Comments on: BookExpo: The Myth of “Big Ideas” http://www.edrants.com/bookexpo-the-myth-of-big-ideas/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BEA 2009: Observations Around the Internet | Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary http://www.edrants.com/bookexpo-the-myth-of-big-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-255289 BEA 2009: Observations Around the Internet | Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary Sun, 31 May 2009 17:05:15 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=11487#comment-255289 [...] The Big Ideas panel by Chris Anderson and Lev Grossman was also a disappointment (heard on Twitter that Champion wasn’t alone in this sentiment. [...] [...] The Big Ideas panel by Chris Anderson and Lev Grossman was also a disappointment (heard on Twitter that Champion wasn’t alone in this sentiment. [...]

]]> By: DrMabuse http://www.edrants.com/bookexpo-the-myth-of-big-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-255275 DrMabuse Sat, 30 May 2009 23:52:08 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=11487#comment-255275 If you can't say anything of substance within ten minutes, what then is the point of the exercise? You looked like a piece of driftwood up there, Lev, willing to accept any half-baked skeletal diagram of how you get something for free without question. If you can’t say anything of substance within ten minutes, what then is the point of the exercise? You looked like a piece of driftwood up there, Lev, willing to accept any half-baked skeletal diagram of how you get something for free without question.

]]> By: Lev Grossman http://www.edrants.com/bookexpo-the-myth-of-big-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-255274 Lev Grossman Sat, 30 May 2009 22:40:49 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=11487#comment-255274 Dude. You shouldn't dis a panel you didn't stay for. The conclusions, sad and lifeless or not, were the exact opposite of what you're describing here. Dude. You shouldn’t dis a panel you didn’t stay for. The conclusions, sad and lifeless or not, were the exact opposite of what you’re describing here.

]]> By: Peter L. Winkler http://www.edrants.com/bookexpo-the-myth-of-big-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-255244 Peter L. Winkler Fri, 29 May 2009 22:02:32 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=11487#comment-255244 "A bunch of men sit before some microphones and begin to spout off a bunch of technological libertarian nonsense." Great observations. “A bunch of men sit before some microphones and begin to spout off a bunch of technological libertarian nonsense.”

Great observations.

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