Question for fellow library nerds: I recently found a book from the 70’s which has “Return to Morgue” printed on the side no less than four times.
I’ve see this on correspondence before, but never understood what it meant. Surely they don’t mean an actual morgue (why send a book or letter there?) so I was wondering if this was a library or archivist term.
This particular one is “Investigative Reporting and Exiting” by Paul Williams, which is out of print.
@Haste I could see the writing on the wall for newspapers, pardon the pun. I realized if I taught English in Japan I had a shot at starting my own business and doing journalism and writing on the side. Teaching pays the bills, self-publishing keeps the writing and publishing part of my brain alive. I publish textbooks, essays about Japan and even did two novels!
@patricksherriff That’s really interesting, thank you for sharing your story with me!
I’m actually super early in my career, so no this doesn’t pay the bills and in fact I’m not even seeking employment in it. I make maybe $30 a month via Patreon?
What I’m discovering is that the profession is kind of in free fall. People like me are very much not invited to the table professionally, but Im really passionate about it, so I just write and study it for the love of the art.
American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement Margaret Fuller was born #OTD in 1810.
She was the first American female war correspondent and full-time book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States.
"The pencil moved prophetic: together now men read
In the fair book of nature, and find the hope they need.
The wreath woven by the river is by the seaside worn,
And one of fate's best arrows to its due mark is borne."
Life Without and Life Within (1859) - Prophecy and Fulfilment
"The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom — these are the pillars of society."
The Pillars of Society
Norwegian Dramatist & Poet Henrik Ibsen died #OTD in 1906.
Ibsen is renowned for his pioneering work in realism, a movement in theater that sought to depict everyday life & societal issues with honesty and accuracy. He moved away from the romanticized and melodramatic styles that dominated the 19th century.
@mrundkvist I am always mindful of the English blockbuster book about another country which reached some milestone of sales in that country at the same time as it was remaindered in England. So they invited the author to the country and made a cake to celebrate, in which they lovingly copied the remainder notice.
@kcfromaustcrime@bookstodon No. on it now. It’s 12:15 here, and I’m still reading, so I’ll check that out. Thanks. I Just finished The Prague Sonata, not anything like our Irish friends, but a good long read on music. I know you have read all the Len Deighton. Sure wish he was still alive. I’m off to check out Bloomsbury. I like your taste. So thanks again. It gets harder and harder to find books I like reading. I have lived too long.
@jancampbellcady@bookstodon lol I hope that's not the case, the living too long bit. I'm surrounded by books hoping to live another 60 years or so (statistically impossible) :)
I find this so unsettling, yet condensed #books and things like CliffsNotes have been around for years. I think this enables people with ADHD and those with the attention span of fleas, yet, maybe it can be useful for some. At least this isn't all AI.
My heart aches for the children who will no longer have access to their local library because some arrogant assholes decided to be offended by books with new ideas and different perspectives.
British writer and physician Arthur Conan Doyle was born #OTD in 1859.
Doyle was a prolific writer; other than Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels.
@gutenberg_org did he use the word "impossible " nothing is impossible only implausible , likely causes or possibilities like the implications of suction suction is out side pressure pushing in not an internal pressure puling in
Water is what runs out of the kitchen taps or a playground drinking fountain. It fills bathubs and pools and yes, of course, the ocean- but at a certain depth, water becomes a barrier from all you remember, all you think you know.
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"How immense the universe is!
How eternal history is!
I wanted to measure the immensity with this puny five-foot body.
What authority has Horatio's philosophy?
The true nature of the whole creation.
...
I have no anxiety.
I recognize for the first time.
Great pessimism is nothing but great optimism."
@gutenberg_org A chap did measure the weight of the universe using a quarts string,his name was Cavendish , there for the truth of give me a lever is also proven (?)
"Un jour, espérons-le, le globe sera civilisé. Tous les points de la demeure humaine seront éclairés, et alors sera accompli le magnifique rêve de l'intelligence : avoir pour patrie le Monde et pour nation l'Humanité."
Les Burgraves, 1843
I heard somewhere that during the victorian age, people, with the invention of radio and television yet to occur, used to sit down in the evenings and read books to keep themselves occupied. Now, I don't know if it's true or not but I'm finding the concept something nice to do even in the 21st century. Can be awfully cosy to do. #bookstodon#books
Hey, I don’t suppose there are any British fans of S.T. Gibson that plan on attending her upcoming UK tour here? Because I really want somebody to get me one of those limited cover edition of “Evocation”.
