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Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:38 am

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/ ... _make.html

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:33 am

Hah, the only book out of those that would be on my list is Crime and Punishment. (Well, maybe 1984, too).
Take that!

I'm surprised Ender's Game is up so high there...

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:39 am

Someone fell asleep in statistics the day they covered relevance. Not surprising though - judging by the "findings" we get in most "studies" they must hold those classes at 3 AM on Saturday in the middle of a pond.

inthesto · Post by **inthesto** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:46 pm

The only book I bother to list as a favorite on my profile is The Princess Bride, which is notably absent.

Besides, the average person on Facebook just lists the most interesting crap they were forced to read in high school, and that chart makes it painfully obvious.

godix · Post by **godix** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:50 pm

Otohiko wrote:I'm surprised Ender's Game is up so high there...

I'm not, Ender's Game was little more than a power fantasy for nerds who always gets beaten up by all the other kids. I strongly suspect if there was a study between books read and the number of dates college kids have ever gone on then Ender's Game would be around the zero or one point.

Although as Bashar pointed out, the link isn't exactly without flaws.

Serv0 · Post by **Serv0** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:13 pm

I do admit one thing though. That graph does prove that this book beats all the rest.

godix · Post by **godix** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:24 pm

servo101010 wrote:I do admit one thing though. That graph does prove that this book beats all the rest.

That book bored me. Around page 70 or so I was like 'ok, this is crap. There still isn't even a fucking plot. Just lots and lots of footnotes. Screw this.'

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:08 pm

inthesto wrote:Besides, the average person on Facebook just lists the most interesting crap they were forced to read in high school, and that chart makes it painfully obvious.

I'd have to agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment. I mean I am a bit surprised so many good books are on the lower end, but then realize that a lot of retards just put them there for no reason.

I was pleased to see the book I did my term paper on in HS near the top (Catch-22). Was also surprised not to see Harry Potter near the bottom (or at all on the list).

godix wrote:
Otohiko wrote:I'm surprised Ender's Game is up so high there...
I'm not, Ender's Game was little more than a power fantasy for nerds who always gets beaten up by all the other kids. I strongly suspect if there was a study between books read and the number of dates college kids have ever gone on then Ender's Game would be around the zero or one point.

As much as I loved Ender's Game as a child (Middle School maybe), I'd sadly have to concede that I agree.

I have a feeling that if a lot of the people who loved Ender's Game reread it today, they wouldn't be as pleased or impressed. I think it was so impressive when we were children because we hadn't experienced much literature and the idea of space fighting and it being with kids was AWESOME.

Don't get me wrong, I still like the thing, but I think upon re-evaluation a lot of people might realize a lot of their love for the book is nostalgia.

(I realize Brad is going to come in here and go "NO YOU'RE WRONG!"

)

Tsunami Jones · Post by **Tsunami Jones** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:22 pm

dwchang wrote:As much as I loved Ender's Game as a child (Middle School maybe), I'd sadly have to concede that I agree.

I have a feeling that if a lot of the people who loved Ender's Game reread it today, they wouldn't be as pleased or impressed. I think it was so impressive when we were children because we hadn't experienced much literature and the idea of space fighting and it being with kids was AWESOME.

Don't get me wrong, I still like the thing, but I think upon re-evaluation a lot of people might realize a lot of their love for the book is nostalgia.

(I realize Brad is going to come in here and go "NO YOU'RE WRONG!" )

I didn't read Ender's Game until about two years ago or so, and honestly, I thought it had some rather deep ideas and concepts (power of information, etc.) that made me really wonder why it's really considered a "children's book." (BECAUSE IT HAS CHILDREN IN IT, OBVIOUSLY

) when most children can't grasp at thematic elements.

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:36 pm

dwchang wrote:
inthesto wrote:Besides, the average person on Facebook just lists the most interesting crap they were forced to read in high school, and that chart makes it painfully obvious.
I'd have to agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment. I mean I am a bit surprised so many good books are on the lower end, but then realize that a lot of retards just put them there for no reason.

I was pleased to see the book I did my term paper on in HS near the top (Catch-22). Was also surprised not to see Harry Potter near the bottom (or at all on the list).

godix wrote:
Otohiko wrote:I'm surprised Ender's Game is up so high there...
I'm not, Ender's Game was little more than a power fantasy for nerds who always gets beaten up by all the other kids. I strongly suspect if there was a study between books read and the number of dates college kids have ever gone on then Ender's Game would be around the zero or one point.
As much as I loved Ender's Game as a child (Middle School maybe), I'd sadly have to concede that I agree.

I have a feeling that if a lot of the people who loved Ender's Game reread it today, they wouldn't be as pleased or impressed. I think it was so impressive when we were children because we hadn't experienced much literature and the idea of space fighting and it being with kids was AWESOME.

Don't get me wrong, I still like the thing, but I think upon re-evaluation a lot of people might realize a lot of their love for the book is nostalgia.

(I realize Brad is going to come in here and go "NO YOU'RE WRONG!" )

NO YOU'RE WRONG!

There. My work is done.