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unc70

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9. NPR is just one of many making that mistake

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #8)

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 08:49 AM

Aug 2012

Princess Bride is attributed to Golding a lot, even when there is no mention of any work or author.

While the error by NPR can possibly be explained by the two works being next to each other in the list, that also should have made it easy to catch while proof reading. It jumped out at me.

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Top 100 Teen Books (NPR survey) [View all] pokerfan Aug 2012 OP

I saw that list. ceile Aug 2012 #1

Me neither pokerfan Aug 2012 #2

Lot more than 100 books when you count the series getting old in mke Aug 2012 #3

Some classics. there. ChazInAz Aug 2012 #5

Dune? Wow. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #4

Very interesting list malthaussen Aug 2012 #6

Wm GoldMAN wrote The Princess Bride unc70 Aug 2012 #7

An easy to make typo TexasProgresive Aug 2012 #8

NPR is just one of many making that mistake unc70 Aug 2012 #9