I’m not a “re-reader”. In fact, there is only one book that I have re-read, on purpose and under my own free-will. It is Robert A. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land. I think it stands just as tall as Huxley’s Brave New World.
Apparantly, I’m not alone. This year,on July 7th, folks all over the world are celebrating (ok, maybe just recognizing) the centennial of Heinlein’s birth.
I have just stumbled upon a review of The Camel Bookmobile. I have to say I’m intrigues and have to move it towards the top of my TBR list. I think it’s a novel, but with just enough ‘real world’ to keep it really interesting.
But I have to say I am currently digging Silverman’s Typo. The insights into the business world are great and his reflections on them all are even better. I don’t see how he can keep it up throughout the whole book. We’ll see…
Apparantly, I am one of the three people that watched The Quill Book Awards last year. Now, organizers say public interest has been so bad, that they are taking voting privleges away from the public and giving them to 6,000 booksellers and experts.
Us commoners used to get to vote in all the categories. Now, the experts pick the winners in 19 areas, while the public gets to pick the winner for a single 20th category “Book of the Year”. Organizers say that this will “streamline consumer participation and add to the credibility of those who are named winners”.
We’ll just have to wait and see how all this pans out on October 27, 2007.
The first one I stumbled upon via LibraryThing. If you like book talk, then BookChase is a good one to keep up with.
Also, here’s a really cool book cover design site. Lots of fantastic pictures to devour of some unique designs, all from an illustrator’s private collection. (via fade theory)
