Amazon.com Knee-Jerk Contrarian Game!
Waxy's dreamt up a fine net.sport: viewing Amazon reviews ranked from lowest rating to highest: he calls it the "Amazon.com Knee-Jerk Contrarian Game!" and he's posted some of his faves and invited his readers to do the same.Beach Boys, "Pet Sounds"Link* "This is not the Beach Boys. It can't be. Why? No beach songs! I thought it was some kind of joke. All 'Pet Sounds' offers is the opportunity to hear Brian Wilson whine for forty minutes, backed by elevator music."
* "It's full of bland harmonizing by guys that could barely swim."
* "The lyrics consist of commonplace rhyming conversational prose, totally lacking in imagery, metaphor and anything else that separates verse from poetry."
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Cory Doctorow
Upcoming appearances
* Feb 9, 2012, DeKalb, IL: Day of Doctorow, NIU
* Feb 10-12, 2012, Chicago, IL: Capricon 32
* Feb 13, 2012, Arlington, TX: UT Arlington College of Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series
* Feb 16, 2012, Victoria, BC: 13th Annual Privacy and Security Conference
Recent books:
* Context (essays)
* With a Little Help (short stories)
* For the Win (YA novel)
* Makers (adult novel)
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