Line Breaks & Other Violent Crimes

These are things I think about in order to stay alive in Los Angeles.

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February 7th 2012

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George Orwell’s example of a truly awful blurb, from the Sunday Times, pulled from The Millions‘ fascinating run-down of the past & future of blurbing. 

Posted at 9:20am and tagged with: blurbs, george orwell, the millions,.

“
If you can read this book and not shriek with delight, your soul is dead.
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