18.04.06 Reading from the perfect library (or not)

PRAIRIEPROGRESSIVE: I noted yesterday The Telegraph’s list of the 110 books it considers “the perfect library.” Perhaps further proving I am an illiterati, I evidently have not spent enough time in that library. I’ve read only 17 of the books on the list — and more than a third were SF novels. I’m not going to repeat the full list here because it’s worth spending some time perusing and critiquing (or nit picking). Here’s how I fared in the 11 categories:
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International Press

Our Balkans: The fragile heart of our Europe

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April 17, 2008 | Read the story »

Found in Translation

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April 17, 2008 | Read the story »

Speak, Nabokov

Review by Emmanuelle Smith at FT  Read More →

April 17, 2008 | Read the story »

Blog Talk

Hocus Bogus Review at the Literary Saloon

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April 17, 2008 | Read the story »

Q&A on intellectual property with the author of Piracy

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April 17, 2008 | Read the story »

The Recognition of Shakúntala

Elements are comfortingly reminiscent of Greek and Western theater…  Read More →

April 17, 2008 | Read the story »

Reviews and Opinions

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