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Neal Stephenson and The Long Now

» by Paul August 18th, 2008 at 11:59 am » Comments (0)

Has a new book coming out, Anathem. Wired had a pretty interesting article on him and the Long Now and long time and stuff. The book sounds pretty ...more »

Book Delivery

» by Paul July 30th, 2008 at 11:15 am » Comments (1)

It has been sometime since I posted in my book blog. I have a couple of entries in the preliminary stages and I hope to get back to them ...more »

On How and Why Reading Older Books Gives Me Persepective On New Books

» by Paul June 11th, 2008 at 2:25 pm » Comments (0)

The past few months I have picked up the classics. Or what people consider the classics in genre fiction. Novels from HG Wells, Jules Verne, MR James, Ambrose ...more »

On the Collector and the Speculator

» by Paul April 28th, 2008 at 12:27 pm » Comments (0)

The Differences between the Collector and the Speculator with regards to intrinsic and monetary value. A recent post on a message board I browse has given me this topic to explore. ...more »

4theLuv Markets and the Reader

» by Paul April 15th, 2008 at 11:20 am » Comments (5)

I own Horror Literature Quarterly. I say this because I want full disclosure before I move on to the bulk of this essay about non paying markets and the relationship ...more »