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The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books
by

Jeff Martin,

C. Max Magee (Editor),

Kyle Beachy (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

John Brandon (Contributor),

Sonya Chung (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Elizabeth Crane (Goodreads Author) (Contributor),

Rudolph Delson (Contributor),

Rivka Galchen (Contributor),

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Sara Q's review

Feb 25, 2011

it was amazing

bookshelves: ebook, books-on-books, recommend, writing, non-fiction

Saw this mentioned by the editor here: http://www.themillions.com/2011/01/la...

Loved this book. A collection of essays from various writers about the future of writing, reading, and the hallowed book itself. Some were funny, some were moody, some were fantasy and nostalgia combined. I enjoyed something from each of them, and found a lot to think about, as well as breadcrumb trails into other books that are now added to my "to read" list. I also enjoyed the irony of reading this book (that compares paper novels to iPad equivalents) as an ebook in the Kindle app on my iPad, while hoping to get a paper copy to "keep" someday. The last essay had some images with the text that would probably have worked better on paper.

I would love to read these essays again a year from now to see how these musings on a present future sound by then.

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