I have just sent out the first edition of the long promised newsletter. PSA: It may have its share of the usual startup problems, which I hope will be worked…Continue readingFrom what book…?
This year’s Worldcon report might as well have been entitled “Never yell fire in a crowded theater.” Well, almost. I need to break it down into subheads for you to…Continue readingThe Worldcon That Was
“When I first arrived in LA,” Alex Heimbach writes at Bustle, “I was thrilled to discover the Library Bar. Unfortunately…the books were purely decorative… what I really wanted was a…Continue readingBooks & Booze, anyone?
Since the 73rd Worldcon is being held in Spokane in a couple of weeks, practically my back yard, I’ll be there — along with some guy you may possibly have…Continue readingSasquan, here I come
…Or, Why Tim Worstall Hates Shopping At Amazon. It’s an intensely irritating way to buy a book, he writes in Forbes. Cheap, yes, convenient, most assuredly, but intensely irritating. For…Continue readingThe Absence Of Serendipity…
10 Bizarre Literary Myths and Conspiracy Theories There are people who spend years trying to prove certain literary myths and conspiracy theories, Jason Diamond writes in Flavorwire, but most never…Continue readingBalzac drank 50 cups of coffee a day?
…on the edge of a book Colleen Theisen at the University of Iowa has shared an amazing gif she made that demonstrates something called fore-edge painting on the edge of…Continue readingHiding a painting in plain sight…
…especially if they’re first editions. This suggestion from BuzzFeed gladdens my heart — give the happy couple a book, specifically a signed first edition of one of their favorites. However,…Continue readingBooks Make Great Wedding Gifts…
100 percent off stores, of course. In Baltimore, Portland, San Francisco, and other cities scattered across the United States and Europe, free stores are a practical protest of consumer culture.…Continue readingWhat’s better than a thrift store?