TikTok is changing the way books are recommended and sold
https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/09/21/tiktok-is-changing-the-way-books-are-recommended-and-sold
This represents a profound shift for readers, authors and publishers
The strange, secretive world of North Korean science fiction
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/08/the-strange-secretive-world-of-north-korean-science-fiction/
Unusual and often breathtaking, the genre is relatively unknown in the West.
Kultinis kibererdvės romanas „Neuromantas“ pagaliau išleistas lietuviškai
https://www.lrytas.lt/kultura/literatura/2023/08/17/news/kultinis-kibererdves-romanas-neuromantas-pagaliau-isleistas-lietuviskai-28047421
Amerikiečių ir kanadiečių rašytojas Williamas Gibsonas 1984 m. išleistame „Neuromante“ pateikė tokią įtaigią XX amžiuje sukurtą ateities viziją, kad dabar ji vienoje gretoje rikiuojasi su Aldouso Huxley „Puikiu nauju pasauliu“ ir George’o Orwello „1984“.
Roundup of offbeat fall books from university presses
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/intellectual-affairs/2023/08/11/roundup-offbeat-fall-books-university-presses
Scott McLemee looks ahead to some ‘promisingly weird’ books from university presses due out this fall.
Philip K. Dick: THE GUN🎧📖FULL AudioBook | Greatest🌟AudioBooks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNuemXiQsEQ
starts@ 00:28 | From the author of the Blade Runner story ('Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'), this 1952 sci-fi story by author of Philip K. Dick follows...
Stalking the Great Whore
https://michaelhoffman.substack.com/p/stalking-the-great-whore
The Lost Writings of James Shelby Downard
Sex and death in mid-nineteenth century America
https://engelsbergideas.com/reviews/sex-and-death-in-mid-nineteenth-century-america/
Susan Wels captures a fantastically rambunctious period in US history.
Today is Bloomsday
http://www.rawillumination.net/2023/06/today-is-bloomsday.html
Today is Bloomsday, the annual celebration of James Joyce and Ulysses . From Adrian Legg on Twitter: "For my @RAWilson23 friends on #Blooms...
Tabor BookShelf: Which English Translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls Should I Use?
https://jamestabor.com/tabor-bookshelf-which-translation-of-the-dead-sea-scrolls-should-i-use/
Geza Vermes, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English 7th Edition (Penguin, 2012). I bought my first copy of this fine little paperback volume in 1973 in graduate school at the university of Chicago–it was the 1st edition and I still have it–and I have bought every edition since then. It has grown now from 258pp to 698pp! There are several other English translations that are useful–especially Wise/Abegg/Cook and Martínez, but for students and general readers I find this edition the best. This is the one I use in all my courses. It is relatively complete on all the main sectarian texts and contains a most helpful index, listing of all the Caves and the scrolls found in each, and a very full Introduction. (Kindle edition link) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. By using these particular links there is no increase in cost to you as the purchaser.