Articles Tagged with literature

Old paper (I)

Published on June 3, 2025June 2, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The archives

How long do books last?

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Time is against us

Published on March 18, 2025March 16, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Human scales

The universe is often an obstacle to science fiction.

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Genre fiction

Published on January 14, 2025January 12, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Choosing books

How do you encourage people to read?

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Imperfect texts

Published on December 31, 2024December 29, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Scholarship

How do you approach documents that you know are wrong?

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Unimportant history

Published on September 17, 2024September 16, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Obscure biography

A book about someone we’d never heard of turns out to be unexpectedly interesting.

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Getting the stars right

Published on August 13, 2024August 12, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Does it matter?

We wonder how careful a fiction author really needs to be.

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Cyborg students

Published on July 9, 2024July 7, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Mechanical aids

When we test students today, what do we test?

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Long reads

Published on May 28, 2024May 27, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

An unfair advantage

How many people read a thousand-page book?

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Clutter

Published on February 27, 2024February 25, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The state of your desk

How clear should your desk, office or home be?

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New books and old

Published on February 20, 2024February 18, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Adding and subtracting

We have too many books, but sometimes we add more.

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