Weekend Update 2/20/2016 – Beloved books
Friday was not a great day for us bibliophiles:
Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, dies aged 89
and
Italian author Umberto Eco dies aged 84
I knew both authors for one beloved book each. For Harper Lee it was because she never wrote another book after To Kill a Mockingbird. For Umberto Eco I don’t have that excuse. I loved The Name of the Rose, and usually when I love a book, I actively seek out others by the author. I distinctly remember reading the back cover synopsis of Foucault’s Pendulum in a bookstore once and not being terribly interested. I have no idea why I never looked for anything else he wrote.
It’s very sad to lose them both.
If you’ve never read either To Kill a Mockingbird or The Name of the Rose, there’s no better time than now!
Speaking of beloved books: How One Mashup Artist Got Legal Permission to Pair Calvin & Hobbes with Dune. It’s pretty awesome. With the permission of Bill Watterson, the artist takes Calvin & Hobbes comic strips and replaces the dialog with extensive quotes from various Dune books creating some really interesting results.
Check it out: Calvin & Muad’Dib
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- February 26, 2016 -
I have read, and love, both books as well!