February 2009
29 posts
Foundation →
We found the first four books of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series last spring on Mackinac Island. The library on the island was having a book sale so we checked it out. The library didn’t have…
Invitation to Oceanography →
This is Rebecca’s Oceanography textbook. There are quite a few textbooks laying around at any one time. The guy in the suit there is this one kid we know.
Two Fisted Science →
Two Fisted Science is a graphic novel collection of short stories about physicist Richard Feynman. It’s funny and awesome and touching. I think it might have made me cry once. This was written by…
Comet Lulin →
The other day I decided to try and get a shot of the comet cruising around near earth right now, and with a longish exposure, I managed to get a good shot of it. This one’s gotten quite a few views…
The Mists of Avalon →
I’m pretty sure that I got this book originally from the High School library, though it doesn’t have any markings on it that indicate it as such. I just remember reading it for a long…
The Delta of Venus →
So I really like going to garage sales. I’ve gotten quite a few books from them and this copy of the Delta of Venus was part of a very excellent small collection of Anaïs Nin erotic…
The Necronomicon →
To continue the series of religious books, and to provide a counterpoint to yesterdays bible, I offer you today’s entry: the Necronomicon. This fictional book was invented by HP…
The Holy Bible →
So I do have a bible. This one is the New International Version, and was purchased at a Z. Family Bookstore at Lakeside Mall back in the early 90’s sometime. I’m not of the Christian…
The Threefold Lotus Sutra →
I purchased the Threefold Lotus Sutra to keep me company on long days working for Ulrich’s running a cash register. Sure I had heard lots about buddhism, but I had never read any of…
The Silmarillion →
It was inevitable that I would pick another Tolkien book to do here at some point, so I’ll get this one over with. This is the Silmarillion as you can see, and the cover’s come right off of it as…
The Eggplant Book →
This is a book that I made myself. It was a kit from Hollander’s, a bookmaking and paper supply store in Ann Arbor. I’ve written about my occasional bookmaking habit before, and I…
Aeon →
This is a role-playing book I bought back when I worked at a gaming/comic store in Ann Arbor. Aeon is a science fiction game released by White Wolf, better known for their Vampire,…
The Arabian Nights →
This version of the Arabian Nights is the much beloved Richard Burton translation. I don’t think it’s my favorite translation, but it definitely is of historical import. The library sale we bought…
Our Amazing World of Naure →
This was one of my favorite books growing up. Our Amazing World of Nature was published in 1969 by Readers Digest. It’s an oversized book, in fact it does not currently fit on any…
Cosmos →
I recently finished watching the Cosmos TV series on DVD, and remembered that we had this book laying around upstairs. We got a bunch (a couple at least) of Carl Sagan books in a…
The Curious Sofa →
The Curious Sofa is a short book written by Ogdred Weary, one of Edward Gorey’s many wordscramble pseudonyms. It’s creepy in that cute playful Gorey way. I recommend sharing it with a friend.
The Constitution of the United States of America →
I think this was about 2 dollars. That’s a small price to pay for having the nations founding documents on hand at all times. This includes the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of…
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen →
Another graphic novel, this one was unfortunately made into a terrible movie. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the book, was actually quite good. And I just love Captain Nemo, he’s pretty…
Endless Nights →
Lots of my books are of the graphic novel variety. This is Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman. It’s a retrospective on the Sandman series, a collection of short stories each one revolving around a…
Photography →
Many years ago I took a photography course at SC4, which was a lot of fun. I learned a lot from that course, and this was the textbook I used. I’ve started getting back into photography on a…
The Doom that Came to Sarnath →
Yes, I fully admit to reading in the bathroom. Everyone does it right? I usually have a book or two in there. Short stories are pretty good for that, like this collection by H.P. Lovecraft. It…
Random House Japanese-English Dictionary →
I’m not sure exactly where this particular Japanese-English Dictionary came from. When I moved to Royal Oak, we ended up with two copies of it. One was mine, purchased for a Japanese class I took…
The Gods Themselves →
I found this copy of The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov at a garage sale near our house I want to say last summer, but it may have been two summers ago when we first moved in here. How time…
Dream Hunters →
Continuing on the theme of attractive endpapers is this one here with art by Yoshitaka Amano, one of my personal favorite artists ever. He’s of course responsible for the vast majority of the…
A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets →
I like attractive endpapers, but these endpapers are not only nice looking but functional too. They’re starmaps, the northern hemisphere in the front (pictured here) and the southern hemisphere in…
Lord of the Rings →
Anyone that knows me know that it was pretty much inevitable that I include at least one copy of Lord of the Rings here. There are at least three sets in the house, probably more. This one’s the…
Tom Swift: Ark Two →
This book by Victor Appleton is another one I picked up recently at the old Dawn Treader, but it’s one that I’ve already read. I was probably in middle school or something like that when I read…
Cocoa Programming for OS X →
A pretty good proportion of books in my house are actually non-fiction. I haven’t counted them out, but it might be almost a tie between non and fiction. But that’s a project for another…
A Year of Book Portraits - A Fire Upon the Deep →
A popular meme I’ve seen around a bit is the “365 of something” one, where a person takes a photo of something, often a self-portrait and puts said picture on the internets once a day every day, for…