tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post7389812208200103729..comments2023-05-13T08:06:53.033-04:00Comments on Prettier Than Napoleon: College students are not blank slatesAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11792206117772893217noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-17895382429080461302010-03-27T02:06:11.267-04:002010-03-27T02:06:11.267-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Dissertation Helphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05580151544065468933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-77947562907916248202010-03-26T15:04:21.789-04:002010-03-26T15:04:21.789-04:00If I were to be totally honest, it actually origin...If I were to be totally honest, it actually originally read "30 or so nameless romance novels." But I wasn't sure that was in the spirit of things. Then I switched it to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Dancer-Ann-Maxwell/dp/0786001550" rel="nofollow">Fire Dancer</a>, but that wasn't very honest since that was fairly late in the romance novel progression, and it was cheesy Nick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099375758289859323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-63057192638007350942010-03-26T12:54:30.747-04:002010-03-26T12:54:30.747-04:00Huh, I find Amanda Quick to be incredibly repetiti...Huh, I find Amanda Quick to be incredibly repetitive in her novels and pretty predictable (the Jayne Ann Krentz incarnation is pretty much the same, with slightly lower probability of heroine virginity). If I were thinking of an author who has had the most effect on my understanding of fiction-writing, it's probably Jennifer Crusie, but that's more to do with reading her essays about the PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-57068937956063866572010-03-25T23:25:30.640-04:002010-03-25T23:25:30.640-04:00Hm. As a datapoint, here's my best effort to ...Hm. As a datapoint, here's my best effort to find the books that most influenced me by reading them, in chronological order, without biographical commentary (this was incredibly difficult for me to do), without lowbrow removal. <br /><br />1) Physician's Guide to Congenital Birth Defects, Illustrated<br /><br />2) The Story of King Arthur and His Knights<br /><br />3) Journey to the Nick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099375758289859323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-59883628031755900422010-03-25T19:31:05.952-04:002010-03-25T19:31:05.952-04:00if someone says a book was influential on his thin...<i> if someone says a book was influential on his thinking, that doesn't necessarily mean he believed everything in it when he read it and continues to do so</i><br /><br />Yes, yes, true. I am talking about bloggers whose blogs I read (and thus whose views I am familiar with) and whose lists I saw - not just lists read in a vacuum. <br /><br />Not being passive aggressive, but don't Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271175695509162818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-45120098851342546882010-03-25T17:07:06.648-04:002010-03-25T17:07:06.648-04:00It seems that life doesn't have much of an imp...<i>It seems that life doesn't have much of an impact on a lot of of the list makers.</i><br /><br />Mike, if someone says a book was influential on his thinking, that doesn't necessarily mean he believed everything in it when he read it and continues to do so. If that were true, one would be getting an awfully big headache from being simultaneously influenced by Rawls and Nozick.<br /><brPGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-3513639863306707582010-03-25T15:25:50.380-04:002010-03-25T15:25:50.380-04:00There are many problems with the list. The ones y...There are many problems with the list. The ones you mentioned, and also - signalling. How many people scrubbed "low brow" books from their lists in an effort to manipulate perception? <br /><br />What interested me about those lists is how little people grown emotionally. <br /><br />Lots of guys (mostly it is males) read Anarchy, State, Utopia at 18, and that's what they Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271175695509162818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-1713818086359147112010-03-25T12:01:26.022-04:002010-03-25T12:01:26.022-04:00Of your list, "Mythology," "Gone wi...Of your list, "Mythology," "Gone with the Wind" and "Fountainhead" (as well as "Atlas Shrugged") all influenced me at some point before I turned 14. "Brave New World" also had some effect; I believe very strongly that particularly in the U.S., we are far more likely to fall into that dystopia than that of "1984." <br /><br />However, I PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-17518694363083320342010-03-25T03:01:41.698-04:002010-03-25T03:01:41.698-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193462144397871275noreply@blogger.com