30 August 2007
Some Amazon Data
Filed under Aleatory Research
Using a modified (and depleted) version of this script written by digital historian blogger William J. Turkel, I tried to see how useful of an automated source generator Amazon’s Statistically Improbable Phrases and Capitalized Phrases data would be for Gene Wolfe’s Solider of Sidon:
SIP red land
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Atlantis: Insights from a Lost Civilization
Soldier of Sidon
Red Land Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution
The Golden Star of Halich: A Tale of the Red Land in 1362
SIP first healer
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Soldier of Sidon
The Healer Within: Using Traditional Chinese Techniques To Release Your Body’s Own Medicine *Movement *Massage *Meditation *Breathing
The Healer’s Keep
DreamHealer: A True Story of Miracle Healings
SIP seven lions
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Soldier of Sidon
Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents
A Beginner’s Guide to Constructing the Universe: Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science
The Women’s Bible Commentary – expanded
SIP singing girl
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The Plum in the Golden Vase, or Chin P’ing Mei: Volume Two: The Rivals.
Soldier of Sidon
Tales of a Korean Grandmother (Tut Books. L)
The Red Thread: A Love Story
SIP wax woman
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Soldier of Sidon
The Exceptional Woman: Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun and the Cultural Politics of Art
Three Books Of Occult Philosophy (Llewellyn’s Sourcebook)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
CAP Prince Achaemenes
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Soldier of Sidon
Beacon Lights Of History
CAP Holy Thotmaktef
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Soldier of Sidon
CAP King Siaspiqa
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Soldier of Sidon
CAP Red God
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Soldier of Sidon
Warlock: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
Daughter of the Empire
Legacies of the Turf, Vol. 2: A Century of Great Thoroughbred Breeders
CAP Great Sea
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Shining South (Dungeon & Dragons d20 3.5 Fantasy Roleplaying, Forgotten Realms Supplement)
The Unknown Years of Jesus
I, Joseph of Arimathea
Lost Regiment 8: The Men of War (Lost Regiment)
CAP Holy One
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Jeremiah (Chalice Commentaries for Today)
Trajectories in Near Eastern Apocalyptic: A Postrabbinic Jewish Apocalypse Reader (Resources for Biblical Study) (Resources for Biblical Study)
The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons
Introduction to Rabbinic Literature
CAP Holy Kashta
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Soldier of Sidon
CAP Great Seth
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Soldier of Sidon
The Gnostic Gospels
The First Christian Theologians: An Introduction to Theology in the Early Church (The Great Theologians)
Teach with Your Strengths: How Great Teachers Inspire Their Students
CAP Crimson Man
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Soldier of Sidon
A Caress of Twilight: A Novel
Far from the Madding Crowd (Signet Classics)
The Insider: A Novel
CAP White Wall
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Passing of the Empires 850 BC to 330 BC
Ramesses II, His Contemporaries (Ramesside Inscriptions, Translations, Vol III)
Soldier of Sidon
The Egyptian Sudan: Its History and Monuments Part Two
CAP Crimson Men
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Latro in the Mist
Soldier of Sidon
Acts of War: Behavior of Men in Battle
The Romanov Prophecy
CAP Red One
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Armored Corps: Attack by Fire (Armored Corps)
Engage and Destroy (Armored Corps, No. 2)
Armored Corps #1 (Armored Corps)
The Big Red One
CAP Field of Reeds
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Death And Salvation In Ancient Egypt
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day
The Unanswered Question: Death, Near-Death, and the Afterlife
The Book of the Dead
CAP Great King
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Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East: The Royal Correspondence of the Late Bronze Age
Latro in the Mist
The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece — and Western Civilization
The Journey to the West, Volume 2
CAP Noble Qanju
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Soldier of Sidon
CAP House of Life
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Out of the House of Life (St. Germain)
The Egyptian
The Egyptian: A Novel
Isis Magic
CAP Eater of Blood
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Soldier of Sidon
The Notebook Of An English Opium Eater
The Insects: An Outline of Entomology
Alpha Lipoic Acid Breakthrough: The Superb Antioxidant That May Slow Aging, Repair Liver Damage, and Reduce the Risk of Cancer, Heart Disease, and Diabetes
CAP Great Prince
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A History of the Church of Russia
Russia under the Old Regime: Second Edition (Penguin History)
Soldier of Sidon
Legends of the Samurai
CAP Lion People
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Soldier of Sidon
Best Choices from the People’s Pharmacy
The Lion’s Game
Practicing the Presence of People: How We Learn to Love
CAP Captain Muslak
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Soldier of Sidon
CAP Great River
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The Star Trek Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded Edition (Star Trek: All) (Star Trek: All)
The Star Trek Encyclopedia
Grand Canal, Great River: The Travel Diary of a 12th Century Chinese Poet
New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods (Winterthur Book)
CAP Noble Qnju
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Soldier of Sidon
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Not too bad, I think, and often humorous.
2007-08-30 :: Jonathan