#books

43 bookmarks

http://www.lulu.com/content/6048806

Jamais Cascio is too clever by half. And he has written a book, for to expand your brains on the su...

alasdairw Feb 10, 2009

http://craphound.com/littlebrother/Cory_Doctorow_-...

As per with his books, on-line and free. I'm a third of the way in, and it's on a par with my favou...

alasdairw Jun 11, 2008

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Snowball-Hell-Christopher-...

Ooh, the new Brookmyre sounds entertaining. I'm actually re-reading "A Big Boy Did It..." at the mo...

alasdairw Mar 18, 2008

http://thingsmagazine.net/projects/pelican.htm

I've blooged before about the brilliant cover design that old Pelican books had. Here's a fantastic...

alasdairw Jan 23, 2008

http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-favori...

And here's a selection of this year's best book covers. I love this time of year in the design fiel...

alasdairw Nov 19, 2007

http://www.alinea-book.com/

Available for pre-order in the US. I know I've talked about them recently, because of their chef's...

alasdairw Sep 24, 2007

http://crookedtimber.org/2005/01/11/with-one-bound...

A really good essay response by China Mieville to some discussion of the political, fantastic and th...

alasdairw May 09, 2007

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/074327698...

I'm not letting myself buy this now, because I have a too-read pile that's still massive, but I want...

alasdairw Apr 30, 2007

http://www.flickr.com/photos/acejet170/sets/721576...

A photoset of the coves of old Pelican (Penguin's old non-fiction imprint) books. A load of fantast...

alasdairw Apr 20, 2007

http://www.ballardian.com/collapsing-bulkheads-the...

A really good piece on the various cover designs the book has had. It's been a very long time since...

alasdairw Mar 14, 2007

http://www.bikepaths.com/humor/oddTitles.html

I think I grew up in "The Lull Before Dorking". Seriously, though - there are a huge number of fasc...

alasdairw Mar 09, 2007