tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post3985653327183824878..comments2023-03-25T12:30:12.310-04:00Comments on Wordwright: Why should everyone else have all the fun?Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09902304588711972110noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-5003441663747403622009-01-15T16:01:00.000-05:002009-01-15T16:01:00.000-05:00Good call on GOAT. I'm going to add, for entertain...Good call on GOAT. I'm going to add, for entertainment value, the list price: $4,500.<BR/><BR/>I have not read the book, but I have browsed an actual copy.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902304588711972110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-65224692140357706362009-01-15T15:06:00.000-05:002009-01-15T15:06:00.000-05:00Here's a challenge to your OED.Non-Fiction, all-ti...Here's a challenge to your OED.<BR/><BR/>Non-Fiction, all-time: "GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali (Greatest of All Time)," Benedikt Taschen. Taschen Press. 780 pp., 78.6 lbs. Unread.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-86783101110165696492009-01-15T13:18:00.000-05:002009-01-15T13:18:00.000-05:00Non-Fiction, all-time: "The Structure of Evolution...Non-Fiction, all-time: "The Structure of Evolutionary Theory," Stephen Jay Gould. Belknap Press. 1464 pp., 5.1 lbs (hardcover)<BR/><BR/>Partly read<BR/><BR/>I can't say exactly what percentage. I just remember our lab discussion group eventually grew tired of it.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592634110918654318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-56239276033697010982009-01-15T12:58:00.000-05:002009-01-15T12:58:00.000-05:00Fiction: "The Tale of Genji," Murasaki S...Fiction: "The Tale of Genji," Murasaki Shikibu (translated by Royall Tyler). Penguin Classics. 1216 pp. 3.3 lbs. (paperback)<BR/><BR/>read!<BR/><BR/>I actually read the hardcover in Japan but it was in a box that got lost when I moved to Hawaii. Genji & Don Quixote are part of my "Read at least one epic a year" philosophy.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-90974830260547072872009-01-15T12:49:00.000-05:002009-01-15T12:49:00.000-05:00Fiction: "Don Quixote," Miguel de Cervantes (trans...Fiction: "Don Quixote," Miguel de Cervantes (translated by Edith Grossman). Ecco. 976 pp., 3.2 lbs. (hardcover)<BR/><BR/>Oh and I read it, too!Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05695840667818062257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-46503107636374741612009-01-15T11:51:00.000-05:002009-01-15T11:51:00.000-05:00Ah, but are they in-print? :-)Ah, but are they in-print? :-)Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902304588711972110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-24516226620970099382009-01-15T11:31:00.000-05:002009-01-15T11:31:00.000-05:00There are giant hymnal books from the medieval per...There are giant hymnal books from the medieval period, designed to be read from a distance by an entire chorus, that almost certainly win the "all-time" distinction -- they take a team of people to move.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-14662895264055154942009-01-15T11:26:00.000-05:002009-01-15T11:26:00.000-05:00Non-Fiction, all-time: "A New Kind of Science," St...Non-Fiction, all-time: "A New Kind of Science," Stephen Wolfram. Wolfram Media. 1192 pp., 5.6 lbs. Unread.<BR/><BR/>(A "read" nomination would take bragging-rights precedence over my "unread" nomination.)Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902304588711972110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-36184219564134111692009-01-15T11:21:00.000-05:002009-01-15T11:21:00.000-05:00Nonfiction, all-time: "The Compact Oxford English ...Nonfiction, all-time: "The Compact Oxford English Dictionary." Oxford. 2424 pp., 15.4 lbs. Unread.<BR/><BR/>(It's in a box, but it's a single volume. I'm willing to consider challenges to this nomination, but only when I receive other nominees.)Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902304588711972110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-91628893102496808352009-01-15T11:17:00.000-05:002009-01-15T11:17:00.000-05:00Non-Fiction, all-time: "God Created the Integers,"...Non-Fiction, all-time: "God Created the Integers," Stephen Hawking, ed. Running Press. 1376 pp., 2.9 lbs (paperback)., Read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-4314234708825728742009-01-15T11:16:00.000-05:002009-01-15T11:16:00.000-05:00How about we say that the edition nominated must b...How about we say that the edition nominated must be currently in-print, as determined by "In Stock" or "Temporarily Out of Stock" status at Amazon.com. (Which is an implicit requirement anyway, since I can't make a judgment on a nominee if Amazon doesn't list a weight.)<BR/><BR/>So if Amazon stocks a hardcover of your nominee, go for it. If not, then you're limited to the paperback. And, sadly, out-of-print works are at this point excluded from consideration.<BR/><BR/>Also note that "2666," which is a single-volume hardcover, is also available a boxed set of three paperbacks, which as a multi-volume set, are not eligible for this competition. (The boxed set weighs 0.3 lbs less than the hardcover anyway.)Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902304588711972110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-1028004943184424712009-01-15T11:14:00.000-05:002009-01-15T11:14:00.000-05:00I suppose it depends on whether you're considering...I suppose it depends on whether you're considering original pub date or edition pub date. If it's original pub, you're right that the distinction become more or less moot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-2564992123579662482009-01-15T11:09:00.000-05:002009-01-15T11:09:00.000-05:00Do you think that the 2008/all-time division makes...Do you think that the 2008/all-time division makes more or less the hardcover/paperback distinction? Or not really?Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902304588711972110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-77278298674696099072009-01-15T11:07:00.002-05:002009-01-15T11:07:00.002-05:00Stein, "MOA" readBolaño, "2666," unreadStein, "MOA" read<BR/><BR/>Bolaño, "2666," unreadGavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902304588711972110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-12847155163835808992009-01-15T11:07:00.001-05:002009-01-15T11:07:00.001-05:00May I suggest separate categories for paperback an...May I suggest separate categories for paperback and cloth books? Otherwise, cloth would have the clear advantage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017082.post-32018755365947331742009-01-15T11:07:00.000-05:002009-01-15T11:07:00.000-05:00Fiction, all-time: "The Making of Americans," Gert...Fiction, all-time: "The Making of Americans," Gertrude Stein. Dalkey Archive Press. 925 pp., 2.8 lbs (paperback)<BR/><BR/>Fiction, 2008: "2666," Roberto Bolaño. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 912 pp., 2.7 lbs (hardcover)Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902304588711972110noreply@blogger.com