wasn't much in this book that I hadn't heard about already. The authors appear afraid to give a direct opinion about anything or anyone. This book is filled with vacant platitudes and fluff quotes, such as on pg. 115 from Kristy Yamagucci, "There were some good events and some bad ones, but at the time they all seemed good..." There isn't any further elaboration on what she meant by "good" or "bad".
Scott Hamilton wants to complain that people aren't interested in pro-skating anymore, but refuses to admit it's because it's boring. What he calls "artisty" is over the top queerness to most people, even skating fans. Eligible skating is just more interesting for most to watch- for the same reasons that no one watches exhibition football or baseball games. While much of this books focuses on the 2002 Olympics, it barely mentions anything about women's champion, Sarah Hughes. Apparently she is being shunned for choosing to go to college rather than skate in a professional show tour. There is some criticism of Michelle Kwan for not going pro after the 2002 Olympics.
Rating: 5
Summary: CAN'T WAIT FOR BOOK 2
Comment: Mark Lund tells it like it is, but even as this book was being written the entire world of skating was changing yet again with the scandals of Salt Lake City.
When Mark started International Figure Skating Magazine, I was the person who told him it's the "TIME Magazine of skating" and never has that been more true than it is today.
Mark and his staff, including Lois Elfman are wonderful investigative reporters and are not afraid of finding out the truth. I applaud their efforts on this book and cannot wait for volume two, which I am sure is already in their minds.
Congratulations for a wonderful effort. A Must read for all followers of this beautiful sport which has such a dark political undercurrent.
Ted Wilson
Laguna Hills, California
Rating: 4
Summary: Strong background on the current state of figure skating
Comment: This book was clearly prompted by the pairs skating debacle at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games. Strong background on the promotion powerhouses that drive the elite level of the sport (likened to the studio system of Hollywood.) Lund provides a balanced framework in an essay format to let readers draw their own conclusions as to the future of the sport. Good quotes from skaters voicing opinions on both sides of the issues. An insightful retrospective on why skating went from double digit TV ratings in 1994 after the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding scandal with umpteen made for TV pseudo competitions to the present state of a nearly non-existant professional figure skating circuit.
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Title: The Second Mark : Courage, Corruption, and the Battle for Olympic Gold by Joy Goodwin ISBN: 074324527X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 04 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Culture on Ice: Figure Skating & Cultural Meaning by Ellyn Kestnbaum ISBN: 081956642X Publisher: Wesleyan Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: All the Sundays Yet to Come: A Skater's Journey by Kathryn Bertine ISBN: 0316099015 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Champions on Ice: Twenty-Five Years of the World's Finest Figure Skaters by CHRISTINE BRENNAN ISBN: 0771016484 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Ice Cream: Thirty of the Most Interesting Skaters in History by Toller Cranston, Martha Lowder Kimball ISBN: 0771023324 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Pub. Date: 26 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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