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Reading the OED: The Book
Martha Barnette
San Diego, CA
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2008/08/03 - 1:32pm

Ammon Shea's new book Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages got a glowing review from Nicholson Baker in today's New York Times:

Ammon Shea, a sometime furniture mover, gondolier and word collector, has written an oddly inspiring book about reading the whole of the Oxford English Dictionary in one go.

I can vouch for the fact that it's a delightful read. No word on whether they sold the film rights.

Grant Barrett
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2008/08/03 - 6:34pm

I gotta say, though, that I've read it too, and found it to be hardly worth the effort–neither for Ammon nor for me.

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