I’m a big fan of the work of Christopher Priest. Many US readers will only be aware of him through a little movie titled The Prestige, based on his book by the same name. This past week I picked up the UK hardcover copy of his book The Islanders and have placed it high on the to-be-read-pile. However, the reason for blogging it here is what’s on the back of the dust jacket: a word cloud from the book. I’ve seen this done for books by third-parties, but this is the first time I’ve known of it being done by the author/publisher and placed prominently enough to give you a rough idea of what the books about. Though, this being a Christopher Priest novel, I wouldn’t take any of the information at face value. (I do not know if this image appears on any of the US editions, but the front cover is the same so maybe it does.)
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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I’m a big fan of the work of Christopher Priest. Many US readers will only be aware of him through a little movie titled The Prestige, based on his book by the same name. This past week I picked up the UK hardcover copy of his book The Islanders and have placed it high on the to-be-read-pile. However, the reason for blogging it here is what’s on the back of the dust jacket: a word cloud from the book. I’ve seen this done for books by third-parties, but this is the first time I’ve known of it being done by the author/publisher and placed prominently enough to give you a rough idea of what the books about. Though, this being a Christopher Priest novel, I wouldn’t take any of the information at face value. (I do not know if this image appears on any of the US editions, but the front cover is the same so maybe it does.)