tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post2911422865163173398..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Smells Like...ThompsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-121475025942634812009-03-27T16:09:00.000-05:002009-03-27T16:09:00.000-05:00I LOVE that smell - it may be bad for the book but...I LOVE that smell - it may be bad for the book but the smell of old paper is lovely and romantic. I wonder if Sam is confusing the smell of wood-pulp paper with mildew or mold which can indeed cause headaches.<BR/><BR/>Alas I think it's sad that Sam doesn't like the attributes of actual books. Good reproduction, the art of the book itself, they true sense or portability and foreverness. But without physical books there is little chance for spontaneous human interaction. Someone can't see what yuo're reading, you can't ponder someone's library in their living room and understand them better, etc.<BR/><BR/>Last but not least, yes the Thompson books HAVE been issued with strong bindings, on acid-free paper, smyth-sewn cloth bindings, with gilt stamping and pictorial labels, too. Alas they're also written in Russian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-78834000725129070082009-03-24T14:29:00.000-05:002009-03-24T14:29:00.000-05:00That smell gives me a head ache. I can't read a bo...That smell gives me a head ache. I can't read a book that smells like that.<BR/><BR/>Nor do I really like most of the attributes of a physical book. When reading a long book, for instance, there all sorts of problems with the weight and the spine depending on how far into the book you are.<BR/><BR/>I read almost exclusively on an e-reader now. No night light needed. No switching positions. No extra weight. No mess left behind by previous readers.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492841891625994218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-84830150745901145062009-03-24T13:58:00.000-05:002009-03-24T13:58:00.000-05:00I wonder if Thompson’s Oz novels have ever been is...I wonder if Thompson’s Oz novels have <I>ever</I> been issued with strong bindings. <BR/><BR/>Incidentally, the jargon for the way paperback covers sometimes arc back is “cover curl.” It happens because of the grain of the cover stock, the type of lamination, and heat and humidity. Not a problem when a book is spine out on a shelf, but annoying when you want to display it.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-8206120026573112162009-03-24T12:58:00.000-05:002009-03-24T12:58:00.000-05:00People younger than me who took in Thompson's stor...<I>People younger than me who took in Thompson's stories through the Del Rey paperbacks of the 1980s no doubt have a different sensory memory of that experience, one that didn't depend on the books eating themselves away from within.</I><BR/><BR/>No, just of weak bindings and bending covers.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838510995365876113noreply@blogger.com