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Random quote: "Swords, Lances, arrows, machine guns, and even high explosives have had far less power over the fates of nations than the typhus louse, the plague flea, and the yellow-fever mosquito. Civilizations have retreated from the plasmodium of malaria, and armies have crumbled into rabbles under the onslaught of cholera spirilla, or of dysentery and typhoid bacilli. Huge areas have been devastated by the trypanosome that travels on the wings of the tsetse fly, and generations have been harassed by the syphilis of a courtier. War and conquest and that herd existence which is an accompaniment of what we call civilization have merely set the stage for these more powerful agents of human tragedy." ― Hans Zinsser, Rats, Lice and History
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twinmom22
Posted 2019-12-29 3:33 PM (#21589)
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As a librarian, finding features like the "If you liked..." is always helpful for patrons (and myself). Is there a way the site's users can contribute to those lists? For instance, Arkady Martine's "A memory called empire" seems to be a fit with C.J. Cherryh's "Foreigner" series because of the immersion of a diplomat into another very different culture.

How are these connections made? Can we help?
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Posted 2019-12-29 7:01 PM (#21593 - in reply to #21589)
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twinmom22 - 2019-12-29 3:33 PM As a librarian, finding features like the "If you liked..." is always helpful for patrons (and myself). Is there a way the site's users can contribute to those lists? For instance, Arkady Martine's "A memory called empire" seems to be a fit with C.J. Cherryh's "Foreigner" series because of the immersion of a diplomat into another very different culture. How are these connections made? Can we help?

Hi, twinmom22, and welcome to WWEnd! I'm glad you like the rec feature and I appreciate you wanting to contribute to it to make it better. That feature is automated based on member generated sub-genre tagging. Basically it matches the book you're looking at with other books that have been tagged with the same sub-genre. The feature is only accurate if we have good tags from our members.

Since it is automated the only way to improve it is to tag all the books you've read. More tags equal better results for both the rec engine and the sub-genre search.

Please let me know if you have other questions or comments about WWEnd.

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