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[nonelvis]

Cribbed from BoingBoing, John Hodgman's talk from TED on alien abduction and the phenomenon of lost time. As with so much of what Hodgman does, this talk is funny, charming, and at least 50% bullshit. (It also really made me want to write either an original story or fic in which Enrico Fermi is a space alien. You'll see why.)

After I watched this, I followed TED's link to Amazon to see how much they were charging for Hodgman's new book, More Information Than You Require. And in the section on the page where they tell you what other customers buying this book have also bought: the new Neal Stephenson, the new Neil Gaiman, and the latest Futurama DVD. DAMN YOU, AMAZON, AND YOUR DISTURBINGLY PERFECT TARGETING ALGORITHMS.

Comments

[iko.livejournal.com]

Heh! I already have the new Neil Gaiman. It's... quite scary, actually.

[nonelvis]

I'm way behind on my book reading, but somehow that didn't stop me from buying more today. I love the concept behind Gaiman's new book!

[otherwise-nyc.livejournal.com]

I didn't know Hodgman had done a TED talk! That's awesome! Don't have time to watch it right now, but I look forward to it. Cooool.

The new Gaiman sounds great. I might download the video of him reading it all on his book tour, which is up on his blog. I love that he does stuff like that. What a great guy.

[nonelvis]

You should definitely watch the video when you have a minute; the last story Hodgman tells is really sweet.

I hadn't known about those Gaiman videos, and somehow I'll have to find the time to watch them. He is *such* a good reader.

[mmancuso.livejournal.com]

[pokes head out of kiln] WHAT NEW GAIMAN BOOK?! What?
[lid smacks down again, closing]

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[pokes head out of kiln] WHAT NEW GAIMAN BOOK?! What?
[lid smacks down again, closing] <muffled, strained> What. New. Book? Frak.

[nonelvis]

This one. It's a retelling of The Jungle Book in which the foundling is raised by ghosts in a graveyard.

[mmancuso.livejournal.com]

New T-shirt:

"Honeychile, your targeting algorithm needs adjustment."