http://biblio.interzoneonline.com Devourer of books Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:40:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, at this rate, I'll have another post actually related to reading and books by the end of this century! I just finished upgrading to Wordpress 2.03, and everything appears to have gone smoothly. I recently decided to attempt to tackle Proust's In Search of Lost Time. I'm reading the ... http://biblio.interzoneonline.com/2006/07/24/better-late-than-never/ Well, after nearly a year's hiatus from the last entry, I am back! I am hoping to do a better job on keeping things updated around here more frequently on my second attempt at making this blog a success. Anyways, I've bought a ton of books ... http://biblio.interzoneonline.com/2006/05/11/back-from-the-grave/ Anyone remember that classic episode of the Twilight Zone Time Enough At Last starring Burgess Meredith as the bookish Mr. Bemis who is constantly reading to the detriment of his personal and professional life? In the requisite TZ twist, our protagonist finds himself alone, the sole survivor of ... http://biblio.interzoneonline.com/2005/07/25/time-enough-at-last/ From the little known facts department: Francis Dickens (yes that Dickens), the third son of famed Charles Dickens is buried in a cemetery overlooking the Mighty Mississip in the small town of Moline, Ill. For the full story, head over to the Chicago Tribune. To see exactly where he's buried courtesy of Google ... http://biblio.interzoneonline.com/2005/07/21/where-in-the-world-is-francis-dickens/ A previously unpublished Dumas novel has been discovered in serial format by a retired lecturer in a now defunct 19th century journal called The Universal Monitor. From the full article (link via yahoo news): "The novel, which Schopp gave the title 'Le Chevalier de Sainte-Hermine,' charts the life of a dashing ... http://biblio.interzoneonline.com/2005/07/21/new-novel-by-dumas-tops-bestseller-list/ The Guardian has a very cool contest going to imagine how Dumbledore of Harry Potter fame will meet his end in the style of another author. There are a ton of really great entries here. (via Making Light) Tags: Harry Potter http://biblio.interzoneonline.com/2005/07/14/imagining-the-death-of-dumbledore/ I've been looking over some different canned themes for Wordpress lately. I'm not entirely unhappy with the vanilla Kubrick theme you're looking at (if anyone is actually reading this that is!), but I would like to jazz things up a bit. I am thinking about ... http://biblio.interzoneonline.com/2005/07/12/some-thoughts-on-blogging/ I finished up the first book of Cervante's Don Quixote today. I'm reading from Edith Grossman's translation. I haven't read any of the other ones or the original Spanish to be able to compare, but I found the translation to be a great read in terms ... http://biblio.interzoneonline.com/2005/07/10/halfway-through-don-quixote/ I first came across the Reading Rat around this time last year, and figured I'd mention it as a fantastic resource for reading ideas in the Great Books vein. In the unlikely event you've run out of reading ideas, check it out. It's organized chronologically and ... http://biblio.interzoneonline.com/2005/07/06/the-great-bo0ks/ I was killing time before a cocktail party last night in the local B&N, and stumbled across a very interesting looking children’s book that I had never heard of before. I ended up taking it home with me. It’s an English translation of the classic German book of twisted ... http://biblio.interzoneonline.com/2005/06/29/the-children-are-our-future/