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The Story of Libraries: From the
Invention of Writing to the Computer Age, 2nd ed.
New York: Continuum, 2009
ISBN 978-0-8264-2990-2
249 pages
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Also published in Chinese, Spanish, and Turkish
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“A rich and thought-provoking work that
should prove of interest to a wide readership in the book community.” –
AB Bookman's Weekly
“We
now have a book with ideas to impress general readers from the outside
and stretch library-history insiders, especially those of us who are
lucky enough to be teaching library history courses, for which this
should now be the text of choice.” – Libraries and Culture |
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Libraries through the Ages
New York: Continuum, 1999
ISBN 0-8264-1201-7
160 pages
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A
young adult companion to The
Story of Libraries,
this is a concise history of libraries throughout the world, from those
of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians to the comprehensive libraries
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A Bookman’s Fantasy: How Science
Fiction Became Respectable, and Other Essays
Framingham: NESFA Press, 1995
ISBN 0-915368-65-X
97 pages
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Twenty-four
essays in four major areas: (1) SF, Respectable and Otherwise; (2) A
Librarian Born and Bred; (3) An Imperfect Vermonter; (4) A Bookman's
Fantasy.
“Lerner’s attempts to define science fiction…and his
dissection of Robert Heinlein will be of interest to all. Though in
these pages Lerner has written that ‘The attempt to arrive at a perfect
definition of science fiction is doomed to failure,’ his struggles to
do so are fascinating to watch.” – Science
Fiction Age
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Modern Science Fiction and the
American Literary Community
Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1985
ISBN 0-8108-1794-2
xviii, 325 pages
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An
historical inquiry into the reception of a new literary medium by
several classes of American readers that seeks to answer these
questions: (1) What picture of modern American science fiction
was
formed in the mind of the American reading public?
(2) How
was modern American science fiction received by certain groups of
Americans whose profession it was to deal with literature?
(3) How
have these changed during modern American science fiction’s first fifty
years?
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Silverlock (by John
Myers Myers), including The Silverlock Companion, edited by Fred Lerner
Framingham: NESFA Press, 2004
ISBN 1-886778-52-3
510 pages
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“Myers’
best-known novel is the story of the shipwreck of A. Clarence Shandon,
called Silverlock for the white streak in his hair, in the Commonwealth
of Letters, where he meets Orpheus, visits Hell, fails to ride Pegasus,
hears the tale of the Alamo recited in Norse verse forms, and
encounters much else. The companionate material…includes biographical
and bibliographical material on Myers, who was also a notable historian
of the American West; a sampler of his verse; and the melodies, with
tablature, of song-settings of five more poems. Vastly enriching
appreciation of the novel is a generous reader’s guide to its
characters, places, special vocabulary, and allusions.” – Booklist |