Books and Literature

Paper: Still The Ideal Backup Medium

05.15.2012 Books and Literature

I am a thoroughly digital guy. I back up in multiple ways. But when I really care about preserving something, I print it out. If you’re young, thirty or under, you may think of a long time as ten years, maybe twenty. But as you grow older you begin to think of longer horizons. I [...]

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Writing Assignment: Write A “What If?”

05.04.2012 Books and Literature

Life, history, is a continual stream of choices and events. History may not be just “one damn thing after another.” I think it’s closer to “the story of things that almost didn’t happen.” These things that happened and didn’t happen are an exceptionally fertile playground for writers. I’m a fan of science fiction and the [...]

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The Comfort Of Books In Series

04.25.2012 Books and Literature

Of all my favorite books in series, few compare to the Aubrey/Maturin saga by Patrick O’Brian. Twenty one volumes, but really just one long novel and story, thousands of pages long. I’ve read it though three times and I’m sure I’ll visit it again. And again. If you can find a writer of a great series [...]

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In Praise Of BIG Books

04.24.2012 Books and Literature

Ah, a big, meaty book. Reading a really great, long book is like having a deep and fascinating conversation. It’s an opportunity to see the world with new eyes and really spend some quality time in another’s presence. Give me a big book, four hundred, five hundred, a thousand pages! A good book by a [...]

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In Praise Of Little Books

04.23.2012 Books and Literature

I love little books. I’ve spent many a happy hour with them. I love books that are printed and bound small, just the right size to fit in your pocket. I’ve often slid one into the left pocket of my sports jacket, to be ready when I find some time to read. Little books aren’t necessarily short books [...]

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