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Old 03-28-2018, 08:39 AM   #46
kacir
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http://www.literature-map.com/
You enter a name of your favorite writer. The server displays a dynamic map or writer names ...
I've always found this a most peculiar site myself. It is not based on any similarity between authors, but simply on people's likes. If a lot of people like author "A" and author "B", then searching for "A" will display "B" in close proximity. That's not at all the same thing as saying that the two authors are similar in any way, unless one happens to believe that people are not capable of liking different types of book.
Ooops ...
I never paid attention to where they get the relationships of various authors.
Now I should go to www.gnooks.com and fill in *my* favorite authors, so the AI is a tiny bit wiser the next time I am looking for a book.
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