tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post3407999261589665877..comments2023-10-24T11:36:02.392+00:00Comments on Crockatt and Powell Booksellers - blog: Mcsweeney'sMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17940166741430047650noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post-41692278075467080222007-02-20T16:58:00.000+00:002007-02-20T16:58:00.000+00:00McSweeney's - love them. Dave Eggers involvement n...McSweeney's - love them. Dave Eggers involvement notwithstanding, any literary endeavour with the creative genii (geniuses?) of They Might Be Giants behind it has to be good...<BR/><BR/>Pro McSweeneys 2 / Agin McSweeneys 1Mark Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099767231368474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post-73915510477693606732007-02-20T14:14:00.000+00:002007-02-20T14:14:00.000+00:00Oh Matthew my poor deluded and unimaginative colle...Oh Matthew my poor deluded and unimaginative colleague!<BR/><BR/>The theme that links all 3 books is one of strange forces and strange attractions. Poetry chains, Oulipo with it's linguistic mysteries and the unwritten stories of Scott Fitzgerald.<BR/><BR/>Why not bind the three with the strange and attractive power of magnetism! It's a design metaphor...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27813826.post-37567714662742860482007-02-20T10:36:00.000+00:002007-02-20T10:36:00.000+00:00Three books held together by magnets? One word spr...Three books held together by magnets? <BR/><BR/>One word springs to mind and shoves all rational criticism out of my left ear:<BR/><BR/>GIMMICKCPMatthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16103255778752221712noreply@blogger.com