Comments on: Chopping bits out of books http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Carey http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-276829 Tom Carey Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:45:57 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/#comment-276829 Hi, I'm a graphic design student from kingston university. I am current doing a project about collecting, if anyone would like to email me about their collections or let me know of anyone with any interesting collections I would really appreciate it. Please contact me at tomcarey44@hotmail.com Hi,
I’m a graphic design student from kingston university. I am current doing a project about collecting, if anyone would like to email me about their collections or let me know of anyone with any interesting collections I would really appreciate it. Please contact me at tomcarey44@hotmail.com

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-237382 JP Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:28:02 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/#comment-237382 French Panic, couldn't agree more with you. That's why, in an earlier comment, I said "a library is only as good as the way it gets weeded". As far as Pynchon is concerned, I don't want to pretend to be something I'm not. We had V and Crying at home, and I enjoyed them. Read Gravity's Rainbow later in life, but slowly; never did finish Vineland or Mason & Dixon. Plan to read Against the Day over Christmas. French Panic, couldn’t agree more with you. That’s why, in an earlier comment, I said “a library is only as good as the way it gets weeded”.

As far as Pynchon is concerned, I don’t want to pretend to be something I’m not. We had V and Crying at home, and I enjoyed them. Read Gravity’s Rainbow later in life, but slowly; never did finish Vineland or Mason & Dixon. Plan to read Against the Day over Christmas.

]]> By: french panic http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-237332 french panic Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:29:34 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/#comment-237332 While I can share some of your pain over seeing books treated poorly and being thrown away – I also believe that some books deserve to be thrown away. I sometimes write book reviews for small presses, and I am absolutely stunned at some of the complete crap that gets published! It is so frustrating to come across terrible, terrible writing in book form – when I know plenty of good writers who are struggling to find a publisher. I am impressed that you read Pynchon in your family – I’ve tried to read Gravity’s Rainbow about 5 times over the past 15 years and I honestly do not understand it’s literary importance…. But I didn’t throw it away. I left it in an airport on my way somewhere one day…. And I think Brian Dettmer's work is amazing. Making art out of books that no one wants is so much more "healthy" than throwing them away! While I can share some of your pain over seeing books treated poorly and being thrown away – I also believe that some books deserve to be thrown away. I sometimes write book reviews for small presses, and I am absolutely stunned at some of the complete crap that gets published! It is so frustrating to come across terrible, terrible writing in book form – when I know plenty of good writers who are struggling to find a publisher.

I am impressed that you read Pynchon in your family – I’ve tried to read Gravity’s Rainbow about 5 times over the past 15 years and I honestly do not understand it’s literary importance…. But I didn’t throw it away. I left it in an airport on my way somewhere one day….

And I think Brian Dettmer’s work is amazing. Making art out of books that no one wants is so much more “healthy” than throwing them away!

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-236034 JP Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:11:25 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/#comment-236034 Thanks. Shame on me, I knew fremt but could not recall it. Thanks. Shame on me, I knew fremt but could not recall it.

]]> By: madame l. http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-236018 madame l. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:36:29 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/#comment-236018 <i>Dreamt and its derivatives are the only common English words that end in mt. (Though many Americans prefer using dreamed.) Derivatives include undreamt (typically used only in the phrase "undreamt of"), daydreamt, and the rarer outdreamt and redreamt. Other -mt words include the Scots word fremt (usually fremd or fremmit[2]) meaning "foreign" or "estranged" (cf. the German "fremd", same meaning) and, familiar but of foreign origin, Klimt, the Austrian painter.</i> <a href="http://wiki.saewyc.net/index.php/Adreamt" rel="nofollow"><em>adreamt</em></a> Dreamt and its derivatives are the only common English words that end in mt. (Though many Americans prefer using dreamed.) Derivatives include undreamt (typically used only in the phrase “undreamt of”), daydreamt, and the rarer outdreamt and redreamt. Other -mt words include the Scots word fremt (usually fremd or fremmit[2]) meaning “foreign” or “estranged” (cf. the German “fremd”, same meaning) and, familiar but of foreign origin, Klimt, the Austrian painter.

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]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-235440 JP Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:08:46 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/#comment-235440 Useless piece of word trivia. I used the word "dreamt" in the previous comment. No other word in the English language ends in "-mt" Happy to be proven wrong. Useless piece of word trivia. I used the word “dreamt” in the previous comment.

No other word in the English language ends in “-mt”

Happy to be proven wrong.

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-235439 JP Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:07:29 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/#comment-235439 For many years I dreamt of opening a bookshop with a difference. Five questions written on a blackboard at the door. You had to answer one before you came in. I'd change the questions regularly. Once you came in you could stay as long as you liked. Coffee and tea and pastis and wine and water on offer. No prices anywhere. Just three zones. Zone A: Over my dead body. Here you could see, feel, touch but not take away. Zone B: Make me an Offer. Here we traded. Zone C: Take it away Jose. Recyclable bags provided, just take whatever you like, I am done with them. A library is only as good as the way it gets weeded. Dawn, I have moved house in order to have the space for my books.... my family sends out search parties when I go near a second-hand bookshop.... For many years I dreamt of opening a bookshop with a difference. Five questions written on a blackboard at the door. You had to answer one before you came in. I’d change the questions regularly.

Once you came in you could stay as long as you liked. Coffee and tea and pastis and wine and water on offer.

No prices anywhere. Just three zones.

Zone A: Over my dead body. Here you could see, feel, touch but not take away.

Zone B: Make me an Offer. Here we traded.

Zone C: Take it away Jose. Recyclable bags provided, just take whatever you like, I am done with them.

A library is only as good as the way it gets weeded.

Dawn, I have moved house in order to have the space for my books…. my family sends out search parties when I go near a second-hand bookshop….

]]> By: Dawn Foster http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/comment-page-1/#comment-235428 Dawn Foster Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:30:27 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/12/01/chopping-bits-out-of-books/#comment-235428 I also grew up in a family where we read instead of watching TV, and we all still read voraciously. I remember the first time I saw a friend's dad throw away a book after finishing it. I was aghast - books were something you kept, or if you didn't keep them you could at least donate them to charity. Needless to say, I constantly struggle to find bookshelf space. I also grew up in a family where we read instead of watching TV, and we all still read voraciously. I remember the first time I saw a friend’s dad throw away a book after finishing it. I was aghast – books were something you kept, or if you didn’t keep them you could at least donate them to charity. Needless to say, I constantly struggle to find bookshelf space.

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