February 2012
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Reading the future: Digital books and what's to... →
vikingpenguinbooks:
Far from killing off the physical page, the rise of ebooks has enhanced our understanding of the written word and the people around it, says Gaby Wood
… things are settling to a point where the physical and the digital have a much more co-operative relationship. For instance, it’s a commonplace that people no longer print their family snaps because everything is taken on...
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Fahrenheit 451
I’m about half of the way through with it, and there are parts I find a little disagreeable (gasp!).
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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via iloseallmysweaters)
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January 2012
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bartking asked: Heya! Any thoughts on the source of that book bathtub? It's pretty incredible.
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I’m starting to like On the Road. Once you can see yourself on the trip, in the places and spaces, it begins to work some of that “magic” I’ve heard about.
Reserving my entire judgement until that last page, though.
—-1001
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Pitiful.
LOL (sarcasm) @ all this time spent all this time and energy shutting down file sharing sites and trying to protect businesses from loosing money. I get it. It’s illegal.
Hows about they try and use all of that pent up energy fixing our broken public school system, investing in libraries, shortening the work week, and bringing down the cost of higher education. SO WHAT Wikipedia was...
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thelifeguardlibrarian asked: Hey! Is there a link/source for the Letter from Birmingham you just posted?
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christineoverseas asked: Last night I attempted to watch a movie online. I searched for a website and began watching. Except the screen continued to freeze while the movie buffered, the voices were off and it wasn't loud enough. None of this is necessary with books. You find the last page you thumbed and instantly you're tuned into a movie were you cast all the actors, the settings are as they should be. No...
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newlifeprojects asked: Ahmadou Kourouma - for the african authors' list
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phinasaurus asked: Regarding African authors - Albert Camus (Algeria), Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Kenya),Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie(Nigeria), Andre Brink (South Africa). xx
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African Authors?
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awritershigh asked: book to read: the night circus. and also, i totally read your url as 10001 bookstore at first because it is like that and then i figured it out and was like wow i'm an idiot but i love your blog! hahah ahave a great day! x
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