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So I took the trouble to write a book review a few days ago (see lower left -- American Gods by Neil Gaiman), then I had the bright idea to submit my review to Amazon.com for a review. I didn't notice the little box telling me there were already 389 reviews until just a few minutes ago when I went looking for my own. Just reading all the divergent reviews (or rather, some of them, no way was I reading all 389 of them) was fascinating. People sure are different. We forget that. We get used to our normal circle of weirdoes, and blogging seems to attract the like minded and the polar opposites. But books are different. Go to that Amazon page, or pick any page of any book you like and read the reviews.
“Great characters but boring plot.” “Great plot but the characters were flat.” “It was obvious the author had made the same road trip in real life and that made the book great.” “It was obvious the author had made the same road trip in real life and that made the book weak.” “Deep thoughts.” “Shallow drivel.” “My favorite.” “Made me wretch.” And on and on.
Another thing -- apparently the author is also a well known comic book author. That’s one thing the literary types are not willing to forgive him for. Those folks know how to sneer but in sneering seem so small.

February 17, 2004 in Books |

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