Author Archives: Robert

Magpie Monday

Posted on 6 February 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I’m really rather obsessed with shelves, particularly for books, of course, but I like a nice-looking shelf no matter what. Oscar Nuñez designed some shelves inspired by comics speech … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Alan Levinovitz, Angelmaker, anthropodermic bibliopegy, blurbs, book shelves, book trailers, book-binding, BookRiot, Chuck Wendig, Damien G. Walter, Downton Abbey, fairy tales, fantasy, flowcharts, George Eliot, Harry Potter, James Joyce, Janice Hardy, Joel Furtado, Johne Cook, Jorge Luis Borges, Laura Miller, Milan Kundera, morals, Nick Harkaway, Oscar Nuñez, photography, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, reading, science fiction, self-editing, Shomei Tomatsu, The Handless Maiden, The Juniper Tree, The Legend of Zelda, The X-Files, themes, Theodora Goss, Victoriana, writing resources | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 30 January 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ I love seeing how other bibliophiles organize their home libraries (indeed, a section of my own library is dedicated to books about libraries, home and otherwise). On his tumblr … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged A Card from Angela Carter, Adam Mills, Angela Carter, Anne Rhodes, art, Barnard 68, Beautiful Libraries, Beto Gomez, bibliophiles, Brandon Oldenburg, Cameron Cook, Catherynne M. Valente, dark molecular clouds, Domythic Bliss, Eric Orchard, Jeff VanderMeer, Jonathan Galassi, Juan Santapau, Julio Cortázar, Kyle Cassidy, Larry Nolen, Left-handed: Poems, letters, Letters in the Mail, libraries, Mary Robinette Kowal, Neil Gaiman, Reading Kills, Shelfari, SOPA/PIPA, Susannah Clapp, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The Month of Letters Challenge, The Omikuji Project, The Rumpus, The Secret Knots, The Situation, This Is My Letter to the World, Weird Fiction Review, William Joyce, writing "rules" | 3 Comments

Magpie Monday

Posted on 23 January 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ You know how much I love the miniature, and German artist Frank Kunert’s miniature art makes me think twice about what I’m seeing (they’re also really funny, as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Bookfession, Cameron Cook, Chuck Wendig, David Lynch, Drive, Edward Gorey, Emil Johansson, exit deer, family trees, Frank Kunert, genealogy, gossip, horror films, James White, Jeff VanderMeer, Keanu Reeves, miniatures, movie posters, Nick Mamatas, severed heads, Shortlist Magazine, Side By Side, Starve Better, Super Punch, The Lord of the Rings, writing | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 16 January 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ My friend Eljay Daly sent me the link to this article on Wim Botha’s Beautifully Grotesque Book Masterpieces—and they are! ♦ A new blog about “fairy tale, mythic, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged abandoned doll factories, Alex Wong, Cameron Cook, Catty-Corner Cottage, Chuck Wendig, Dancers Among Us, Danger Mouse, Daniele Luppi, Domythic Bliss, Elizabeth Hand, Eljay Daly, Environmental Graffiti, fairy tales, figment, Jack White, Jordan Matter, Katherine Langrish, Kunstkammer (Cabinet of Curiosity), literary salons, Norah Jones, Norwegian horror, Pico Iyer, Scandinavian folklore, Susan Price, Thale, The Beautiful Necessity, the huldra, The Joy of Books, Theodora Goss, Troll-Hunter, Twitter, voice, Will Ludwigsen, Wim Botha, writing workshops | Comments Off

Magpie Monday

Posted on 9 January 2012 by Robert

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ This week’s book news: Steve Almond at Salon.com posted an interesting article about how independent bookstores are battling Amazon by becoming publishers. I’m a big fan of small presses, … Continue reading →

Posted in Magpie Monday | Tagged Amanda Palmer, Anton Semenov, artist-entrepreneur, Charles Addams, Chet Phillips, Chuck Wendig, David Lynch, e-books, Ed Brubaker, Fatale, John Barrowman, Kevin St. Jarre, Lewis Carroll, Louis CK, Markus Reugels, Marnie Dresser, Morticia Addams, Order of Nefarious Villains, Ronnie Rocket, Sean Phillips, Sol Sallee, Spider-Man theme song, Steve Almond, The Addams Family, The Fantastic, Theodora Goss, Tzvetan Todorov, Union of Superlative Heroes, Warren Ellis, Why is a raven like a writing desk?, Wonder Woman theme song | Comments Off

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