Thursday, December 11, 2003
Digital preservation
Wow. Cornell University Library NYS Historical Literature
Wow. Cornell University Library NYS Historical Literature
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
The TBR list
Do you have a "To Be Read" (TBR) list? I do. And this is going on it: Amazon.com: Books: Me and Orson Welles
Do you have a "To Be Read" (TBR) list? I do. And this is going on it: Amazon.com: Books: Me and Orson Welles
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
A master, rediscovered
We'll forgive Wired for their juvenile title pun due to the quality of this article about Philip K. Dick, a science fiction great who had some of the best ideas in speculative fiction.
We'll forgive Wired for their juvenile title pun due to the quality of this article about Philip K. Dick, a science fiction great who had some of the best ideas in speculative fiction.
Need I say more?
Readerville. The social life of the mind.
Readerville. The social life of the mind.
Sunday, December 07, 2003
Who was that?
Until at least the mid-1970s, there were still some libraries that insisted on cataloging authors under their real names, with cross references under their pseudonyms. [There were reasons for this, so don't roll your eyes.]
If you grew up with this system, you can probably reel off real names of popular authors and amaze your younger friends while playing trivia games in bars. However, if you can't do that, here's a comprehensive list of pseudonyms (click on Pseudonyms with the range of letters you're after) to help you out.
Until at least the mid-1970s, there were still some libraries that insisted on cataloging authors under their real names, with cross references under their pseudonyms. [There were reasons for this, so don't roll your eyes.]
If you grew up with this system, you can probably reel off real names of popular authors and amaze your younger friends while playing trivia games in bars. However, if you can't do that, here's a comprehensive list of pseudonyms (click on Pseudonyms with the range of letters you're after) to help you out.