February 2012
13 posts
“Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a...”
– Mary Elizabeth Frye (1932)
The Greatest Books of All Time, As Voted by 125... →
January 2012
69 posts
“Twenty years ago no one could have imagined the effects the Internet would have:...”
– J.G. Ballard (via bookshavepores)
“I couldn’t live a week without a private library - indeed, I’d part with all my...”
– H.P. Lovecraft (via ardra-aalavadhaan)
The Specs of a Paper Book
From the post “Sorry, iBooks, paper books still win on specs,” the specs of a paper book:
Readable with any form of light
Very high contrast display Requires no battery power
Depending on model, lasts anywhere from five to five thousand years or more
Immersive and non-distracting user interface
Offers a spatial layout for immediate access to random information
Conforms to the...
“Write drunk; edit sober.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via bookriot)
“Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from...”
– Charles Bukowski (via thegirlandherbooks)
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“My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out...”
– Anton Chekhov
“Of all the unexpected things in contemporary literature, this is among the...”
– Adam Gopnik (via prettybooks)
“So it’s no surprise that print books and hardbacks are now being...”
– The Warning of The Artist
