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Way to take me seriously there Larry Send a noteboard - 01/07/2010 11:27:40 PM
It even makes me second guess my original thoughts on books when I have discovered them before the hype starts (that does not mean by second thoughts always land on negative, but I become more critical).

Edit: I wouldn't use the word "hype" for the status of classics, though.


*cough*Harkaway*cough*

Sorry, couldn't resist!


Harkaway was only one person (me) talking enthusiastically about a book. I don't think of it as hype until it is a concerted effort, usually by a company, and certainly something which comes from several directions at once.


I know. I just wanted to tease, as is my wont these days, it seems.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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