Archive for March 10th, 2010
Mercedes Lackey
velvet elevator posted a photo: I pulled all my Missy books out to shoot for a Farktography contest, and while they were they I counted them.
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Mercedes Lackey
Should kids grow up without real books?
I’ve had a love of physical books from my own childhood that’s never died. There’s nothing that can replicate the same smell and feel of turning pages or seeing the hand-drafted illustrations of the old fairytale storybooks. …
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Should kids grow up without real books?
On so-called "insta-books" and their alleged faults | Samizdata.net
It is an interesting argument made here that so-called “instant books “, written in the aftermath of some crisis or big event, can be easily overturned by subsequent events, debate and analysis.
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On so-called "insta-books" and their alleged faults | Samizdata.net
America's 40 worst books. 'Gatsby'? Really? | Jacket Copy | Los …
The American Book Review has taken stock of literature and come up with its Top 40 Bad Books . The list targets some big, popular favorites — F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic “The Great Gatsby,” Richard Yates’ “Revolutionary Road,” the …
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