Comments on: Bullshit Envy http://www.turkeymonkey.com/2005/04/11/bullshit-envy/ Ted Mann's thoughts on watersports, refined sugar, and monkeys. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:10:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Patricia http://www.turkeymonkey.com/2005/04/11/bullshit-envy/comment-page-1/#comment-2116 Patricia Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:37:43 +0000 http://www.turkeymonkey.com/?p=132#comment-2116 Any new updates on a new job? I acutally really enjoyed this book and think it was really clever that Princeton University Press published it. So what if they did it first I am sure the University of Pennsylvania will publish great books to come. Thanks for the post. Patricia Any new updates on a new job? I acutally really enjoyed this book and think it was really clever that Princeton University Press published it. So what if they did it first I am sure the University of Pennsylvania will publish great books to come.
Thanks for the post.
Patricia

]]> By: Korey http://www.turkeymonkey.com/2005/04/11/bullshit-envy/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Korey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.turkeymonkey.com/?p=132#comment-201 I'm not going to get worked up as long as Princeton limits its flawless execution to publishing academic tomes and not backdoor cuts against defending national champions. I’m not going to get worked up as long as Princeton limits its flawless execution to publishing academic tomes and not backdoor cuts against defending national champions.

]]> By: Ted http://www.turkeymonkey.com/2005/04/11/bullshit-envy/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Ted Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.turkeymonkey.com/?p=132#comment-202 Just got back from a trip to the bookstore, and I noticed that Frankfurt's book is #1 this week. NY Times has it at #3. And when I actually checked the page count, I noticed that it was only about 50 pages of actual text, formatted in 3x4 blocks -- which I'd guess adds up to maybe 10 magazine pages. Help me out: When was the last time a $10 10-page essay became the bestselling book in the country? The success is so huge at this point that I'm starting to think the book itself is bullshit. Just got back from a trip to the bookstore, and I noticed that Frankfurt’s book is #1 this week. NY Times has it at #3.

And when I actually checked the page count, I noticed that it was only about 50 pages of actual text, formatted in 3×4 blocks — which I’d guess adds up to maybe 10 magazine pages. Help me out: When was the last time a $10 10-page essay became the bestselling book in the country?

The success is so huge at this point that I’m starting to think the book itself is bullshit.

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