Category: Books
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Cheat sheet
I’m sure George Steiner would be mad at me for this, but I’m ruthlessly ripping the last page of his wonderful book, Tolstoy or Dostoevsky, and placing it here for you to see. Steiner lays out the irreconcilable differences between these two greatest of novelists (he does it side-by-side, I’ve broken it out for easy…
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Olympus
Thirteen years ago, my dad wrote a sci-fi novel. Today, it’s being re-released, with a brand new ending, new plot twists, and a new website by yours truly. I’d be honored if you’d check it out at www.conquerolympus.com.
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Looking for beautiful reference books
I’m starting a new design project … a large reference book. I’m looking for leads on beautiful reference books, from dictionaries to encyclopedias to anthologies. Anyone know of any particularly well-designed, beautiful-to-hold-and-read books I should take a look at?
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Hamlet’s Blackberry, by William Powers
I’m only 45 pages into it, but so far Hamlet’s Blackberry, by William Powers is a well-written, thought-provoking book about exactly what the subtitle claims: “A practical philosophy for building a good life in the digital age.” I have a feeling I’ll wind up buying this one.