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| Author: David Sternberg
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 186684
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0312396066
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.02
EAN: 9780312396060
Publication Date: June 15, 1981
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| Customer Reviews:
 A MUST have November 28, 1999
8 out of 16 found this review helpful
A must have, besides Gordon Davis' book on dissertation writing. I'd highly recommend this book to any ABDs--it's has a true touch of the author's experience that is easy to relate to---not some "consultant's" who might have no flip of a clue how much work a doctoral dissertation ACTUALLY is.
 Negative view of Dissertation October 26, 2003
8 out of 25 found this review helpful
I was incredibly surprised at how negative this book was about dissertation completion. The last thing someone needs when starting out the process of writing a dissertation is reading about how many people never complete their work. A how-to book should be encouraging not discouraging. There are plenty of other books available that explain the process while leaving this authors cynicism at the door.
GREAT "office politics" for the PhD--Buy before you write your prospectus! January 6, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Do. Not. Be. Fooled. into the "truth and beauty" of the academic world ideals-- finishing and going from ABD to PhD is HARD. The ABD student doesn't need encouragement as much as warnings, in my opinion. I very nearly didn't finish for a variety of reasons, mostly work-related, but thankfully I successfully defended in December 2005. There are some other books that are better for the nitty-gritty of writing the dissertation (Authoring the PhD by Patrick Dunleavy comes to mind) but this book is a classic in terms of the many pitfalls facing the ABD student, many of which you really need to know BEFORE you are ABD.
The one piece of advice in this book that is worth the whole book itself is the warning to limit your committee to those who want you to succeed. I faced just such a choice at a certain period and thankfully I decided NOT to ask a person whose scholarship interested me but whom I did not trust to be on my committee. BOY, was I right! The fullness of time and the things he did to other people in the department, showed me the truth of that warning.
Not to be missed.
A must read if you are an ABD. May 7, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Kev and Laurel, you must read this book. It has helped me to feel human in the midst of such anxiety. I thought I was the only one who had the feelings I was experiencing. I love the part when the author states that the proposal approval is a victory for the ABD, and that the proverbial "second wind" can accompany this part of the process. How to pick an advisor was especially right on target also: I laughed out loud. Though the date is 1981, for the most part, the general themes in this book are dead on to what we are going through as ABD's. I love this book. Gotta get back to the proposal. Ciao.
Does anyone else feel this way! July 20, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Sternberg's book is, at times, dated, however he does tap into the hard-to-explain feelings of anxiety facing the ABD. This text has been a sort of therapy for me as I complete my course work and ready myself for the lonely adventure of data collecting, analyzing and writing. Chapter 7 provides meaningful guidelines for organizing your own dissertation-support group.
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