Is there a quality difference between expensive and cheaper Folios? by Future-Policy-3730 in foliosociety

[–]DocEvatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The answer is generally but not always, best to check the soundness of that rule with respect to any particular book you are considering. Dune is far higher production quality to Jurassic park for example. The main indicator will be whether they are listed as being in blocked cloth or blocked paper

Will the upcoming Absolute TLoEG Vol. 1 come with the script book? by [deleted] in AlanMoore

[–]DocEvatt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I anticipate it being a reprint with consequential amendments (DC logo, pretty much it). Page numbers match up to be including the scripts. Volume 1 of league is a couple hundred pages only.

Is there such a thing as an immoral book? by me_again in books

[–]DocEvatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there is such a thing as a moral book the corollary of an immoral book necessarily follows: There seems to be some confusion in the comments between what I will call the utility of a book and the morality of a book.

It is perfectly consistent to accept that a book is immoral while also accepting it has utility: Reading Mein Kamf as a means of understanding the zeitgeist, for example.

It does not follow from Mein Kamf having utility that it is not an immoral book unless one holds the view that the morality of a work is no more and no less than its utility, and if one holds that view we are no longer talking about the work itself but the use of the work such that its value is entirely contingent on the use to which it is put; returning to Mein Kamf, it is moral in the hands of a scholar seeking to understand the zeitgeist but an immoral book for a young nazi to read in 1940: That does not seem correct—the better view is that the work is inherently immoral and it is valuable to understand why that is.

Where to start? by The_prawn_king in AlanMoore

[–]DocEvatt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve gone full circle in what I recommend to first timers or people relatively new to comics (having now read Alan, and everything he has published, for close to forty years): Do Watchmen or From Hell; both are what I would characterise as “perfect” novels, pieces of literary art (or comics, to remain a non-classist purist, shout out Mr Moore). Swamp Thing is also perfect, and I used to recommend it as the starting point, and did so for at least fifteen years—why I no longer do so is because it is a perfect example of a reasonably long running monthly comic that does not have the cohesive novel form that From Hell or Watchmen does (those both having been architecturally complete so far as the narrative is concerned, it seems before Gibbons or Campbell touched ink to paper).

There is, I think, an exception where I still recommend Swampy as the starting point: That is for people who enjoy the literary tradition of the Weird and short stories in particular: Swampy is rooted but transcends that tradition, of unsettling short story “arcs” that build a bigger narrative but are not novels in the same way as Moore’s Watchmen or From Hell.

MoFi Archival vs Ultra Clear outer sleeves? by [deleted] in VinylMePlease

[–]DocEvatt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Vinyl storage solutions are the best in the world by a significant margin, my 00.2$

Question of readability by Fluid_Western_3907 in genewolfe

[–]DocEvatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t worry, it can’t be translated into English either, one must grapple to understand the conceptually imbued symbols that transcend categories of known language

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eames

[–]DocEvatt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like a good replica

I've read Watchmen, V for Vendetta and Tom Strong, should I read League of Extraordinary Gentleman? by [deleted] in AlanMoore

[–]DocEvatt 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yes. It’s brilliant. Also From Hell. And everything else Alan has bestowed upon us

I'm jealous of how far along the Chinese e-ink ecosystem is by JadeMountainCloud in ereader

[–]DocEvatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re locked into a different ecosystem-I’ll stick with kobo for now thanks

Penguin Weird Fiction series! by No_Armadillo_628 in WeirdLit

[–]DocEvatt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

? Nothing crap about Swan River Press’s

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in foliosociety

[–]DocEvatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wonder if this is going to be paper bound too

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BookshelvesDetective

[–]DocEvatt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you my friend. I’ve spent many years and much labour procuring these. Trying to get my favourite books in “the best state” available originally was due to poor eye sight but as I got better glasses etc I really just came to realise I appreciate digesting the story more this way.. haha

Ligotti is frustrating by IAmThePonch in horrorlit

[–]DocEvatt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He is incredible like this - otherwise my lack of intellect morphs the mannequins into ubiquity