Comments on: Book-spines turned into stories http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 16:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Tenn http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292355 Tenn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292355 This is really great. Really, really great. Now... off to manipulate my bookshelves... Alpha by author? HA! How outdated. This is really great. Really, really great.

Now… off to manipulate my bookshelves… Alpha by author? HA! How outdated.

]]> By: pogorator http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292360 pogorator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292360 For geeks only: Operating Systems Design and Implementation Hero For the Wired World Great Work of Time Linux Complete For geeks only:

Operating Systems Design and Implementation
Hero For the Wired World
Great Work of Time
Linux Complete

]]> By: Tiny Hot Things http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292363 Tiny Hot Things Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292363 Shark 1 was a great book! The sequels not so much... Shark 1 was a great book!

The sequels not so much…

]]> By: NoraS http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292374 NoraS Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292374 This reminds me of the book poems that are up right now (through the end of September) at the Vancouver Public Library. Here are some images from Vancouver's office of Cultural affairs: http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/oca/publicart/projects.htm#RecentCivic And here's a review of the show from the Georgia Straight: <a href = "http://www.straight.com/article-149248/sawyers-images-sing-librarys-lyrical-voice">Carol Sawyer’s images sing in library’s lyrical voice</a> This reminds me of the book poems that are up right now (through the end of September) at the Vancouver Public Library.

Here are some images from Vancouver’s office of Cultural affairs: http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/oca/publicart/projects.htm#RecentCivic

And here’s a review of the show from the Georgia Straight: Carol Sawyer’s images sing in library’s lyrical voice

]]> By: Pugnax http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292637 Pugnax Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292637 As was already mentioned, this is very similar to Italo Calvino's <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/winters-night-traveler-Italo-Calvino/dp/0156439611" rel="nofollow">If On a Winter's Night a Traveler,</a></em> which happens to be one of my favorite books (and a great meta-book on readers and reading, too). As was already mentioned, this is very similar to Italo Calvino’s If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler, which happens to be one of my favorite books (and a great meta-book on readers and reading, too).

]]> By: Kieran O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292391 Kieran O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292391 That. Is. So. Cool. That. Is. So. Cool.

]]> By: lgagnon http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292401 lgagnon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292401 One from my shelf (with authors in brackets): 9/11 [Noam Chomsky] Lies Across America [James Loewen] Failed States [Noam Chomsky] The Corporation [Joel Bakan] Crash [JG Ballard] Things Fall Apart [Chinua Achebe] Dissent in America [Ralph Young] World Changing [Alex Steffen] Hey Nostradamus! [Douglas Coupland] America Beyond Capitalism [Gar Alperovitz] Post-Scarcity Anarchism [Murray Bookchin] One from my shelf (with authors in brackets):

9/11 [Noam Chomsky]
Lies Across America [James Loewen]
Failed States [Noam Chomsky]
The Corporation [Joel Bakan]
Crash [JG Ballard]
Things Fall Apart [Chinua Achebe]
Dissent in America [Ralph Young]
World Changing [Alex Steffen]
Hey Nostradamus! [Douglas Coupland]
America Beyond Capitalism [Gar Alperovitz]
Post-Scarcity Anarchism [Murray Bookchin]

]]> By: Foolster41 http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292414 Foolster41 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292414 This is such a great idea! This is such a great idea!

]]> By: baden http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-293188 baden Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-293188 i. love. this! i. love. this!

]]> By: baronsamedi http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292439 baronsamedi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292439 Italo Calvino: If on a Winter's Night a Traveller http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_on_a_Winter%27s_Night_a_Traveler Also, Raymond Queneau: One Hundred Billion Poems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Thousand_Billion_Poems Wonderful stuff indeed. Italo Calvino: If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_on_a_Winter%27s_Night_a_Traveler

Also, Raymond Queneau: One Hundred Billion Poems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Thousand_Billion_Poems

Wonderful stuff indeed.

]]> By: BarkingSpider http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292441 BarkingSpider Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292441 I once asked a girl out this way. She worked at a library check-out desk, and I brought in a series of books that, as she checked them out, asked her out on a date. Unfortunately for the idea (but not for me) she was too busy trying to start a conversation with me to notice the book titles. I once asked a girl out this way. She worked at a library check-out desk, and I brought in a series of books that, as she checked them out, asked her out on a date.

Unfortunately for the idea (but not for me) she was too busy trying to start a conversation with me to notice the book titles.

]]> By: jimmosk http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292961 jimmosk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292961 I've had one of these spine-stories on my shelf for years: EINSTEIN DOESN'T WORK HERE ANYMORE MAYBE HE'S DEAD DON'T PANIC Who Got Einstein's Office? [by Maurice B. Cook, Mary Ann Madden, Neil Gaiman, and Ed Regis, respectively] I’ve had one of these spine-stories on my shelf for years:

EINSTEIN DOESN’T WORK HERE ANYMORE
MAYBE HE’S DEAD
DON’T PANIC
Who Got Einstein’s Office?

[by Maurice B. Cook, Mary Ann Madden, Neil Gaiman, and Ed Regis, respectively]

]]> By: Blue http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-293738 Blue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-293738 Shame some of the titles are too small to read. Shame some of the titles are too small to read.

]]> By: jchanticleer http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292975 jchanticleer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292975 Years ago, I visited a book store that had put their entire "for Dummies" inventory in a single display area near the front entrance. All the titles were arranged alphabetically by title, except for two that had been pulled out of sequence and put side by side: Sex for Dummies Parenting for Dummies Suddenly, I'm seeing that memory in a whole new light. Years ago, I visited a book store that had put their entire “for Dummies” inventory in a single display area near the front entrance. All the titles were arranged alphabetically by title, except for two that had been pulled out of sequence and put side by side:

Sex for Dummies
Parenting for Dummies

Suddenly, I’m seeing that memory in a whole new light.

]]> By: RainyRat http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292465 RainyRat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292465 I saw this done (unintentionally, I assume) at a cinema once: Screen 1 - Big Screen 2 - Frantic Screen 3 - Shag I saw this done (unintentionally, I assume) at a cinema once:

Screen 1 – Big
Screen 2 – Frantic
Screen 3 – Shag

]]> By: sweater7 http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292494 sweater7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292494 This reminds me of the artist Adrienne Salinger's work, only instead of forming a narrative, the books are a sort of portrait of the person who's shelf they came from. http://adriennesalinger.com/ (navigate to 'Self Help') This reminds me of the artist Adrienne Salinger’s work, only instead of forming a narrative, the books are a sort of portrait of the person who’s shelf they came from.

http://adriennesalinger.com/ (navigate to ‘Self Help’)

]]> By: tim http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292507 tim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292507 From a friend's bookshelf many years ago when we were young-ish; Five go Camping Five have plenty of Fun Five get into Trouble The Secret Seven From a friend’s bookshelf many years ago when we were young-ish;
Five go Camping
Five have plenty of Fun
Five get into Trouble
The Secret Seven

]]> By: billtheburger http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-293318 billtheburger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-293318 My boss recently did this as a promotion for a romance box pack. He gets paid a lot to do this crap. The titles are in capitals. SHE WAS A TAVERN WENCH, he THE OUTBACK DOCTOR, late ONE NIGHT IN PERENGA, whilst having dinner with HER CELEBRITY SURGEON, THE GREEK TYCOONS WIFE, and THE MAN FROM MADRID, discussions turned to the subject of THE ITALIAN MILLIONAIRE'S VIRGIN WIFE who bizarrely had been BOUGHT BY THE GREEK TYCOON. The wench was concerned about this turn of events. Was THE VIGIN'S SEDUCTION, FOR REVENGE OR...PLEASURE Would she soon be a VIRGIN FOR SALE. Surely she could only be THE DISOBEDIENT VIRGIN, for so long. They hatched a plan to get her BACK IN HER HUSBAND'S BED. The plan was called THE SURGEON'S RESCUE MISSION. The tavern wench with the aid of her friends, WINTER WOMAN and O'REILLY'S BRIDE, persuaded the Greek Tycoon that she was HIS SECRET LOVE-CHILD, by HIS SECRETARY MISTRESS, who had been forced, AT HER BOSSES BIDDING into HAVING THE BOSSES BABY. This shocked the Greek who thought he had become a NEWBORN DADDY. THE GREEKS BRIDAL BARGAIN was in ruins, the Italian millionaire was COMING BACK FOR HIS BRIDE and theirs was a MARRIAGE REUNITED. The Wench was hailed as THE LIFE SAVER and her boyfriend, the HIGH-ALTITUDE DOCTOR decided she was A BRIDE WORTH WAITING FOR, and two months later shocked her with THE WEDDING SUPRISE Sadly he was too late as she had run off with THE HOUSEKEEPER'S DAUGHTER, and after a civil partnership ceremony they lived happily ever after in Welwyn Garden City. My boss recently did this as a promotion for a romance box pack. He gets paid a lot to do this crap.
The titles are in capitals.

SHE WAS A TAVERN WENCH, he THE OUTBACK DOCTOR, late ONE NIGHT IN PERENGA, whilst having dinner with HER CELEBRITY SURGEON, THE GREEK TYCOONS WIFE, and THE MAN FROM MADRID, discussions turned to the subject of THE ITALIAN MILLIONAIRE’S VIRGIN WIFE who bizarrely had been BOUGHT BY THE GREEK TYCOON. The wench was concerned about this turn of events. Was THE VIGIN’S SEDUCTION, FOR REVENGE OR…PLEASURE Would she soon be a VIRGIN FOR SALE. Surely she could only be THE DISOBEDIENT VIRGIN, for so long.

They hatched a plan to get her BACK IN HER HUSBAND’S BED. The plan was called THE SURGEON’S RESCUE MISSION. The tavern wench with the aid of her friends, WINTER WOMAN and O’REILLY’S BRIDE, persuaded the Greek Tycoon that she was HIS SECRET LOVE-CHILD, by HIS SECRETARY MISTRESS, who had been forced, AT HER BOSSES BIDDING into HAVING THE BOSSES BABY. This shocked the Greek who thought he had become a NEWBORN DADDY. THE GREEKS BRIDAL BARGAIN was in ruins, the Italian millionaire was COMING BACK FOR HIS BRIDE and theirs was a MARRIAGE REUNITED. The Wench was hailed as THE LIFE SAVER and her boyfriend, the HIGH-ALTITUDE DOCTOR decided she was A BRIDE WORTH WAITING FOR, and two months later shocked her with THE WEDDING SUPRISE

Sadly he was too late as she had run off with THE HOUSEKEEPER’S DAUGHTER, and after a civil partnership ceremony they lived happily ever after in Welwyn Garden City.

]]> By: FotoVerite http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292313 FotoVerite Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292313 I remember that... Godard had that very idea in "A Woman is a Woman" I remember that… Godard had that very idea in “A Woman is a Woman”

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292321 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292321 Love this juxtaposed with the shark cupcakes below. Love this juxtaposed with the shark cupcakes below.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-293103 chgoliz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-293103 Wow, thanks for the nostalgia trip! A group of friends and I back in the mid-70s would go to the annual Brandeis book sale (billed as the largest book sale in the world) and entertain ourselves by doing this. I think the funny cigarettes we smoked before going in had something to do with our level of entertainment. Wow, thanks for the nostalgia trip! A group of friends and I back in the mid-70s would go to the annual Brandeis book sale (billed as the largest book sale in the world) and entertain ourselves by doing this.

I think the funny cigarettes we smoked before going in had something to do with our level of entertainment.

]]> By: TJ S http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292338 TJ S Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292338 Shark-happy today Cory? Shark-happy today Cory?

]]> By: ThinkandDrive http://boingboing.net/2008/09/25/bookspines-turned-in.html#comment-292347 ThinkandDrive Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-292347 Cory, seriously. Are you repressing some deep-seated shark attack fears we should be aware of? Cory, seriously. Are you repressing some deep-seated shark attack fears we should be aware of?

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