Category Archives: Books

Visions of the Apocalypse

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

After a summer of reading Justin Cronin’s The Passage, Margaret Atwood’s After the Flood ,Marcel Theroux’s Far North and re-reading A Canticle for Leibowitz, I was well and truly psyched for next month’s Scientific American “ Apocalit” features. All things … Continue reading →

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Real Locations – Imaginary Crimes

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

  Whether it be the London of Sherlock Holmes or the Ystad of the Swedish Wallander, Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco or Donna Leon’s Venice, the settings chosen by crime fiction authors have helped those writers to bring their fictional investigators … Continue reading →

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Do It In Public

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Thanks to Brian Heater from Read Comics In Public Day for this post Like so many great things in this world, Read Comics in Public Day has its roots in a joke. I don’t remember the exact wording, but it … Continue reading →

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Will You Help A Brother (Therapist) Out?

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Please check out this post from the innovative travel psychologist and travel writer Dr. Michael Brein and then support his new project on Kickstarter. THE TRAVEL PSYCHOLOGIST E-BOOK SERIES You wouldn’t believe the incredible stories people have told me about … Continue reading →

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Gotta Love Strange Maps !

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Frank Jacobs has been curating and writing the Strange Maps blog since 2006 and has recently joined the culturally minded Big Think collective. You can also find a terrific selection of Frank’s bizarre and brilliant work in the Strange Map … Continue reading →

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I’m Not Waiting For The Paperback, This Time

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The first dictionary of slang, out of print for 300 years, is being published by the Bodleian Library, Oxford from a rare copy unearthed in its collections.Originally entitled A New Dictionary of Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting Crew, its … Continue reading →

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Be A Bookstore Hero

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Located in the colorful Mission District of San Francisco, Modern Times Bookstore is facing a financial crisis and urgently needs an influx of cash if they are going to survive through the summer. Modern Times is, as the store put … Continue reading →

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The Battle of the Century ?

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

The Battle of the Century — Newsweek magazine created this amusing “boxing poster-style” graphic heralding the world championship bout between traditional books and the e-book challenger.

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Read>Recycle>Repeat

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Many thanks to Buku Sarkar  at ReLitNY for this article. The program Read, Recycle, Repeat Literature In Transit ReLIT NY (previously Choose What You Read NY) is a donation and recycling program that gives out free books to New Yorkers. You … Continue reading →

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What’s So Funny ?

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Brian D. Butler

Started in 1997, the Thurber Prize for American Humor is the only recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States. A panel of national judges selects the three finalists from a selection of seven or eight semi-finalists. … Continue reading →

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