11 May 2006

 

Literature Map

This is kind of fun: Literature Map.

You enter the name of an author you like, and it gives you a map of other authors that are recommended. The closer the name is to the one you entered, the more recommended they are.

What's kind of funny is that when I entered (one of my favorite authors) Steven Brust, I got Stephen Brust, CJ Cherryh, C.J. Cherryh, Lois Bujold, and Lois McMaster Bujold. I think there's a few flaws!

Comments:
I tried George Eliot and Bill Clinton and Roger Ebert were among the results.
 
Ha!
 
Dude, unreal. I independently discovered this site (and just sent a "hey, play with this!" email to my librarian aunt. There's got to be some law or theory out there to explain that phenomenon.
 
Sorry, there was meant to be a ")" after the word "aunt" in my previous post. Alas, 1) I forgot it, and 2) it doesn't appear that I can edit my comments. Il'l jsut haf too prufreed gooder frmo no onn.
 
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