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Links to Amazon reviews for all the books: http://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Cinema-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765329085/ http://www.amazon.com/Pirate-Cinema-Cory-Doctorow/d

• roryokane 14y ago
  Also, links to reviews on Goodreads: Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13539171-pirate-cinema http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13539171-pirate-cinema (rating: 3.82) Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8503271-pump-six-and-other-stories http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8503271-pump-six-and-othe... (rating: 4.11) Zoo City by Lauren Beukes – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11351953-zoo-city http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11351953-zoo-city (rating: 3.68) Invasion: Book One of the Secret World Chronicle by Mercedes Lackey – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10824696-invasion http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10824696-invasion (rating: 3.73) Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66659.Stranger_Things_Happen http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66659.Stranger_Things_Hap... (rating: 4.00) Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66657.Magic_for_Beginners http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66657.Magic_for_Beginners (rating: 4.01) bonus books: Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/957373.Signal_to_Noise http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/957373.Signal_to_Noise (rating: 3.88) Old Man’s War by John Scalzi – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51964.Old_Man_s_War http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51964.Old_Man_s_War (rating: 4.18)
  • a_bonobo 14y ago
    You know what would be great if adapted by Goodreads? Standard Deviation for ratings. I have a hunch that with the standard-deviation, all ratings for all books even out at 4/5. Not sure why, but I think that goodreads-users are too nice due to using real names. Edit: Just played around with the "rating details" tab and numpy: Magic for Beginners has a mean rating of 4.01 and a stddev of 0.99, Pirate Cinema has a mean rating of 3.85 and a stddev of 0.89, Pump Six has a mean rating of 4.11 and a stddev of 0.81, so looking at only the standard deviations, all books have a very similar rating. Interesting, but that doesn't tell me much, except that the standard-deviation is massive in this context.
• Semaphor 14y ago
  edit: 2 minutes too slow. Going to just leave this up as it has the ratings;) And because I think goodreads review are way above amazon in quality (usually, not always) here are the links for GoodReads (ratings in brackets): Pump Six and Other Stories http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2819368-pump-six-and-other-stories http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2819368-pump-six-and-othe... (4.11) Zoo City http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7163862-zoo-city http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7163862-zoo-city (3.68) Invasion: The Secret World Chronicle http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1986356.Invasion http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1986356.Invasion (3.73) Stranger Things Happen http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66659.Stranger_Things_Happen http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66659.Stranger_Things_Hap... (4.00) Magic for Beginners. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66657.Magic_for_Beginners http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66657.Magic_for_Beginners (4.01) Pirate Cinema http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13539171-pirate-cinema http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13539171-pirate-cinema (3.82) extras Old Man's War http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51964.Old_Man_s_War http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51964.Old_Man_s_War (4.18) Signal to Noise! http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/166570.Signal_to_Noise http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/166570.Signal_to_Noise (3.88)
  • steevdave 14y ago
    As someone who has never visited good reads, you have the ratings in parenthesis, but, what are they out of? (4.11) doesn't really tell me much, is that 4.11 out of 5, or 4.11 out of 10? (To pick a random rating). Yes, I can not be lazy and visit the site to find out, but if you are leaving the comment up to be helpful, it would be appreciated to clarify their rating scheme for those of us who aren't familiar.
    • veidr 14y ago
      The ratings at goodreads.com are whole stars, from 1 to 5.
    • Semaphor 14y ago
      Yeah, didn't think about that. Thanks:)