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Archive for February, 2009

The Lolita Experiment

Posted in Books on February 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »

For the past two weeks, I have been conducting an experiment with my friend Mike. To give you some background first, this is how it started:
Back in November, Mike asked for some reading suggestions, and I of course jumped in. He immediately rejected one of my favorite authors (Neal Stephenson) as unreadable, however, which led [...]

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BBC 100 Books Meme, v. 2

Posted in Books on February 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Thanks to the comment Mike left on my original post, I now understand where the initial list came from (a BBC reader poll to determine Britain’s favorite book.) This explains some of the weird inconsistencies in the list, such as why some single books are listed in addition to a series that includes said single [...]

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BBC 100 Books Meme

Posted in Books, tagged on February 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Yes, I confess, I am cross-posting this from a Facebook meme. I have been assimilated. Please stop gloating. Anyway, the BBC at some point put up a list of 100 books (best of all time? that everyone should read? I’m not sure.) Apparently the BBC reckons most people will have only read 6 of the [...]

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