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Best of Quora 2010-2012
The content in this book was selected by Marc Bodnick, John
Clover, Kat Li, Alecia Morgan, and Alex Wu from answers
written on Quora between 2010 and 2012.
Clover, Kat Li, Alecia Morgan, and Alex Wu from answers
written on Quora between 2010 and 2012.
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442 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2012
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November 26, 2015
An excellent read in its entirety with perfect blend of knowledge, intelligence, creativity, humor, sarcasm and much more. This is must read for everyone interested in knowing a bit of everything. People's take on variety of topics in umpteenth number of ways leaves you biting your nails. The out of the box thinking to the stupidest questions possible is the 'wow' factor of this book. A collection of best of the bests answers from the myriad of informative words is a boon to the bibliophiles. It gets you hooked & you end up reading atleast 50-60 pages in one go. An amazing author's pick and a beautiful topic-wise composition makes this book 'Best of Quora' indeed.
February 14, 2013
Great selection of fascinating Q&As. Awesome as a bathroom book (as a PDF for most people, mind). Would love an index at the back. Next "Best of," maybe?
November 13, 2013
This book packed amazing stuff, a pleasure to read (esp. for an avid quorans like me, ha)
December 30, 2013
I'm giving 4 stars not just because I ended up in the book, and was sent the book as one of the Top Quorans. Its more about seeing ideas come to life, which always amazes me!
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March 7, 2013
I heard of this book thanks to the Google+ community. And it's amazing! If you're the sort that likes to know all sorts of random things, you'll love this book!
This book is divided into 18 sections, covering things like Personal Experience (What is it feel like to be both very physically beautiful and very academically intelligent?) to Sports (Do Olympic or competitive swimmers ever pee in the pool?) and of course, Literature (Is The Hunger Games a pro-girl/pro-woman story, the way Brave is?). It's chock full (442 pages of PDF) of various questions and their really thoughtful answers.
And you'd be surprised at who answers the questions (at least for the more technical ones). When you look at the job titles at some of the users, you can tell that they're experts in their respective fields. And when you read what they write, you can see the it's a topic their passionate about. Plus, there was this Maths questions (What is it like to have an understanding of very advanced mathematics) that increased my respect for maths even more, and probably helped me to see the beauty in maths even clearer.
I think this is the sort of book you can just pick up and dip into. Each question is unrelated to the other, which means you're free to skip questions if you're bored by it. I just wish that a paperback version is published, because face it, flipping through a book randomly isn't that much fun with an ebook.
Plus, this book makes Quora sound so fun that I actually joined it! (Yes, yet another site I've joined). Only time will tell if I'll stick to it, but I am having fun reading all the different answers now.
If you're the non-fiction type, or just the curious type, you should definitely pick up this book!
First posted at Inside the mind of a Bibliophile
This book is divided into 18 sections, covering things like Personal Experience (What is it feel like to be both very physically beautiful and very academically intelligent?) to Sports (Do Olympic or competitive swimmers ever pee in the pool?) and of course, Literature (Is The Hunger Games a pro-girl/pro-woman story, the way Brave is?). It's chock full (442 pages of PDF) of various questions and their really thoughtful answers.
And you'd be surprised at who answers the questions (at least for the more technical ones). When you look at the job titles at some of the users, you can tell that they're experts in their respective fields. And when you read what they write, you can see the it's a topic their passionate about. Plus, there was this Maths questions (What is it like to have an understanding of very advanced mathematics) that increased my respect for maths even more, and probably helped me to see the beauty in maths even clearer.
I think this is the sort of book you can just pick up and dip into. Each question is unrelated to the other, which means you're free to skip questions if you're bored by it. I just wish that a paperback version is published, because face it, flipping through a book randomly isn't that much fun with an ebook.
Plus, this book makes Quora sound so fun that I actually joined it! (Yes, yet another site I've joined). Only time will tell if I'll stick to it, but I am having fun reading all the different answers now.
If you're the non-fiction type, or just the curious type, you should definitely pick up this book!
First posted at Inside the mind of a Bibliophile
January 23, 2013
This is a collection of some of Quora's best question-and-answer threads. I only comment that it is endlessly entertaining to read and that my favorite by far is the one they saved for the very end.
July 20, 2013
Amused to an extent that I lost some hours of sleep reading this. It's less about the "right answer" and more about perceptions and experiences.
July 26, 2016
Simply brilliant!
October 16, 2013
I skipped pages a lot, but there are some real gems. Something for everyone.
November 4, 2022
Once upon a time, Quora was really good. Just like scrolling through screenshots of tweets, an anthology like this will never really capture what it feels like to come across a good answer on Quora, but there's a great selection here.
I especially liked the tips from experts, vivid personal stories (mauled by a wolf, a doctor who eats a cockroach to entertain a sick child, a man is bitten by a black widow spider, selling drugs to a cartel) and getting into the heads of different people (what it's like to be sentenced to life in prison, being a sniper, how a very intelligent person solves problems, what it feels like to briefly lose cognitive abilities).
In some ways, Quora was like a trick to get people who would never write something down (whether its a blog, tweet, book, whatever), to tell their story. In a way, similar to Reddit's AMA or a good conversation at a party.
I especially liked the tips from experts, vivid personal stories (mauled by a wolf, a doctor who eats a cockroach to entertain a sick child, a man is bitten by a black widow spider, selling drugs to a cartel) and getting into the heads of different people (what it's like to be sentenced to life in prison, being a sniper, how a very intelligent person solves problems, what it feels like to briefly lose cognitive abilities).
In some ways, Quora was like a trick to get people who would never write something down (whether its a blog, tweet, book, whatever), to tell their story. In a way, similar to Reddit's AMA or a good conversation at a party.
June 13, 2017
Prefer the real Quora to this compilation. Skipped some parts as they were just not my taste. And feel like they missed many 'Best' of Quora back then.
July 12, 2016
Its really a good collection of interesting answers on quora. I am myself planning to make a collection of interesting answers and publish/distribute them among friends. I have found an app on android play store called "Quorean Beta". Quorean lets you search and select multiple answers on quora and send them to kindle in ebook format.
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