Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!

Xander ,'Lessons'


Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.

There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."


DavidS - Sep 19, 2007 7:40:42 am PDT #3870 of 28212
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Oooh, cool book cover design from the New Directions series of the 40s-50s.

Full gallery of the covers - really gorgeous. Classic mid-century design. Perfect for beatniks.

How do people feel about books re-released as a series imprint?

Do you like collecting things like Virago Modern Classics or the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series?


Sue - Sep 19, 2007 1:39:11 pm PDT #3871 of 28212
hip deep in pie

I don't collect them, but I have discovered a lot of great female fiction through the Virago Modern Classics series. People like Elizabeth Hardwick, Storm Jameson and Grace Paley. I would take a second look at things because they've been chosen for that series.

I'm not very married to having older versions of books, just because I find musty book smell unbearable.

As a child I used to wash my hands fanatically after handing library books, they just felt dirty. (As a student job in a library, I actually had washing books--well their plastic covers-- as a duty.)


Laga - Sep 20, 2007 7:11:23 am PDT #3872 of 28212
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Book Autopsies


Polter-Cow - Sep 20, 2007 7:43:05 am PDT #3873 of 28212
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Aaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!

I mean, it's art, but those poor books!


Polter-Cow - Sep 20, 2007 8:19:27 am PDT #3874 of 28212
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Okay, why has no one told me about Gideon Defoe before?


Laga - Sep 20, 2007 8:33:04 am PDT #3875 of 28212
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I mean, it's art, but those poor books!

I know. I thought the "autopsy" title was quite apt. I was fascinated and horrified. I told the friend who sent me the link that I found the books hauntingly beautiful.


Katerina Bee - Sep 20, 2007 8:53:48 am PDT #3876 of 28212
Herding cats for fun

Wow... carved books. I am torn between the horror of book destruction and helpless admiration for the artistry of it all.

I wonder how that would look with one of those big Gray's Anatomy books?


Connie Neil - Sep 20, 2007 9:00:59 am PDT #3877 of 28212
brillig

I don't think I even want to look.


Scrappy - Sep 20, 2007 9:02:25 am PDT #3878 of 28212
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Connie-- Do go look. They're gorgeous.


Connie Neil - Sep 20, 2007 9:08:20 am PDT #3879 of 28212
brillig

Wow.

That dictionary is mind boggling, along with the thin one with what looks like Russian ornamentation. I'm tempted to do things to an old unabridged dictionary of my own. The one at the bottom with the cravasse spanning several volumes, though, is very disturbing.