<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the feminist librarian]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://thefeministlibrarian.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Anna Clutterbuck-Cook]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thefeministlibrarian.com/author/feministlib/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[&quot;I can&#8217;t really say I liked&nbsp;it&quot;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/e84f6-gold_bk.jpg"><img src="https://thefeministlibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/e84f6-gold_bk.jpg?w=80" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182773144765413762" border="0" /></a>Stephen D. Levitt, author of the wildly popular book on weird statistics, <span style="font-style:italic;">Freakonomics</span>, has just <a href="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/the-not-so-golden-compass/">reviewed</a> Philip Pullman&#8217;s fantasy novel <span style="font-style:italic;">The Golden Compass</span> on his blog over at the New York Times.  Did he like it? Not so much. As Hanna wrote when she sent me the link, &#8220;okay, this has to be the fastest and most complete pan of a book I have read in a long time.&#8221;  Check it out and have yourself a giggle.</p>
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