Wednesday 6 July 2011

Invisible and Mistakenly Visible Books

Two links today:
  1. The Invisible Library, books that exist only in fiction. Apparently there are websites listing these books that inevitably get abandoned (the sites, not the imaginary non-existent books, though really quite a lot of the web is abandoned sites). One such site's curator is interested in expanding to titles of fake books, namely the ones found on awesome secret door bookshelves that for some reason require fake books instead of real ones, which I think is sort of a waste of shelf space, but whatever. The article's author, Laura Miller, asks which imaginary book you would choose from the Invisible Library should you be allowed one checkout. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy would be pretty great, true, but I'll admit to being curious about Carax's The Shadow of the Wind.
  2. George R. R. Martin's A Dance of Dragons was leaked early. 180 copies are floating out there somewhere, so beware of spoilers. The series has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity due to the miniseries featuring Sean Bean. If you could choose a book or series of books to be made into a television series or movie, which one would you choose?

1 comment:

  1. The "Shadow of the Wind" of course, the best of latest readings. Apart from Winnie the Pooh, but this one is beyond the competition - ever!
    I like your blog. Best wishes

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