The Prevalence of Literature Now Seems Surprisingly Far-Reaching
Our no. 26 link today continues a welcome new tradition of books-related posts about things other than That One Fictional Wizard, and indicates there is a vibrant, robust community of opinionated readers out there. It's a Lone Star Statement blog post with snippets of actual reviews of Time's 100 Best Novels culled from Amazon.com, and includes nuggets like this one, about William Golding's classic "The Lord of the Flies:" "I am obsessed with Survivor, so I thought it would be fun. WRONG!!! It is incredibly boring and disgusting. I was very much disturbed when I found young children killing each other. I think that anyone with a conscience would agree with me.” Hard-hitting. This blogger thinks the reviews are funny. This one is just mad. Hey — we're just glad people are reading.
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by Philip Ewing at October 26, 2005 10:38 AM
Category: The Dead-Tree Scene
