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Alan Corcoran

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Perth Amboy, New Jersey, The United States

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Alan Corcoran was the editor of Sperry Hall STUFF dormitory newsletter and later an associate editor and contributor at The Cornell Lunatic, a college humor magazine founded by Joey Green in 1978. In 1982, he, Joey and Bruce Handy scoured the nation's college humor magazines and published the best material in "Hellbent on Insanity." Later, Joey and Alan collaborated on "You Know You've Reached Middle Age..." and other topical humor collections. Mr. Corcoran is the former CEO of Data Fusion Technologies, owner of Ninety Three Records and plays piano professionally. ...more

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	You Know You've Reached Middle Age If . . . by Joey Green (Goodreads Author), Alan Corcoran (Goodreads Author) (Primary Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hellbent on Insanity by Joey Green (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alan Corcoran (Goodreads Author), Bruce Handy 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Too Old for MySpace, Too Young for Medicare by Joey Green (Goodreads Author), Alan Corcoran (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Senior Moments by Joey Green (Goodreads Author), Alan Corcoran (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Know You Need a Vacation If... by Joey Green (Goodreads Author), Alan Corcoran (Goodreads Author) 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Champagne and Caviar Again?: Complaints of the Rich and Famous by Joey Green (Goodreads Author), Alan Corcoran (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Alan rated a book really liked it Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Satisfying Sedaris I gave it four stars in comparison to other Sedaris collections, which is perhaps unfair. Much of the material is engaging, and the humor, while maybe less broad, is ever present, keeping things moving. There’s a handful of weak ex ...more
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Alan rated a book really liked it The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Clever and compelling premise that drives the plot. Would have given it five stars had the last third of the book been as clever as the first two thirds.
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Alan rated a book liked it I See You Made an Effort: Compliments, Indignities, and Survival Stories from the Edge of 50 by Annabelle Gurwitch (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is well written and eminently readable. If I was female and on the edge of fifty I might well have given it more stars. Unfortunately, I found it difficult to relate to the subject matter and wading through anecdotes re concealers, moody te ...more
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Clever and compelling premise that drives the plot. Would have given it five stars had the last third of the book been as clever as the first two thirds.
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Alan rated a book really liked it Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a five star book in terms of writing skill but I'm rating it four stars because I wasn't that enamored of the content. Yes, it is well constructed, employs many well regarded literary devices, does a decent to admirable job with the character ...more
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Alan and 1 other person liked Aaron Arnold's review of Red Team Blues (Martin Hench #1): "This is a generic cryptocurrency-themed detective story/technothriller that resembles Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon on a very tight budget. My knowledge of Cory Doctorow is basically limited to his uninspiring Twitter presence, but to my misfortune" Read more of this review »
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Alan and 21 other people liked Ruxandra Grrr 's review of Red Team Blues (Martin Hench #1): "I wanted to read Cory Doctorow because I had an understanding he was some sort of an anarcho-punk. I enjoy his twitter threads and he seems politically aligned with me. That being said, I don't know what the fuck this was. I know this is about my exp" Read more of this review »
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Alan and 52 other people liked chris's review of Red Team Blues (Martin Hench, #1): "I’m a longtime fan of Doctorow’s work, and I have a lot of respect for his politics. But wow, ok, this book was not for me. I guess he’s trying to reach a particular kind of straight white male reader who loves the trappings of tech wealth (the kind " Read more of this review »
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Alan rated a book liked it Red Team Blues (Martin Hench, #1) by Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Meh. Everyone in Martin Hench's world is super smart, super rich, super beautiful, etc. Lots of jargon thrown around but little actual nuts and bolts. Plot is wafer thin and stretched out to fill a relatively short book. Denouement is lazy and the wr ...more
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