incunabular illumination

I wrote an article for Library Journal 's Library By Design supplement: its packaged with the magazine 4 times a year, so this was the f...

The fatted flesh of summer, Wrought of Lugh's love for Earth, Hangs gravid in festooned packages -- and shines. Waning summer winds Tumb...

Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War over 2000 years ago; and its still kicking ass today. Master Sun is considered one of the ancient Tao masters,...

I am a geek. I'm not ashamed. I geek out about a lot of things: technology, science, etymology , philately , bookmarks , books, and libr...

Where do we see our libraries fitting into our future? Will they be totally virtual, existing somewhere out there in the cloud, searchable ...

I ran across this little book in an antique shop in Yarmouth last week. Its got a beautiful feel in the hand, and a little red ribbon bound...

Me, Robot? I don't know, maybe its a Roman numeral one. I didn't find any compelling evidence for a first person reference to robots...

Asimov knows how to do it! I really enjoyed Foundation . Its old-school, soft science fiction with a thoughtful construction and a really re...

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin has been on my list for a while. It's the first book in the Earthsea Cycle . I was hoping th...