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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Book Dash
Chinese state-owned bookstore chain Xinhua Bookstore is partnering with food delivery giant Meituan to roll out a nationwide same-day book delivery service, promising to deliver books in under an hour. The agreement, signed on Friday at the 34th National Book … Continue reading
A Toute Épreuve
The Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors at The Museum of Modern Art in New York will showcase the impact of artists’ books within the Surrealist movement. On view at MoMA from October 4 through January 23, 2027, the exhibition … Continue reading
Superimposition
I was at a party last weekend trying to describe the size of Japan compared to North America and did a fairly good job without the aid of a map. But of course I had to track one down just … Continue reading
Everyone’s trying to figure out where to go next
THE CURRENT DILEMMA Kim Addonizio Everyone’s trying to figure out where to go next. California was good until some of it was swept into a furnace, the rest suspended next to a target over a carnival dunk tank. Nothing is … Continue reading
I will not tolerate any tinkering with the personal nomenclature.
May I say now at once that I will not tolerate any tinkering with the personal nomenclature. Nor with the name/word Hobbit. I will not have any more Hompen (in which I was not consulted), nor any Hobbel or what … Continue reading
Live Long and Prosper
Here is the original character breakdown for Mister Spock from the “writers’ bible” for Star Trek. The Star trek guide. [Hollywood, Calif.? : Desilu Studios?], 1967. AC95.A100.967s Houghton Library, Harvard University
Sharing Is Caring
Book Corners maps book exchange locations internationally. It currently lists 37,229 community libraries and little free libraries, including 15,926 in France. The programmer is Andrea Grandi.
The Interrail Effect
It’s going on five decades since I undertook a four month long rail trip around Europe. A large part of that journey was facilitated by an amazingly inexpensive and handy Eurail Pass. Recently, Eurail BV rebranded as Interrail BV to … Continue reading
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Week End Eve Ephemera
In much of the world, owning a lakeside home is desirable. But in the Dutch town of Loosdrecht, residents live within the lake itself, with houses on their own impossibly skinny islands. All I want is a little hut in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Film, Maps, Netherlands, Photography, Vincent Van Gogh
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