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§ ita § - Apr 12, 2009 5:29:05 pm PDT #8830 of 28635

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Seeing the buzz across LJ: Amazon removes GLBT content from their sales ranking.

"American Psycho" is Bret Easton Ellis' story of a sadistic murderer. "Unfriendly Fire" is a well-reviewed empirical analysis of military policy. But it's "Unfriendly Fire" that does not have a sales rank -- which means it would not show up in Amazon's bestseller lists, even if it sold more copies than the Twilight series. In some cases, being de-ranked also means being removed from Amazon's search results.

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books is Google-bombing "amazon rank" in response.

Calli - Apr 13, 2009 4:50:40 am PDT #8831 of 28635

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I saw that. It's also been Slashdotted. At the moment, at least, CNN has the story via a link on their home page to The CNET article.

Polter-Cow - Apr 13, 2009 8:14:24 am PDT #8832 of 28635

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

No idea whether this person is fucking with everyone, but he claims to be responsible.

Steph L. - Apr 13, 2009 8:28:21 am PDT #8833 of 28635

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

This person says that Weev was trolling: [link]

DavidS - Apr 13, 2009 8:29:18 am PDT #8834 of 28635

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Does this sound credible to you?

This started a while back on Craigslist, when I was trying to score chicks to do heroin with.

Jessica - Apr 13, 2009 8:30:18 am PDT #8835 of 28635

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Yeah, not buying it.

[to clarify - not buying that Weev hacked Amazon. Totally buying that his "confession" is bullshit trolling.]

Barb - Apr 13, 2009 8:54:14 am PDT #8836 of 28635

“Not dead yet!”

erika-- your guy David's going to be speaking tomorrow in NYC on the post boom culture novel.

[link]

erikaj - Apr 13, 2009 9:22:47 am PDT #8837 of 28635

"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal

Of course, I'm the Snot Boogie of authors...I can write the same stuff. Yay? In all seriousness, he is just smart enough and pissed off enough to handle that topic.

Polter-Cow - Apr 13, 2009 10:55:35 am PDT #8838 of 28635

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Has anyone else read La Perdida by Jessica Abel? Because I really didn't like it and would like my opinion validated by a competent authority.

Tom Scola - Apr 13, 2009 11:02:23 am PDT #8839 of 28635

They pay me in WOIMS

Polter-Cow, I validate you. From what I remember of the story, the protagonist ventured deeply into Too Stupid To Live territory.

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