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My graduate adviser from my Master's program specialty is children's literature.

She could not get through Eragon.

So much for Paolini's claims of it being Literature.

I sent her a link to my analysis. She found it snarky and humorous and made her feel better about not finishing the "Darned book".

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Right, expanding on that earlier piece. I don't know if this is going to go anywhere. But still

With the rise of fan fiction a new problem emerged in the policing of books. Fan fiction was not published in book form, but they were published on the Internet and ever changing. They completely ignored the rules set down for publishing, i.e. that the book had to be done before it was published, proper spelling and grammar and correct usage of characters. Constantly, residents of Book World found themselves yanked out of their books into new stories, where they started to act like American teenage girls. Something had to be done. And that something was the Protectors of the Plot Continuum, an autonomous group that policed fan fiction, rescuing characters and putting down the parasitic Mary Sues and Gary Stus.

The Internet and Book World
By the Cat formerly known as Cheshire.

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Heroes

Agggh NO!! I don't want to wait until April Twenty-Fifth! Why can't it be next week?!

Mean people.

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The Everything Test

There are many different types of tests on the internet today. Personality tests, purity tests, stereotype tests, political tests. But now, there is one test to rule them all.

Traditionally, online tests would ask certain questions about your musical tastes or clothing for a stereotype, your experiences for a purity test, or deep questions for a personality test.We're turning that upside down - all the questions affect all the results, and we've got some innovative results too! Enjoy :-)

Personality You are more logical than emotional, more concerned about others than concerned about self, more religious than atheist, more loner than dependent, more lazy than workaholic, more rebel than traditional, more artistic mind than engineering mind, more cynical than idealist, more leader than follower, and more introverted than extroverted. As for specific personality traits, you are intellectual (93%), religious (80%), artistic (72%).

Stereotypes College Student 50% Geek 50% Old Geezer 50%

Life Experience Sex 21% Substances 3% Travel 41%

Politics Your political views would best be described as Liberal, whom you agree with around 64% of the time.

Socioeconomic Your attitude toward life best associates you with Upper Class. You make more than 0% of those who have taken this test, and 97% less than the U.S. average.

If your life was a movie, it would be rated G. By the way, your hottness rank is 60%, hotter than 85% of other test takers.

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Stolen from dergerm

Old geezer? I am not an old geezer!