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Dead or Alive?
How many of your authors are dead?
Dead: 49 / Alive: 116 / Unknown: 153 / Not a Person: 1
Percent alive: 70.3%
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The above is a report generated from a neat new analytical script that LibraryThing can do to your home bookshelves, called “Dead or Alive?”
I sort of assumed I’d have more dead authors. Ah well. Ironically, they listed my own name as “Unknown”…and I found that a little soothing. Call me anthropomorphic, but I think I’d rather be among those undead than “Not a Person”.
[Scrolled to the bottom ... They DO have a catagory for "Zombies" too! LibraryThing is a riot.]
Happy Valendine’s Day.
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I just hope that, as an author, you never have to find out that you are dead through this new script on LibraryThing
not a person? is that, like, to distinguish yr copies of “mein kampf” or the bible? i hope it’s not something so boring as multiple authors or editors. maybe aliester crowley – the “great beast 666″ certainly should qualify him for “not a person” status.
Isn’t it funny how we kind of assume that just because authors are dead means they’re better? I just wrote a profile of a famous philosopher for work and found myself shocked to report that he finally achieved acclaim before he died.