Monday, December 04, 2006

UnSuggester

LibraryThing UnSuggester | Don't read THIS

The opposite of the normal "If you like, try this." site. Plug in a book you like, and it will tell you books that you will not like.

I plugged in "Master and Commander" and it spit out:


  1. Awakening the Buddha within : eight steps to enlightenment : Tibetan wisdom for the Western world by Lama Surya Das (expected 11.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
  2. Tori Amos, piece by piece : a portrait of the artist : her thoughts, her conversations by Tori Amos (expected 11.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
  3. ANSI Common Lisp by Paul Graham (expected 11.3, found 0; unsuggestions)
  4. You slay me by Katie MacAlister (expected 11.2, found 0; unsuggestions)
  5. Fire me up : an Aisling Grey, guardian, novel by Katie MacAlister (expected 10.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
  6. The emerging church : vintage Christianity for new generations by Dan Kimball (expected 10.3, found 0; unsuggestions)
  7. Boy meets girl : say hello to courtship by Joshua Harris (expected 15, found 1; unsuggestions)
  8. Everybody's normal till you get to know them by John Ortberg (expected 9.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
  9. Succulent wild woman : dancing with your wonder-full self! by Sark (expected 9.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
  10. Messenger by Lois Lowry (expected 9.6, found 0; unsuggestions)


Now with the exception of #3, I can't imagine wanting to read any of those. And seeing as how I will probably never learn to program in LISP I doubt I'd ever need to read that book either.

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