Caring for Rare Books
In this age of the Kindle and its ensuing host of other e-readers, we lovers of the printed page must appear increasingly antiquated to all those e-book addicts who walk around with thousands of digital copies of books on a single device weighing less than 1 lb. While that’s all very well and good, and I do a lot of reading on my iPad using both iBooks and the Kindle App, for me, nothing can compare to the experience of a real, solid book. I have quite an assortment of leather bound editions and hardbacks that have accumulated over the years. In some cases I have obtained copies of very rare books that are no longer in print and more than 100 years old. Taking care of books that are this old is important.
NPR’s Top Fantasy Booklist
Fantasy and science fiction fans appreciate a good booklist, since there are thousands of books in the genre published every year. There’s little chance of getting around to all of them, so a discriminating eye will seek to navigate the plethora of novels in hopes of getting only the best of the lot at flowland. No one wants to randomly pick up the first sci-fi novel he or she spies on the shelves at the local bookstore, only to later discover that the attractive artwork on the jacket was its only redeeming quality. When you consult well informed booklists published by authoritative sources, you can avoid all that complexity and its ensuing disappointment. Let’s have a look at one of the best booklists for fantasy and sci-fi readers.
10 Amazing Fantasy Authors part 3
This is part 3 of 3: to read part 1 click [ here ] and part 2 click [ here ]
Part 1 and part 2 showed us some really great authors to check out if you like fantasy books. Part three will show you the remaining 3 authors of the ten. Last but not least the last three are…
10 Amazing Fantasy Authors part 2
This is part 2 of 3: Read part 1 [ here ]
Last time we realized that we had just too many amazing authors so we split it up into three great groupings of authors. We hope you enjoy!
10 Amazing Fantasy Authors part 1
It is so hard to find anything good to read these days. Unless you find a great author and read exclusively from those “like” them–which is not always the best method–or read whoever your friends recommend; then you are not likely to always have a book on standby.
Is the Printed Page Endangered?
This week saw the final goodbye of a long standing book chain, Borders/Waldenbooks, which has now closed both its brick and mortar (and soon, online) doors forever. After 40 years in business, Borders No. 1, the company’s very first, original flagship Ann Arbor store, closed on Monday.
According to many writers and readers, there is a new idea of what the future of publishing and books sales holds, and it doesn’t include traditional books or the printed page. At least, not nearly as much as before. Are you concenred that books and print newspapers are endangered species?
New Books
- Arms race and nuclear war / David P. Barash.
- Boston architecture, 1975-1990 / Naomi Miller, Keith Morgan.
- Bad blood : the Tuskegee syphilis experiment / James H. Jones.
- Novels and stories / Zora Neale Hurston.
- Fear and loathing in Las Vegas : a savage journey to the heart of the American dream / Hunter S. Thompson ; illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
