Open a book for an unusual reason
Gorgeoux has tagged me. I've actually played this game in a comment on Iulia's blog, but because my answer back then was partially in Romanian, I'll rewrite it here in English.
The rules are:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open it at page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence/ phrase.
4. Blog the next four sentences/ phrases together with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig your shelves for that very special or intellectual book.
6. Pass it forward to five friends.
At the time I answered the tag I only had school-related books nearby. Things haven't changed much since then, although the books kind of did. Anyway, the nearest book back then was Daniel Boorstin's The Image. A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America - an enlightening history of American culture, media, advertising, travel, celebrities and more that I recommend wholeheartedly.
Following the guidelines of the tag, these are the sentences I found:
"Apart from improvements in paper making and printing, the industrialization of bookbinding was perhaps the most important step in the democratization of the book in America. The crucial change was the departure from the old hand-binding method, by which each book and its own binding were made together. By the new "casing-in" method, the printed sheets were sewn in one operation and then attached to a standard binding that had been made separately. This method came into the United States about 1832."
As I noted in my comment in Romanian, it's interesting that I had to dig out one of the few sections about books - in a book that is largely about something else :)
The tag goes on to Alina, Kaye, Mara, Ruxi, and Sebastian.
The rules are:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open it at page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence/ phrase.
4. Blog the next four sentences/ phrases together with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig your shelves for that very special or intellectual book.
6. Pass it forward to five friends.
At the time I answered the tag I only had school-related books nearby. Things haven't changed much since then, although the books kind of did. Anyway, the nearest book back then was Daniel Boorstin's The Image. A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America - an enlightening history of American culture, media, advertising, travel, celebrities and more that I recommend wholeheartedly.
Following the guidelines of the tag, these are the sentences I found:
"Apart from improvements in paper making and printing, the industrialization of bookbinding was perhaps the most important step in the democratization of the book in America. The crucial change was the departure from the old hand-binding method, by which each book and its own binding were made together. By the new "casing-in" method, the printed sheets were sewn in one operation and then attached to a standard binding that had been made separately. This method came into the United States about 1832."
As I noted in my comment in Romanian, it's interesting that I had to dig out one of the few sections about books - in a book that is largely about something else :)
The tag goes on to Alina, Kaye, Mara, Ruxi, and Sebastian.
posted by Raluca at
8:52 AM
2 Comments:
Tnx for thinking of me, but I'll pass on this one :-). Not without a rationale, though:
You see, Raluca, I'd understand participating if such exercises were actually eliciting something...anything, say, an epsilon of creativity, for instance. But for an unknown reason to me (though I could speculate...), most of such games fall short of justifying their existence... with this one being no exception. And still people pass it over; a very very curious thing for me. No opportunity costs of time whatsoever? :-).
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Sebi Buhai, at February 08, 2008 10:06 AM
:) I know what you mean, and I know this one is a no-brainer, but I still think the answer to it offers insights into the personality of the respondent. Moreover, one could get more creative in one's answer than me and tell the story of why that book is nearby and maybe stimulate/discourage others to read it based on arguments beyond the random quote.
By
Raluca, at February 09, 2008 9:31 PM
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