Comments on: Thank Google http://pdberger.com/thank-google/ The blog of a British freelance writer living in New York Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:38:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Liukchik http://pdberger.com/thank-google/#comment-60822 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:33:02 +0000 http://pdberger.com/thank-google/#comment-60822 I may even have a copy of that particular book (the Zamiatin, that is) lying around here somewhere - I never really rated it, and I think the teaching of it was more to do with Phil writing his PhD on "Evgenii Zamiatin and literary populism" than any great worth - surely I'lf & Petrov or some shorter Bulgakov would have been far more engaging. I may even have a copy of that particular book (the Zamiatin, that is) lying around here somewhere - I never really rated it, and I think the teaching of it was more to do with Phil writing his PhD on “Evgenii Zamiatin and literary populism” than any great worth - surely I’lf & Petrov or some shorter Bulgakov would have been far more engaging.

]]> by: Josh http://pdberger.com/thank-google/#comment-60795 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:51:52 +0000 http://pdberger.com/thank-google/#comment-60795 I have the dubious pleasure of having seen the finger of Galileo Galilei in a small glass dome. Apparently it was the finger he used to point at the moon. I have the dubious pleasure of having seen the finger of Galileo Galilei in a small glass dome. Apparently it was the finger he used to point at the moon.

]]> by: pdberger http://pdberger.com/thank-google/#comment-60789 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:21:51 +0000 http://pdberger.com/thank-google/#comment-60789 "a fluent Russian speaker" I never said anything about reading, Beau. “a fluent Russian speaker”

I never said anything about reading, Beau.

]]> by: beau http://pdberger.com/thank-google/#comment-60785 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:59:16 +0000 http://pdberger.com/thank-google/#comment-60785 ""A graduate of the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, University of London, Paul is a fluent Russian speaker."" Russian getting a bit rusty is it Paul? Anyway, I know what you mean, as soon as I get "Bombay Boomerang", my Hardy Boys collection will be complete. I even have a few of the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys crossover novels but, as any officionado will tell you, they are less collectable “”A graduate of the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, University of London, Paul is a fluent Russian speaker.”" Russian getting a bit rusty is it Paul?

Anyway, I know what you mean, as soon as I get “Bombay Boomerang”, my Hardy Boys collection will be complete. I even have a few of the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys crossover novels but, as any officionado will tell you, they are less collectable

]]> by: pdberger http://pdberger.com/thank-google/#comment-60783 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:12:54 +0000 http://pdberger.com/thank-google/#comment-60783 A bit like my search for an English translation of Zamyatin's Lovets Chelovekov? I have been looking out for that for more than five years... A long book search is fine. But when you're on deadline, you can't beat Google. A bit like my search for an English translation of Zamyatin’s Lovets Chelovekov? I have been looking out for that for more than five years…

A long book search is fine. But when you’re on deadline, you can’t beat Google.

]]> by: Liukchik http://pdberger.com/thank-google/#comment-60774 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:09:17 +0000 http://pdberger.com/thank-google/#comment-60774 The NYPL is absolutely wonderful - I will definitely return there next time I am in NY. As someone in the booktrade, but with bizarre academic interests, I am rather divided on the e-books issue. It is absolutley wonderful to track down pdfs of books that are no longer viable to keep in print, but I think they should be paid for. I guess the Catholic in me believes that you have to suffer to get what you want, and so free books in Google is a little too easy - you should have spent 6-8 years browsing every second-hand bookshop in the Tri-State area before coming across the book in a charity shop just round the corner from your flat. The NYPL is absolutely wonderful - I will definitely return there next time I am in NY.

As someone in the booktrade, but with bizarre academic interests, I am rather divided on the e-books issue. It is absolutley wonderful to track down pdfs of books that are no longer viable to keep in print, but I think they should be paid for.

I guess the Catholic in me believes that you have to suffer to get what you want, and so free books in Google is a little too easy - you should have spent 6-8 years browsing every second-hand bookshop in the Tri-State area before coming across the book in a charity shop just round the corner from your flat.

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