Slog - Comments on A Book About Books, Recommended by a Book Editor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/a_book_about_books_recommended_by_a_book Not every book that I read gets reviewed in The Stranger. There's only a limited amount of space in the print edition, and so I have to try to hit the widest possible audience of readers possible. It's for this reason that I didn't review the new paperback from McSweeney's, The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes. I'm a little gun-shy when it comes to reviewing books about books, because books about books only appeal to a very small portion of the population: People who work in publishing, librarians, booksellers, and other serious book fetishists. I feel that books about... Copyright 2008 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:58:01 -0800 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:10:49 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Gloria Hodgman writes the introduction? I'm there.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/a_book_about_books_recommended_by_a_book#c1004743 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/a_book_about_books_recommended_by_a_book#c1004743 Books Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:04:41 -0800 Comment by PopTart Hey, who are you calling a fetishist? Just because I'd like to...well nevermind that's probably a NSFW fantasy.

Thanks for the recommendation, this book looks good.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/a_book_about_books_recommended_by_a_book#c1004782 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/a_book_about_books_recommended_by_a_book#c1004782 Books Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:38:35 -0800 Comment by Davida Did you get the new Chabon book that McSweeney released? Is that any good? It looks cool, but it's sold all wrapped up, like porn.

]]> Davida http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/a_book_about_books_recommended_by_a_book#c1004879 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/a_book_about_books_recommended_by_a_book#c1004879 Books Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:10:49 -0800