In the section on critiques should be added Alex Beam's more-general critique of Adler and the GBWW project: A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books.
It is good for a giggle and uses the rhetorical technique of lampooning the other's (Adler's) over-seriousness; although I thought that Beam's pen-nib was a bit too sharp, and I ended up both pitying Adler and cheering him on more than expected.
Worth borrowing from your local library, but probably not worth spending money or valuable shelf space on it.
In the section on critiques should be added Alex Beam's more-general critique of Adler and the GBWW project: A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books.
It is good for a giggle and uses the rhetorical technique of lampooning the other's (Adler's) over-seriousness; although I thought that Beam's pen-nib was a bit too sharp, and I ended up both pitying Adler and cheering him on more than expected.
Worth borrowing from your local library, but probably not worth spending money or valuable shelf space on it.