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Stefan Jones
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07-16-2002 01:45 PM ET (US)
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If you find a copy of the "Science Made Stupid" or "Cvlture Made Stupid" paperback, buy it!
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| Mark Frauenfelder
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07-16-2002 01:49 PM ET (US)
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I love the art. It's early-'60s MAD.
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| Ryan
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07-16-2002 02:56 PM ET (US)
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Yes! This book is so damn funny. brought tears to my eyes many times as a kid. great to see it up online so everyone can enjoy.
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| Joan
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07-16-2002 04:01 PM ET (US)
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The Man with No Endorphins is an equally fun book
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| Summer
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07-16-2002 07:44 PM ET (US)
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I had this book as a kid -- well, I still do -- and treasured it like my friends did their Barbies. Back then I didn't get quite all the jokes, but now... boy howdy! Great stuff. I didn't know it had won a Hugo!
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| SteveT
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07-16-2002 07:45 PM ET (US)
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Nice to see online. 'Science made stupid' and 'Culture made stupid' are two of my most treasurede posessions. Did Tom Weller do anything else?
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| Stefan Jones
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07-17-2002 12:08 PM ET (US)
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| Eric Scoles
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07-17-2002 05:59 PM ET (US)
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Oh, rhapture... I've wanted to get copies of this for people, and couldn't find it in print. Now I can just blog it to remember the address, and point them to it!
[snif!] I'm wipin' a tear, here...and nursing a pain in my side.
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| Teresa Nielsen Hayden
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07-20-2002 05:25 PM ET (US)
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Tom Weller's Culture Made Stupid nearly did me in. I was working as a literary criticism reference series editor at the time, and what got me was his footnote that said (approximately) "All quotations from Shakespeare will be from the edition on my shelf -- the big one, with the pink cover."
My cousin Joe, who's a professional actor and singer, had the same reaction to the passage about how opera had brought something new that Western theatre had hitherto lacked: Fat people bellowing in foreign languages.
CMS's chart of proofreader's marks, and what the indicia on copyright pages really mean, went up on bulletin boards all over the industry.
Tom Weller is a genius.
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| Stefan Jones
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07-22-2002 01:11 PM ET (US)
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"went up on bulletin boards all over the industry."
Oh yeah.
I worked for a technical writing sweatshop in upstate NY for a few years. Most of the other guys were orthodox and observervant jews. They were from isolated, TV-free, pop-culture-unaware communities. The postmodern satire on the pages from Culture Made Stupid -- proofreader's marks, and the listing of fonts ("buckler, with swash") -- that I hung up just totally blew them away.
'The ink was from a can.'
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| Tom Weller
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11-07-2002 12:38 AM ET (US)
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Hi, guys. Just stumbled by this site on my way to somewhere else, but then my ears were burning (aiiieee!!). I humbly, yet proudly ... no, happily, yes happily, hear your kind words. Glad you enjoyed my tiny contribution to world stupidity. Ad astra per aspirin!
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| Suzanne Landis
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04-07-2003 05:10 PM ET (US)
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I am desperately seeking a copy of Tom Wellers book "Science made Stupid"... I live in Ottawa Canada and it's very hard to get a hold of a copy.. My husband loved excerpts from it and I woud like to get a copy as a surprise. If anyone knows where I could get one. Tom if you are out there...Help!!! email me at n_janak@hotmail.com
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| David Peterson
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07-12-2003 02:13 PM ET (US)
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Mr. Tom Weller, if you bump into the webiste again, my untmost congratulations for a brilliant romp through culture with Culture made...well, you know. It is my favourite book and I too would like to get Science made Stupid. TOm, e-mail me padre@islandnet.com
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| Eric Swanson
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12-18-2003 04:51 PM ET (US)
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You know this was the 1986 Hugo winner for non-fiction? It's selling used online for no less than $50, alas. (And I ain't a-sellin' mine, neither). Check bublos.com to see what it is selling for at any given moment.
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