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A host of comic publishers have sponsored Free Comic Book Day, taking place tomorrow, May 2. I’m all for the free ice cream days and free iced coffee days, but this one really beats them both.
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Via Boing Boing, vintage Penguin science fiction covers in a massive page of thumbnails at The Art of Penguin Science Fiction. Re-live your early literary memories, or even your best vintage store book shopping! Towards November, Cambridge will be publishing a fully annotated Flatland; that math-geekiest of Victorian literature! I can’t wait.
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Senator Arlen Specter's decision to leave the Republican party makes good sense, but not for the reason that the pundits suggest. Everyone is telling us he made the decision out of shear electoral considerations. In fact, Specter admitted as such in his press conference. Such an assessment, however, belies other more compelling reasons for Specter to switch.
Read MoreSteven Smith is the Director of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University, St. Louis. Dr. Smith remarks on Specter's decision to run as a Democrat.
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Another library cat has cropped up, this time in Kent, England. Unlike the famous case of Dewey, who was dropped off in a book return box however, Fidel visits each day from a nearby home, hanging out while his owners are at work. The BBC article >>
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Carmichael's in Louisville, Kentucky, is Publisher's Weekly bookseller of the year! An article in Publisher's weekly today recounts the many "secrets" to its success, and even caught our own sales rep, Bob Barnett and his wife. They live down the street from Carmichael's.
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Skeptical Environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg wrote an Op-Ed for Saturday's New York Times. In it, he argues that the costs of cutting emissions Kyoto-style far outstrip those of investing large amounts of money in clean energy.
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WIRED posted an article last year about a 1976 swine flu outbreak. One casualty, and mass vaccinations, having recalled a deadly Spanish flu from after WWI. Read it here >>
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