Michael Magras on Nostr: In today's New York Times, a book critic called people like me pedantic for pointing ...
In today's New York Times, a book critic called people like me pedantic for pointing out that 2000 is the final year of the 20th Century, not the first year of the 21st. Ah, well. I suppose that's the sort of comment one should expect from people who think it's possible to rank books.
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