Erebus172
Erebus172 t1_ja9mf2a wrote
Reply to TIL New Hyde Park, NY is neither named for London’s famous Hyde Park or the upstate NY hamlet of Hyde Park. It is named for a Governor’s Wife. by theAusterityClinic
But the Governors wife is named after the park in London so...
Erebus172 t1_ja2h48a wrote
Reply to what does "cheeseburger of pain" mean? by amarraxo
I think the consensus is that Meyer meant "_____ bundle of pain" but somehow it autocorrected to "cheeseburger of pain" and no one corrected it.
It is not a regular phrase.
Erebus172 t1_j90x82n wrote
>Rule 3.3: Requests for personalized recommendations or suggestions are not allowed. Post instead to our Weekly Recommendation Thread (always CSS stickied at the top of any /r/books page), /r/suggestmeabook or /r/whattoreadwhen. Also try /r/booklists or our Suggested Reading list wiki page. Posts asking users to list their favorite/the best book of a genre, style, etc that don't include an answer and why in the body will be assumed to be recommendation requests and removed.
Erebus172 t1_j8w4vlh wrote
The whole point of this article is to say that the anticonvulsant drug lamotrigine (Lamictal) may be a "miracle cure" for autism. There are several problems with this. For one, epilepsy is the most common comorbidity with autism occurring in around 33% of the autistic population. Many of those afflicted with both are already on Lamictal and see no change in their autistic symptoms. Second, as stated in the article, several studies have been done with Lamictal in the past for children with autism and other neurological conditions and showed no effects other than the original (anticonvulsant).
>The drug was ineffective in a small 2001 trial of 28 autistic children, but it may help people with certain genetic conditions.
IMO the manufacturer is just trying to find more people to sell their drug to.
Erebus172 t1_j6mot25 wrote
Reply to comment by Intelligent_Prick_00 in Simple Questions: January 31, 2023 by AutoModerator
Thanks for that info. I don't know anything about how the publishing industry works. The book says Simon & Schuster on it so I guessed that would mean it should've been seen by an editor.
Erebus172 t1_j6mh121 wrote
Reply to comment by videopox in Simple Questions: January 31, 2023 by AutoModerator
The last couple books I read covered some dark/heavy topics so I wanted something more lighthearted, but this book has just made me angry. lol. It has great reviews on GR too, which I don't understand. Booktok, maybe?
Erebus172 t1_j6mc0ll wrote
Reply to Simple Questions: January 31, 2023 by AutoModerator
What do editors do? How much do they change about a book?
The book I'm currently reading has a significant amount of typos, much of the dialogue doesn't make sense, and there are many contradictions in the story that are a page or two apart. Shouldn't a good editor have caught those issues? Do authors just publish books without running them by an editor now?
Erebus172 t1_j6jyetj wrote
Obligatory Luna Lovegood.
Erebus172 t1_iuanfof wrote
Reply to Which book would you choose if you could only read one for the rest of your life? by NubbyNob
I loved the Redwall series when I was young but I barely remember anything about it. I may have to take a dive back into it.
Edit: oops, I forgot to answer the actual question. Probably the Count of Monte Christo. There’s so much there to entertain over and over.
Erebus172 t1_iu3h8ua wrote
Reply to comment by Indotex in Best edition of “The Count of Monte Cristo”? (Spoilers) by Indotex
The Robin Buss translation is so good. I ended up reading The Stranger just because Robin translated it as well.
Erebus172 t1_iu05ote wrote
Reply to Is A Clockwork Orange difficult to read for Americans due to the dialect of English? by chinawcswing
I haven't read it, but I've heard that the dialect is part of the point of the book. They're made up words and you're meant to learn their meanings as the story goes on.
Edit: it's called Nadsat.
Erebus172 t1_je03m7p wrote
Reply to comment by vonnegutflora in London book shop recommendations? by 3rd-eye-blind
Fake London -NJB