tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post7776852345994307266..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: "The sap's got hot pants for that judy."Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-89392830501110567292007-03-13T19:18:00.000-05:002007-03-13T19:18:00.000-05:00From conversations with Neil I can testify that hi...From conversations with Neil I can testify that his store of knowledge is indeed vast.<BR/><BR/>It occurs to me that this post connects to the previous one concerning Umberto Eco's comments about there being too many books. Yes, there are (although I bet Eco receives many academic texts which, by their nature, tend to be ephemeral), but there's a kind of Darwinian winnowing that tends to narrow the field over time. The good books last, they find new readers via second hand copies, get reprinted and passed on to subsequent generations. The bad or mediocre books don't, no matter how popular they may seem at the time (I'm looking at you, Dan Brown).<BR/><BR/>Years of haunting second hand bookshops acquaints one with celebrated authors who don't command anything like the attention they did when they were alive, writers such as Nevil Shute and John Braine. Meanwhile, previously marginalised (not to say, vilified) writers such as HP Lovecraft have continued to grow in stature until they reach the status (as Lovecraft has) of modern classics. There's a moral there somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-13519110720610750782007-03-13T18:01:00.000-05:002007-03-13T18:01:00.000-05:00There are some great folk worth reading whose name...There are some great folk worth reading whose names have faded with the years.<BR/><BR/>I'd always figured you were writing the Bacchus material with the wine/gods knowledge already packed securely into your noggin. Had no idea you were researching extra material as you moved the story along.<BR/><BR/>I seem to recall someone asking Neil Gaiman some years back if he was researching the mythology from which he was borrowing, or if he was in fact recalling it all from a vast store of knowledge. I think Gaiman said something funny like, "Yes, it's from my vast store of knowledge".<BR/><BR/>And I figured you were doing the Bacchus material as such.James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-72000370348748588882007-03-13T12:20:00.000-05:002007-03-13T12:20:00.000-05:00Marcusyes, the Raw Shark Texts. I'm getting an ala...Marcus<BR/>yes, the Raw Shark Texts. I'm getting an alarming feeling that it all may have become a bunch of cliches as soon as i've finished talking about it. but let's have a look and see.<BR/><BR/>john<BR/>yes, that's the animation i'm thinking of<BR/><BR/>Richard.<BR/> you've named all four there. barrel and Nuts were coupled in a reprint in 1974 which is not too difficult to find in Australian second hand bookshops. title was The Bedside Book of Australian Wine. Apart from the copy i own I have found and given away two others. I scanned and showed the two I have in old '50s covers, for obvious reasosn as you can see from the appreciation above. The ones you don't need are Wine in Australia and What's What about Wine. Now hold on, now that i've slowed down (some noise woke me at half three a.m. and I got up) I've just noticed some info in the inside back cover of the '74. Born 1905. well, i was close. 'Writer of several books on wine and not always constructive reflections upon life and letters. the latest of these, Ants in the Honey, was published by Hawthorn press, melbourne in 1972.<BR/>Well hot damn. there is more for me to find.<BR/>let me know how you go.<BR/>eddieEddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-72251773070199574792007-03-13T10:43:00.000-05:002007-03-13T10:43:00.000-05:00Dear Mr Campbell, please stop talking about fascin...Dear Mr Campbell, please stop talking about fascinating old books that I now want to read. I've still barely scratched the surface of the pile of John Ruskin that someone like you got me to acquire. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>P.S.- What's the title of the fourth James book that is diaristic? I see Barrel and Book, Antipasto and The Gadding Vine in your entry. Is the fourth one "Nuts On Wine", or is that one of the guide books you mentioned above?Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388085087424216649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-68423961120472791552007-03-13T07:27:00.000-05:002007-03-13T07:27:00.000-05:00That Antipasto cover reminds me of my mother's art...That Antipasto cover reminds me of my mother's art school sketchbooks. She was there during the 50s when that look was at its height. <BR/><BR/>I usually think of it at the Gerald McBoing Boing style (good thing I don't write design books) since those UPA cartoons used a light version of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-36231397481480424652007-03-13T05:58:00.000-05:002007-03-13T05:58:00.000-05:00Re: yesterday's books-with-interesting-typography,...Re: yesterday's books-with-interesting-typography, I haven't read this but saw a proof, and it looks interesting:<BR/><BR/>http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/display_product_info.jsp?isbn=9781841959023<BR/><BR/>http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2030181,00.html<BR/><BR/>Who knows?<BR/><BR/>MarcusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-42375861649164320142007-03-13T05:38:00.000-05:002007-03-13T05:38:00.000-05:00if it's no plooms it's razberriesif it's no plooms it's razberriesEddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-6830096702143737732007-03-13T05:33:00.000-05:002007-03-13T05:33:00.000-05:00I'm blowing raspberries at you over the internet.I'm blowing raspberries at you over the internet.Hayley Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493916787628212228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-26293329302800404202007-03-13T05:03:00.000-05:002007-03-13T05:03:00.000-05:00Dave-yes, it's that period when a knowingness abou...Dave-<BR/>yes, it's that period when a knowingness about modern art (cubism) flooded into ordinary illustration, and animation too. great period.<BR/><BR/>anon<BR/>actually, going and checking the list the missing two are more or less a straight coverage of the Australian wine scene at the time, what to buy, where it comes from etc. i now remember having those at some point but not regarding them as 'for keeping', so thanks for thinking about me, but upon relfection i have what i need. (on the other hand, i just felt a door closing,,,knowing that there isn't another one out there for me to stumble upon one rainy afternoon in a faraway town where we have stopped for the night...)<BR/><BR/>hayley,<BR/>this isn't one of those 'my father never hugged me' things is it?Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-49333890601389454862007-03-13T04:34:00.000-05:002007-03-13T04:34:00.000-05:00Why didn't you make me read Walter James?'I bought...Why didn't you make me read Walter James?<BR/><BR/><I>'I bought them purely for the sake of their names.'</I><BR/><BR/>Do you remember when I bought that packet of Soor Plooms from the sweets shop in town? 'SOOR PLOOMS!' I said, grinning, and offered you one of the green things in the packet, expecting you to comment on the hilarious labeling of the Scottish import Sour Plums. But you didn't. You just asked if they were any good and said something about them being bad for my teeth. Sometimes in the dark wee hours of the morning I still seethe about it.Hayley Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493916787628212228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-32734971795179960622007-03-13T03:01:00.000-05:002007-03-13T03:01:00.000-05:00Which James volumes are you missing? I frequent sc...Which James volumes are you missing? I frequent school and library fétes, as well as garage sales and the like - can keep an eye out for them if you like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-15323203170519939332007-03-13T02:48:00.000-05:002007-03-13T02:48:00.000-05:00That's a fabulous, fabulous cover on Antipasto. Lo...That's a fabulous, fabulous cover on Antipasto. Love that era of black and a couple of colours design.Dave Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265971917147812508noreply@blogger.com