Imatge de l'autor

Cecil Adams

Autor/a de The Straight Dope

5 obres 1,679 Membres 15 Ressenyes 8 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Inclou el nom: Cecil Adams

Nota de desambiguació:

(eng) Cecil Adams is a name, possibly a pseudonym, designating the American author of The Straight Dope, a popular question and answer column published in The Chicago Reader since 1973. Ed Zotti is Adams' editor.

Crèdit de la imatge: Ed Zotti is a long-time journalist and editor of the syndicated "Straight Dope" newspaper column by Cecil Adams -- a name that is most likely a pseudonym.

Sèrie

Obres de Cecil Adams

The Straight Dope (1984) 618 exemplars
More of the Straight Dope (1988) 370 exemplars
Return of the Straight Dope (1994) 267 exemplars
The Straight Dope Tells All (1998) 231 exemplars
Triumph of the Straight Dope (1999) 193 exemplars

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Coneixement comú

Altres noms
Zotti, Ed
Data de naixement
20th century
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Llocs de residència
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biografia breu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Ad...
Nota de desambiguació
Cecil Adams is a name, possibly a pseudonym, designating the American author of The Straight Dope, a popular question and answer column published in The Chicago Reader since 1973. Ed Zotti is Adams' editor.

Membres

Ressenyes

I'm a fairly recent convert to the Straight Dope. One of the first things I learned from the esteemed Cecil Adams is armadillos are leprous (a fact not included in this book, but maybe one of his other books). I've learned many other useful facts since I've started reading the column and books... but that's the fact that always stands out.
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eyelit | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | Mar 21, 2018 |
I can't believe I forgot to review this awesome book. Another book in the Straight Dope series, this one tackles the truth about Thanksgiving, if there is really a pill that turns water into gasoline, what lava lamps are made out of, and, to my immense delight, gives real facts on Dracula and Elizabeth Bathory. I love Cecil's wit and sarcasm, and this book was just as good as the others.
½
 
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Heather19 | May 2, 2017 |
Culled from a weekly reader-submitted question column in the Chicago Reader. Thankfully dealing with any topic under the sun, rather than relationship advice. The 1970s hipster-wiseass persona begins to grate pretty quickly, but a wide variety of topics are treated, and Cecil's research usually brings home the bacon.
 
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ehines | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | Nov 10, 2010 |
I love that this book re-addressed a lot of topics from the older books, gave new information, updates, things that readers have written in about those topics... I think it's awesome that it's not "well here's the answer, I'm done with that topic now", Cecil actually updates his readers on things that have been hashed out before.

As always, Cecil doesn't shy away from the stranger or more controversial questions. I'm sure this guy has a whole bunch of religious enemies, as well as political/science/etc, for the way he tackles everything full-on, no holds barred.

This was the only Straight Dope book I hadn't read, and now I'm a little disappointed and flaily, not having anymore to look forward to. .... The fact that I re-read them all constantly is something my mind is ignoring, it seems.
… (més)
½
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Heather19 | May 29, 2010 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
5
Membres
1,679
Popularitat
#15,312
Valoració
4.1
Ressenyes
15
ISBN
8
Preferit
8

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