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Wolfgang Stief

»Die großen Vorteile des Beschreibstoffs Ton lagen in seiner unbegrenzten Verfügbarkeit wie in seiner dauerhaften Haltbarkeit. So wird die Zahl der bis heute erhaltenen Keilschrifttafeln auf rund eine halbe Million geschätzt.«

'Ne halbe Million an mehrere tausend Jahre alten Tontafeln finde ich ziemlich beachtlich.

Zitat aus: Helmut Hilz – Geschichte des Buches (2022) #booklover

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Karissa Louise

Weather folks now call rain storms “atmospheric rivers” here in the Pacific Northwest. And while I have returned home completely soaked through, I quite enjoyed my walk and my visit to The Book Man! Took my FAVE reusable bag from @powellsbooks.
Now to warm up and enjoy a rainy day reading. 🥰

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Wordy Words on Words
When I originally read this, I was impressed that the kid could basically fall asleep on command. I’m pretty quick to fall asleep and my wife gets pretty jealous of it, but I can’t just zonk out when I’m super stressed about things - like I can only imagine this kid was.

And I really enjoyed the fever dream state of this book. Absolutely dreadful episode of the show, but the book was good.

Except for one thing: You know how in movies they sometimes try to be cute and slip in names as an homage to the movie-maker’s influences? Like how in Friday the 13th, Tommy was at Karloff’s Garage? Or how in Scream, Rose McGowan said “Wes Carpenter?”

And you know how it NEVER feels natural? These names are critical to the point where they seem almost unique to that individual. Are there other people named Wes? Sure! But in the context of horror movies, is there really any other Wes? Or a Karloff?

It takes me right out of the story.

It’s even harder in books because I can’t exactly read when my eyes are rolling in my head.

That said, Stine has avoided it almost entirely until this book. He fell HARD in this book.

Two characters. One named Bruce. One named Wayne. They’re always together so it’s “Bruce said,” “Wayne added.”

Ugh.

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Sophia Basaldua-Sun
Throwback to when I read the National Book Award winning James by Percival Everett last year just like everyone else.

I remember when this one came in on submission, the excitement was palpable across the floor.

What’s wild is that I haven’t worked at Knopf Doubleday in nearly two years, just to give you some perspective on how long it still takes for the book to come out.

I’m still at Penguin Random House, just now I’m in corporate instead of within a publishing division. It’s been an amazing learning experience, but I also hope one day I’ll be closer to the books again.

QOTD: have you read James or do you plan to?

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