“In parts of the Library of Babel, a hot wind blows through the shafts. It feeds a titanic blaze, trillions of books and more.”

burn the books, free the stories↵let the great herds of ages past thunder again↵and run among them like the old bards

wild stories roam dreamtime and gobble up drifting images↵dreamers hunt them for sport, domesticate them, lock them in books, cages of paper

a flip book that plays sound by way of differently textured pages

ism (v)↵not only having an idea, but writing the book on it, founding a movement↵”I had this great idea but some guys ism’d it in the 19th”

The tiger is patterned/blank, striped in words and spaces, to hide better in books. It preys on weak sentences and unsuspecting readers.

A detailed document describing HTTP/2 ⌘ https://www.gitbook.com/book/bagder/http2-explained/details

Only in these memories can you enter. So they ensure, if necessary by force, that no book about the city tells of the gate unguarded.

rocks of everyday life:↵noolith - book (usually nonfiction)↵oneirolith - book (usually fiction)↵sociolith - building↵cryptolith - hard drive

Thanks @kas@enotty.dk, I just bought it and copied it on my reader! Never heard of the book before.

@kas@enotty.dk Read them both and loved them! Though I don’t know why Stephenson added that strange appendix to an otherwise great book.

My next book will be Darwinia by the same author. Any good tips what to read after that? #books

I highly recommend The Chronoliths by Robert Wilson. The Spin series is also great, though i was a little disappointed by the last book.

The book literally captures your imagination, conscripts it until you’ve added another chapter. That’s simply the price of reading it.

Don’t place seed books in your library without adequate quarantine. Or do you want the plants to spread and Asimov’s robots to become mossy?

Fictional plants can germinate in minds, so books about them are special, more akin to seedbanks than books. Other books provide the soil.

Attempts have been made to travel the river, but it ignores most ships. The only vessel that works is a small paper boat from old books.

Their society has never known books and writing, or needed either. Large orchards are a thing of power, and closely guarded against arson.

@Merenlin There is Audible for books but I use Smart AudioBook Player on android

@shazow Maybe “Graphics Programming Black Book” http://t.co/tY31It6psj

📚 Finished reading NOT A BOOK: Understanding Complexity by Scott E. Page

📚 Finished reading NOT A BOOK: Understanding Complexity by Scott E. Page

Specialization is for Insects
From Robert Heinlein’s science fiction book, _Time Enough for Love_:

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure … ⌘ Read more

The joy of reading Hemingway
Recently, Kent had the misfortune of picking “ A Moveable Feast”, by Ernest Hemingway, for a school assignment. I know I am not the right person1 to judge anyone’s writing style, I am simply recollecting the comments Kent has made while reading the book.

So far, other than finding the book boring — mind it, he is barely 13 — he is puzzled at the use of French terms that he … ⌘ Read more

@bo_go Black Books http://t.co/EmGWztn

Steal everything

“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother conceali … ⌘ Read more

Всички броеве на Popular Science в Google Books http://bit.ly/9NvIgM

Google Books ме убиха с това архивно издание. Помня че го имам някъде вкъщи: http://bit.ly/OoarM