January 2012
65 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
What I’ve Learned From Fiction →
Like this one:
Disobeying grownups will lead to fun, magical adventures and/or crime-solving.
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Crows Learn from Each Other →
The crows could recognize “bad” people and pass that knowledge along to other crows, who then also recognized those “bad” people without ever having previous first-hand encounters with them. Crows are smart. More here …
“The one place in the book distribution ecosystem where piracy is most...”
– Libraries are the best counter to piracy
“If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets...”
– John Steinbeck on Falling in Love: A 1958 Letter
“Down near the bottom
of the crossed-out list
of things you have to do today,
...”
– Tony Hoagland, from “The Word” (via awritersruminations)
“Because of Tumblr’s unique insistence on the socially symbolic rather than the...”
– On Tumblr
“So what to do? The central paradox of the machines that have made our lives so...”
– The Joy of Quiet
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but...”
– G.K. Chesterson
“Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.”
– Laura Miller (via booksandnerds)
