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Peter ([personal profile] ptc24) wrote2010-09-10 10:30 am

A startling comparison

From a BBC News story on book burning

On a personal level, we are forever being asked to name our favourite book, and the answer is considered a guide to someone's identity, as reliable as knowing their favourite colour or their star-sign. This might work if the answer is Mein Kampf or Lord of the Rings, but otherwise is pretty sketchy.

[identity profile] keirf.livejournal.com 2010-09-10 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
... or The Naked Lunch, or Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.