September 18th, 2009 / 5:08 am
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Recommended Reading


Dummy Boards and Chimney Boards, Snow Crystals, Hand Shadows, String Figures, Glass Flowers, The Chemical History of a Candle, and many more…

18 Comments

  1. September 18th, 2009 / 12:42 pm Michael James—

      cool. i cant click the link. computer problems on my end.

      what is this about?

  2. September 18th, 2009 / 8:42 am Michael James—

      cool. i cant click the link. computer problems on my end.

      what is this about?

  3. September 18th, 2009 / 5:24 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Christopher, have you read The Anatomy of Melancholy? Anyone else? I’ve always been curious about that book.

  4. September 18th, 2009 / 1:24 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Christopher, have you read The Anatomy of Melancholy? Anyone else? I’ve always been curious about that book.

  5. September 18th, 2009 / 5:27 pm Christopher Higgs—

      The words are the link, not the picture, if that helps. This is basically a link to The Museum of Jurassic Technology’s recommended reading page. The Museum itself is this rad ‘pataphysical outpost in Los Angeles. Their strange list of books offers many delights.

  6. September 18th, 2009 / 1:27 pm Christopher Higgs—

      The words are the link, not the picture, if that helps. This is basically a link to The Museum of Jurassic Technology’s recommended reading page. The Museum itself is this rad ‘pataphysical outpost in Los Angeles. Their strange list of books offers many delights.

  7. September 18th, 2009 / 5:35 pm Christopher Higgs—

      I have not read the Burton, Matthew — way too long/involved for my attention span (~1400 pages!) But it would be cool to have a copy, to dip into every now and again.

      One thing their list does have that I love love love and highly recommend is Max Ernst’s Une Semaine de Bonte, which is this over-sized surrealist novel in collage. Oh man, it’s cherry.

  8. September 18th, 2009 / 1:35 pm Christopher Higgs—

      I have not read the Burton, Matthew — way too long/involved for my attention span (~1400 pages!) But it would be cool to have a copy, to dip into every now and again.

      One thing their list does have that I love love love and highly recommend is Max Ernst’s Une Semaine de Bonte, which is this over-sized surrealist novel in collage. Oh man, it’s cherry.

  9. September 18th, 2009 / 6:01 pm Kyle Minor—

      It probably goes without saying, but Lawrence Weschler’s book on this subject is quite fine. Also, the museum store carries the only remaining copies of Omnivore, the prototype for a post-New Yorker magazine Weschler hoped to launch before learning in practice the lesson William Shawn tried to deliver him directly, which is that millionaires launch magazines, not writers. But with Omnivore, one gets to see what a writer-launched commercial magazine might look like, and what it looks like is some dark and complicated heaven.

  10. September 18th, 2009 / 2:01 pm Kyle Minor—

      It probably goes without saying, but Lawrence Weschler’s book on this subject is quite fine. Also, the museum store carries the only remaining copies of Omnivore, the prototype for a post-New Yorker magazine Weschler hoped to launch before learning in practice the lesson William Shawn tried to deliver him directly, which is that millionaires launch magazines, not writers. But with Omnivore, one gets to see what a writer-launched commercial magazine might look like, and what it looks like is some dark and complicated heaven.

  11. September 18th, 2009 / 6:29 pm Matthew Simmons—

      That is a fantastic book, the Weschler. Speaking of guys who know how to read their work in front of an audience.

  12. September 18th, 2009 / 6:29 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Cool. I’ll take a look.

      I did read Shelley Jackson’s The Melancholy of Anatomy a few years back.

  13. September 18th, 2009 / 2:29 pm Matthew Simmons—

      That is a fantastic book, the Weschler. Speaking of guys who know how to read their work in front of an audience.

  14. September 18th, 2009 / 2:29 pm Matthew Simmons—

      Cool. I’ll take a look.

      I did read Shelley Jackson’s The Melancholy of Anatomy a few years back.

  15. September 18th, 2009 / 6:46 pm Christopher Higgs—

      Oh hell yeah: Lawrence Weschler! Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet Of Wonder is a must-have.

      I’m unfamiliar with Omnivore, but you’ve hooked me, Kyle.

  16. September 18th, 2009 / 2:46 pm Christopher Higgs—

      Oh hell yeah: Lawrence Weschler! Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet Of Wonder is a must-have.

      I’m unfamiliar with Omnivore, but you’ve hooked me, Kyle.

  17. September 18th, 2009 / 6:54 pm Christopher Higgs—

      Big fan of Shelley Jackson’s The Melancholy of Anatomy.

      For fun, pair the story “Sperm” in that collection with Barth’s “Night Sea Journey” and watch the undergraduates scratch their heads while simultaneously considering the option of dropping first-year-composition and signing up for advanced calculus instead.

      Makes for good times.

  18. September 18th, 2009 / 2:54 pm Christopher Higgs—

      Big fan of Shelley Jackson’s The Melancholy of Anatomy.

      For fun, pair the story “Sperm” in that collection with Barth’s “Night Sea Journey” and watch the undergraduates scratch their heads while simultaneously considering the option of dropping first-year-composition and signing up for advanced calculus instead.

      Makes for good times.