http://www.metafilter.com/tags/authors+libraries Posts tagged with 'authors' and 'libraries' at MetaFilter. Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:43:36 -0800 Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:43:36 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/35663/Connolly%2D100%2Dupdated <a href="http://100keybooks.blogs.com/">100 key books</a> &#8220;Cyril Connolly chose 100 key books from England, France and America first published between 1880 and 1950 to represent &#8216;The Modern Movement&#8217;.&#8221; </p> This site asks: <small> &#8220;How does the list look now, in the first decade of the 21st Century?&#8221; &#8220;an additional list of key books is needed for 1950 to 2000. What should be included and why? Does Connolly's selection criteria need adjusting [just England (when so many of the books are from Ireland), France and America!] and if so how should this be done, remembering that Connolly was very precise in delineating the list as Key books, not best books?&#8221; </small> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.35663 Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:43:36 -0800 authors books libraries lists Grod http://www.metafilter.com/32237/The%2DLens%2Dof%2DPerception In the <a href="http://www.psychedelic-library.org/lsdmenu.htm">Psychedelic Library</a> you can find the likes of <a href="http://www.psychedelic-library.org/huxcultr.htm" title="Culture and the Individual: Reality is a continuum, a fathomlessly mysterious and infinite Something, whose outward aspect is what we call Matter and whose inwardness is what we call Mind. Language is a device for taking the mystery out of Reality and making it amenable to human comprehension and manipulation.">Aldous</a> <a href="http://www.psychedelic-library.org/doors.htm" title="The Doors of Perception" title="His experience of taking mescalin.">Huxley</a>, <a href="http://www.psychedelic-library.org/queen.htm" title="What do you see while stoned, whether on pot or acid or any other hallucinogen, that isn't already apparent to a mind not locked in a conceptual cage? The attraction felt by drug-users for ancient Oriental philosophies and religions is no mere coincidence. Through their drug experiences they have come to see a reality not split by Aristotelian logic or Christian dualism or operationalism. They see things as they were always seen long before the concrete perceptual foundations of the West were poured.">The Acid Queen</a> by Robert Hunter, <a href="http://www.psychedelic-library.org/child.htm" title="inventor of LSD and discoverer of psilocybin, the active principle of the magic mushroom, recounts the history of his discoveries. ">LSD, My Problem Child</a> from Albert Hoffman, <a href="http://www.psychedelic-library.org/braden.htm" title="from chapter 3: The classic accounts of mystical experience read like psychedelic Baedekers. In recent years, moreover, a number of studies have compared the two experiences, and the results have reinforced the idea that the experiences are in some way connected. The best known of these studies was undertaken by psychiatrist Walter Pahnke at Harvard University, where psilocybin was administered in a religious setting to ten theology students. Nine of the ten felt they had genuine religious experiences, and Pahnke concluded that the phenomena they reported were indistinguishable from, if not identical with, a typology based w. t. stace's widely known summary of mystical experience.">The Private Sea: LSD and the Search for God</a> by William Braden and <a href="http://www.psychedelic-library.org/halzena.htm">Through The Lens Of Perception</a> by Hal Zena Bennett is a fascinating account of a peyote experience in Mexico. The Psychedelic Library ultimately asks the question: can drugs, used in a positive and healthy way, truly guide us towards who we can <a href="http://www.psychedelic-library.org/hsmith.htm" title="Do Drugs Have Religious Import?: In his trial-and-error life explorations man almost everywhere has stumbled upon connections between vegetables (eaten or brewed) and actions (yogic breathing exercises, whirling dervish dances, flagellations) which altered states of consciousness. From the psychopharmacological standpoint we now understand these states to be the products of changes in brain chemistry. From the sociological perspective we see that they tended to be connected in some way with religion. If we discount the wine used in our own communion services, the instances closest to us in time and space are the peyote of The Native American (Indian) Church and Mexico's 2,000-year-old 'sacred mushrooms, the latter rendered in aztec as 'god's flesh'—striking parallel to 'the body of our lord' in the christian eucharist. Beyond these neighboring instances lie the soma of the hindus, the haoma and hemp, identical with and better known as marijuana, of the zoroastrians, the dionysus of the greeks who 'everywhere.. . taught men the culture of the vine and the mysteries of his worship and everywhere [was] accepted as a god,' (2) the benzoin of southeast asia, zen's tea whose fifth cup purifies and whose sixth 'calls to the realm of the immortals,' (3) the pituri of the australian aborigines and probably the mystic kykeon that was eaten and drunk at the climactic close of the sixth day of the eleusinian mysteries. (4) there is no need to extend the list, especially as philippie de felice's comprehensive study of the subject, poisons sacr&#0233;s, ivresses divines (sacred poisons, divine raptures), is about to appear in english. ">become</a>? No matter what you believe, it's an invaluable resource. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.32237 Mon, 05 Apr 2004 19:35:22 -0800 authors books drugs libraries psychedelics ashbury http://www.metafilter.com/26423/Morpheus%2Dpromotes%2Dreading <a href="http://alastore.ala.org/SiteSolution.taf?_sn=catalog&amp;_pn=product_detail&amp;_op=1226"><i>Sandman</i> READ poster</a> Anyone passing through libraries will have seen the series of READ posters, starring any number of actors, sports stars, musicians, and other celebrities. Everyone from Alex Baldwin to WWF wresllers to Yoda have been so honored. <br><br> Now you can add a comic character to that list. Neil Gaiman's creation of Morpheus, the Sandman, is now available as a poster. The artwork is by P Craig Russell, who was the artist for an issue of Sandman. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.26423 Sun, 15 Jun 2003 21:56:14 -0800 art authors books libraries neilgaiman posters sandman dragonmage http://www.metafilter.com/21410/ <a href="http://www.antioch.com/lobby.html">A Gallery of Bookplates.</a> I always think it's a wonderful surprise when I'm antique bookshopping and I happen across some beautiful ex-libris. <a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup_v2/archives/000144.html#000144">Many more links </a>found via Joy Olivia on the Graphic Design blog <a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup_v2/">Speak Up</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.21410 Wed, 06 Nov 2002 07:32:58 -0800 art authors bookplates books design libraries vintage Stan Chin http://www.metafilter.com/16878/ <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/library/">Find your library.</a> When I was a kid, <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/library/library_page.asp?LibID=137&fscskey=MT0036&libstabr=mt-Montana">my public library</a> was my sanctuary, providing me many hours of enjoyment. Of course I yearned for better, larger <a href="http://www.nypl.org/">library</a>. When I was in college, I loved to wander the <a href="http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/">stacks</a>. Do you have any fond library memories? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.16878 Fri, 03 May 2002 11:39:34 -0800 authors books children libraries publiclibrary patrickje http://www.metafilter.com/14283/ <a href="http://safari.oreilly.com">A new dynamic in e-publishing?</a> While at work today, I stumbled on <a href="http://safari.oreilly.com">Safari</a>, an online book library of sorts from O'Reilly &amp; Associates, Addison Wesley Professional, New Riders and about 4 other companies (as previously mentioned <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/5673">here</a>). It allows to select from upwards of 1000 books, fully searchable and bookmarkable, online for a flat monthly subscription rate. <br><br> Safari is just for tech books, but wouldn't it be interesting to see the technology and business plan adapted for other uses? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.14283 Tue, 29 Jan 2002 20:32:04 -0800 authors books libraries safari technology SweetJesus http://www.metafilter.com/13369/ "But at some point along the path to discovery, the reader confronts his or her <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/artslife/story.html?f=/stories/20011217/888813.html">reading mortality</a>. There's only so much time. And there are so many great books." I must come to grips with this myself, even as I anxiously await the inaugural <a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/1524">book club</a> discussion. I must admit, though, that people like <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/20/books/20BOOK.html">this</a> [NYT link] make me feel my own "reading mortality" more acutely. (I <i>wish</i> I could read that much so quickly...) tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.13369 Tue, 25 Dec 2001 23:45:40 -0800 authors books libraries newyorktimes reading arco