I don't like the suggested implementation, because it implies an absolute order of things. "Oh, I need to buy Network Programming With Perl (score: 9.75) before I buy Effective Perl Programming (9.58)"

Here's what I like in the print world: the Musichound guides (such as the rock edition). They'll have a page on, say, Johnny Cash, and explain his career, and at the bottom, there are four sections:

It gives you a quick overview of where to start, where to go after that, and what to steer clear of. It's immensely helpful.

Plus, the whole numeric ranking thing reminds me of when your local radio station "COUNTS DOWN THE 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME!", and they imply that "Gimme Shelter" (#37) is a "better" song than "Bell Bottom Blues" (#38).

Also, blakem: ++ the node because it's a quality node, and then dissent. Mods are NOT intended to say "I agree with you." Personality voting is bad enough; we don't need opinion voting, too.

xoxo,
Andy
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In reply to Re: Book Ranking by petdance
in thread Book Ranking by hsmyers

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