Comments on: 20 Strange and Wonderful Books

By: Tatler

Tatler — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 02:59:16 +0000

strange and wonderful books

:: John Cartan has compiled a list of 20 strange and wonderful books. I will do the same and compile a list of oddities that you are not likely to have encountered. First one on my list is Quiddities: An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary by W.V. …

By: direwolff

direwolff — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 07:22:39 +0000

Brad, did you know that in seeing your post through Bloglines, there’s an Amazon affiliate program text ad link at the bottom of your post placed there by Feed Burner? Doesn’t look like your affiliate link.

By: Richard Rodger

Richard Rodger — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 11:25:48 +0000

And if you only get *one* of these books make it Flatland (like John says)- it's available free from Gutenberg so you've no excuse: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/201

By: Fazal Majid

Fazal Majid — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 09:24:48 +0000

Oh, another excellent one: “The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor” by John Barth

By: Fazal Majid

Fazal Majid — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 09:20:13 +0000

I have 4 (GEB, Flatland, Labyrinths (actually the complete works of Borges) and the complete Gormenghast).

If you still have room on your pile, add “The Khazar dictionary” by Milorad Pavic.

By: Ben Casnocha

Ben Casnocha — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 23:42:53 +0000

Sometimes I need to remind myself not to get belligerent with people who don’t see a need to read books. I say to myself: Now now, Ben, they’re not bad people…they’re just….different.

The battle for me is books vs. periodicals. A constant struggle, of Good vs. Good.