We have read your manuscript with boundless delight. If we were to publish your paper, it would be impossible for us to publish any work of lower standard. And as it is unthinkable that in the next thousand years we shall see its equal, we are, to our regret, etc.
- Rejection slip from a Chinese economics journal, quoted in the Financial Times
2 comments:
This has to be a joke, Michael. Is it genuine?
George Plimpton also cited it in his book, The Writer's Chapbook. I think it was a genuine tongue-in-cheek rejection by the editors.
Michael
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