The inimitable William Gibson has provided New York Magazine with a wonderful recommended reading list (via SF Signal).
Coincidentally, I discussed the first book on Mr. Gibson’s list, The Stars My Destination, just this past weekend with Richard and my son Harry. It’s a book I promote relentlessly as one of the best science fiction novels [...]
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I‘ve mentioned my nerdly hero Alberto Manguel in passing here several times before. Mr. Manguel is a writer, translator, editor, anthologist and—above all else—a great critical reader and lover of books. One of the most repeated facts of Mr. Manguel’s life is that, as an adolescent in Buenos Aires, he had the privilege of being [...]
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
In the spirit of current year in review lists, I present my thirteen-year-old son Harry’s top-10 reads for 2009. Much like my own list, Harry has included books not actually published in 2009, but encountered by him in that time. Needless to say, I am busting with pride at the general excellence of his choices. [...]
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
As a first, tentative step into the world of science fiction conventions, Anticipation was a resounding success for the store. The punters were well informed, very friendly and eager to buy.
I was extremely pleased with the overall impact of our stand and received lots of great compliments from passers-by. Here’s a photo of Richard and [...]
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
The table next to us at Worldcon was occupied by the writers and publishers of ChiZine Publications. Of the small presses represented at Worldcon, ChiZine had, hands-down, the best looking collection of books. ChiZine seems to have really made an effort to develop all their materials—books, flyers, cards, magazines, ads—with really strong and consistent design [...]
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On day-two of Worldcon ’09 I experienced some seller’s remorse.
In the morning, George R.R. Martin stopped by our stand to have a look over the books. After dropping some really wonderful complements about the variety and quality of our offerings, Mr. Martin reached for a signed copy of his own The Armageddon Rag.
“Hey! How much [...]
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
We have returned from the 67th Annual Worldcon both exhausted and exhilarated.
A wonderful time was had by the whole Cornellbooksellers.com team—which consisted entirely of supportive and hard-working family. I’d like to thank everyone who pitched in to make the event a great success for our store: Christine & Kevin, Dave & Colette; and particularly my [...]
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Let me first apologize for the radio silence here at the Cornellbooksellers.com blog—moving our world headquarters to the ‘burbs absorbed more of our life than was expected.
However, I’m breaking the silence with an exciting announcement: Cornellbooksellers.com has been accepted as a vendor for Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention to take place in Montreal [...]
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The National Post has done a very nice profile on Ricky Jay (via Rare Book News), one of my favourite magicians/character actors/bon vivants and an all around fascinating figure. The NP profile is about Mr. Jay as a book collector, which only further endears him to me.
“…all those years that I spent on the road [...]
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The Guardian has posted an excellent article on the creation of one of the 20th Century’s most influential and significant novels, 1984 (via Reading Copy Book Blog).
Coincidently, I just reread 1984 last month—the first time since I was maybe thirteen years old. It retained all the power to provoke that I remembered it having. In [...]
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