Upcoming App Lists 1001 Must-Read Books. For iPhone users who are also voracious readers, here’s something good to look forward to. An app based on the bestselling literary reference book “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die” is soon to be released in the App Store. The 1001 Books App is the creation of John aka Arukiyomi. It is being developed in response to comments on John’s book blog asking him to create a native iOS app version of his popular downloadable spreadsheets conveniently listing the contents of the “1001 Books” book. The source book, edited by Peter Boxall, is essentially a list of 1001 novels, short story collections and other fictional formats chosen and profiled by a number of international literary critics. Although by no means a definitive compilation, it aims to be a guide for avid readers of fiction, as it has long been for John. The 1001 Books App is based on all available editions of "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
" The 1001 Books App launches in the App Store on Feb. 29. Supreme Court Gives the Go Ahead for Re-Copyrighting Public Domain Works. Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Reviews. Goodreads | Recent Updates. Listopia. Risingshadow - Scifi- ja fantasiakirjat. Sci-Fi Lists - Top 100 Sci-Fi Books. In the Land of the Non-Reader. A few months ago, I stopped reading books. At night I crawl into bed and thumb my iPhone to life. I watch Star Trek: Voyager on the Netflix app. It’s not a bad show. But somehow it is difficult to compare the weeks it took to complete the seven-season voyage through the Delta Quadrant with Capt. Janeway and the weeks I spent reading my favorite books — thick books by Eliot, Laxness, Dickens, and Pamuk.
Back when I was a reader, it often troubled me when friends claimed that they had no time to read. Alas, dear reader, the term “pleasure” doesn’t capture the mental and physical need for books I once had. Books can steady a chair and a soul. The last book I read was Boethius’s The Consolation of Philosophy. Then I opened Skyrim and saw the following message: “48 hours played. I must have some free time. After I saw that message I knew that I had taken up residence in the swamp of the non-reader. The world is flat. An inner voice vibrates in the addled idle of my non-reading life. Kirkes-kirjastot. Finbible. 2011 Nebula Awards nominees announced.
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