MonkeyRobo
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Commented on Science fiction as a predictor of the present
@Eadwacer: excellently put. I think there is much truth in what you've said....
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Commented on Things that have always been true for the class of 2013
Britney Spears is played on "classic rock" stations? Geez, I leave the country for 18 years and it all goes topsy-turvy....
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Commented on BookArmy: a last.fm for books
LibraryThing is good enough for me!...
- Favorited In 2007, pundits scoffing accurate predictions about the economy on Boing Boing
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Commented on Your Virtual Girlfriend
Dick Cheney in a maid's costume? NOW I need the mind bleach....
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Commented on George RR Martin's "The Armageddon Rag": Sex, death, blood and rock-n-roll
One of my favourite books ever! Writing about the experience of hearing music is, I think, extraordinarily hard to do well. Martin gets rock spot on in this one. Plus, the soul-searching about what the counterculture really meant -- and...
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Commented on Fred Dibnah: master chimney demolisher and coal-mine enthusiast
I've never been one for mechanical engineering -- I'm definitely a child of the digital age. Fred Dibnah made me wish I wasn't. In his shows, he had a gift for sharing his enthusiasm for the older stuff. Thanks for...
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Commented on Impromptu bookmarks found in used books
Oh, and the English-language site is http://www.librarything.com -- the linked thread is on one of the many alternate-language versions available. Just so you know....
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Commented on Impromptu bookmarks found in used books
I just wanted to add that LibraryThing is excellent. Not sure if I'd describe it generally as "sweet and poignant", but there you go. There are a great many intelligent and fun book-lovers there. Check it out....
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Commented on Neat organization at new NYC bookstore
As PCamps sez, Daunt Books in London has been doing this for a while -- see http://www.dauntbooks.co.uk/ . It's a marvellous shop....
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Commented on Kids' game adds 500-1000 words to its forbidden list every day
Man, those CP dudes are so plurky. They can bolgate their filters up their collective crop. They'll never demalk our frutzes....
