The library at the Chicago Botanic Garden is playing host to not one, but three first-edition books by Charles Darwin. Through October 28, you can seeOn the Origin of Species by Means of Natural SelectionNarrative of the surveying voyages of his Majesty’s ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination … Continue reading Toddle On Down
Author: Anders
I’m Gonna Live Forever
This is the cover of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road. It's a Chinese language version from 2000, though it appears to be a photo of the cast of an off-Broadway production of Fame, circa 1983.This is just one of the many great (and puzzling) foreign-language covers of the book posted here.--David E
Virtually Reading
Earlier this month, William Gibson held a reading for his latest book, the sci-fi thriller Spook Country. Don't feel bad if you didn't hear about it, though. The reading was held in the cyberspace community known as Second Life. Once the domain of Korean teenagers and Scandinavian bachelors, the virtual world of Second Life has … Continue reading Virtually Reading
Musings from Magers and Quinn 