Six degrees of vampire smut
I've got some "big" news on hold, so I'll throw out a game.
I keep planning to blog "Three degrees of Jane Austen," on how almost LibraryThing shares a book with someone who shares a book with someone who owns something by Jane Austen. People share books much more than they share friends. So while it's comforting that everyone in the world is six degrees away by acquaintance, they're much closer by the shared mental universe of the book.
Today's game is to try to get from one tag page to another, using the "related tags" box, using as few hops as possible.
Challenge number 1: Vampire smut to Spanish Civil War in 10 steps. I'll bet someone can do a lot better.
vampire smut > mystery > historical > history > sociology > economics > capitalism > radicalism > anarchism > Spanish Civil War
Challenge number 2: Tarzan to Iceland
Challenge number 3: Mesoamerica to zombies
I made a group for LibraryThing challenges, with a post for this. Post your solutions on the blog or over there.
Note: You cannot use fiction, nonfiction, read, unread, paperback, hardback, arc, signed, favorite, loved, wishlist or their variants. RULES UPDATE: You can't add tags, obviously!
I keep planning to blog "Three degrees of Jane Austen," on how almost LibraryThing shares a book with someone who shares a book with someone who owns something by Jane Austen. People share books much more than they share friends. So while it's comforting that everyone in the world is six degrees away by acquaintance, they're much closer by the shared mental universe of the book.
Today's game is to try to get from one tag page to another, using the "related tags" box, using as few hops as possible.
Challenge number 1: Vampire smut to Spanish Civil War in 10 steps. I'll bet someone can do a lot better.
vampire smut > mystery > historical > history > sociology > economics > capitalism > radicalism > anarchism > Spanish Civil War
Challenge number 2: Tarzan to Iceland
Challenge number 3: Mesoamerica to zombies
I made a group for LibraryThing challenges, with a post for this. Post your solutions on the blog or over there.
Note: You cannot use fiction, nonfiction, read, unread, paperback, hardback, arc, signed, favorite, loved, wishlist or their variants. RULES UPDATE: You can't add tags, obviously!
posted by Tim at 11:08 AM
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Well the third one is too easy - I wonder if it can be shorter though:
Mesoanerica > Central America> Caribbean> Haiti> Zombies
It can be done in four. It's the only one I did before I posted it.
Hmm, I thought I might be onto something with Mesoamerica> codex> death but alas death doesn't link to zombies.
And while I can get from both Tarzan and Iceland to adventure, it doesn't link back to them.
*keeps trying*
Come to the group.
I think this is weirdly fun. I'm not sure why :)
vampire smut > mystery > historical > europe > spain > spanish civil war
Uhm..what's the big news!?
You're killing me with suspense, Tim!
Tarzan > Africa > Europe > Middle Ages > Vikings > Iceland
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