I’ve been going to the bookstore. I haven’t given up on your list. That I can’t easily find these books in a used bookstore only further recommends them to me. I presume they’re just too good to give up. Instead I’ve been finding other new (to me) books to read – and not just Superman [...]
A California company named OCTAVO has been scanning the world’s greatest and rarest books for the last decade and offering them for sale on a beefed up CD with translations, annotations, hyperlinks and commentary. Sort of a digital preservationist society. Pretty noble stuff.You can view some of the raw scans, sans beef, at the Rare [...]
Today, I plan on walking down to Aqua Books, a local used bookstore, at lunch. I’ll be taking the fiction zeitgeist with me. If you have any last minute additions let me know in the comments.
I’m always struck by one particular thing every time I happen upon Aqua Books. It’s not the excellent selection of [...]
February 26, 2007 – 5:36 am
Thanks for all of your suggestions, everyone. As noted previously I will now hunt out your recommendations, purchasing the first one I find, and keep you updated on the whole process. Heres the list:
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Declare by Tim Powers
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
Except the Dying by Maureen Jennings
Ficciones [...]
February 23, 2007 – 5:35 am
Well, that meme from the other day struck a nerve with me. I know its just a meme but it made me realize I’m not reading enough popular books. I’m out of the loop. Out of the zeitgeist, or gestalt or – or – or something German. The fact is, I read like an old [...]