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tree_and_leafThis site: http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester is quite fun. It tries to guess what books you are unlikely to own, based on one volume in your collection.
It is, however, a bit buggy - or rather, it suggests rather odd tastes among its audience. I suppose I can believe that not many people who own Cold Comfort Farm go in for evangelical 'inspirational reading', though arguably Amos is funnier if you know a bit about low church sterotypes. But while, again, it's highly unlikely that a fan of The Nine Tailors would give house room to the unspeakable Left Behind series, I do find it a tiny bit implausible that there are no Sayers fans other than me who like Harry Potter. (In fact, I know it's not true!)
But that could be a function of the people using Library Thing. On the other hand, I can't see any plausible reason why people who own the Lord of the Rings should be considered vanishingly unlikely to own The Hobbit....
It is, however, a bit buggy - or rather, it suggests rather odd tastes among its audience. I suppose I can believe that not many people who own Cold Comfort Farm go in for evangelical 'inspirational reading', though arguably Amos is funnier if you know a bit about low church sterotypes. But while, again, it's highly unlikely that a fan of The Nine Tailors would give house room to the unspeakable Left Behind series, I do find it a tiny bit implausible that there are no Sayers fans other than me who like Harry Potter. (In fact, I know it's not true!)
But that could be a function of the people using Library Thing. On the other hand, I can't see any plausible reason why people who own the Lord of the Rings should be considered vanishingly unlikely to own The Hobbit....
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hello
Date: 2006-11-15 03:22 am (UTC)Oh, was supposed to be introducing myself. Am also an ex-St Andrews person and thinking of returning to post-grad next Sep probably in Late Antique / Byzantine things. Not quite Mediaeval - but close enough that I'd like to add you if that would be ok? My journal's not that riveting, esp at the moment, but it does go through better phases sometimes...