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Originally Posted by cassidym
To find similar authors, check out Literature Map. com here http://www.literature-map.com/
You enter an author's name and hit return and a new screen opens with your author's name in the middle and other author names arrayed around him. The closer they are the more like them they are. |
That seemed to be a brilliant idea - until I tried it. I checked the results with several authors whose work I know well and it wasn't just not close, in some instances it was almost ludicrous. A shame - be great if it worked.