Depending on the size of your monitor, between three and four inches—once they stop circling Dostoevsky, anyway…
{long dramatic pause}
{crickets chirping}
OK—now that you’re thoroughly confused, I think and judge it for thy best thou follow me and I will be thy guide… If you haven’t seen it before, Gnod has put together a literature map that can help you figure out what to read next. Finished everything your favorite author ever wrote? Just plug in his or her name and the map will show you a cloud of similar authors. The closer together two authors appear in the cloud, the more similar they are—and the more likely you are to like the second author if you like the first one—so you can use the map to find new authors to read. Give it a try! When I put in one of my favorite authors, the resulting cloud contained many of my favorite authors, as well as a lot of others that I’ve been wanting to read for some time:
Oh, and one final note about the title of this post: They also both happen to be towns in South Dakota. The answer? About 111 miles.
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Jake Gauslow |
| Library Assistant | |
| jgauslow@friscotexas.gov |
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| Jake Gauslow |
| Adult Services Librarian | |
| jgauslow@friscotexas.gov |
Tags: authors, cool, Frisco Public Library, fun, mind map, reading
Very excellent gadget for us readers! Thanks Jake.
This is BRILLIANT, I love it!
Wow! Thanks for sharing! This thoroughly pleases me.