If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino, first published 1979, 254 pages, ISBN 978-1857151381 You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino’s new novel, If on a winter’s night […]
LiveJournal founder on crusade for “open” social networking
By Martin Bosworth Earlier this month my fellow Scrogue Gavin Chait and I discussed the ins and outs of creating a centralized standard for social networking–basically being able to migrate your “online […]
Scroguely Works: “How much land does a man need?” by Leo Tolstoy
How much land does a man need? by Leo Tolstoy, first published 1886, collected short-stories 256 pages, ISBN 978-0140445060 What things one does dream, thought [Pahom]. – “How Much Land Does a […]
Scroguely Works: Five Moral Pieces
Five Moral Pieces by Umberto Eco, first published 2001, 128 pages, ISBN 978-0156013253 “The modern world looks at war through eyes different from those with which it looked at the problem early […]
Scroguely Works: The Saint’s Getaway
The Saint’s Getaway by Leslie Charteris, first published 1932, 250 pages, ISBN 978-1558820845 For the song and the sword and the Pipes of Pan Are birthrights sold to a usurer But I […]
Scroguely Works: The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, first published November 1966, completed 1940, 384 pages, ISBN 978-0679760801 “… who are you then?” “I am part of that power which eternally wills evil […]
Scroguely Works: American Gods
American Gods by Neil Gaiman, first published 2002, 624 pages, ISBN 978-0380789030 America inspires both awe and loathing. The scale of the place; its open spaces, wealth, ambition and ability to turn […]
Scroguely Works: Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, first published 1957, 1 200 pages, ISBN 978-0452011878 “For twelve years, you have been asking: Who is John Galt? This is John Galt speaking. I am the […]
Scroguely Works: Cry, the beloved country
Cry, the beloved country by Alan Paton, first published 1948, 320 pages, ISBN 978-0743262170 (Schroguely Works is our new feature on books of interest to thinking-minded folk.) “There is a lovely road […]
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