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For years we've been fans of Project Gutenberg, but have always wanted a way to distinguish between the truly timeless classics and those texts which have 'historical interest only'.

All too often it's been a case of downloading an e-book over a dodgy modem link and reading through enough of it to form an opinion. This took its toll on our patience and our phone bill. As the number of titles at Gutenberg grew, so did our problems - in short, we were becoming spoilt for choice.

Then we discovered the Amazon web services. After applying a little programming nouse we built a database out of the Amazonian comments and the PG titles list. What a revelation it was to browse through the Project Gutenberg archives and read contemporary opinions of the work found there! (In fact, sometimes the reviews are more entertaining than the books they're describing :-)

We liked it so much that we've turned our original database into the web site you see today. So now you too can share our window into the Project Gutenberg archives. We're encouraging visitors to add comments, links and recommendations, so the information on the site should grow as more and more people drop by - please feel free to add your 20¢ worth...

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