http://publishchicago.com/2009/02/23/featherproofs-free-mini-books/ An in-depth look at publishing, writing, and book-selling in the Windy City of Chicago Wed, 16 May 2012 20:29:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://publishchicago.com/2009/02/23/featherproofs-free-mini-books/comment-page-1/#comment-12 admin Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:44:00 +0000 http://publishchicago.com/?p=341#comment-12 Actually I haven't, though I did see a tiny bit of the very end. As I understand it, it's very much like <em>Peanuts...</em>. What did you think of it? Actually I haven’t, though I did see a tiny bit of the very end. As I understand it, it’s very much like Peanuts…. What did you think of it?

]]> http://publishchicago.com/2009/02/23/featherproofs-free-mini-books/comment-page-1/#comment-11 c-check Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:39:15 +0000 http://publishchicago.com/?p=341#comment-11 Also, have you ever seen <em>A Scanner Darkly</em>? Also, have you ever seen A Scanner Darkly?

]]> http://publishchicago.com/2009/02/23/featherproofs-free-mini-books/comment-page-1/#comment-10 C-Check Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:56:44 +0000 http://publishchicago.com/?p=341#comment-10 I, surprisingly enough, read the exact same two stories you did! I felt basically the same way about the books themselves--as a graphic designer I was pleased with the design work and other trappings but, after that, I would rather have read a PDF version (which I couldn't because the layout of the pdf didn't allow for it). I felt about <em>Every Night Is Bluegrass Night</em> basically the same way that you did, though I still appreciated the introspective narrator for himself--but I agree that just because a story is short doesn't mean it has to be without substance. I also agree that <em>Peanut...</em> seemed to be attempting to one-up itself as it went with in-your-face-ness, but it still had moments that I enjoyed purely for the sake of their self-reflexivity. I might add a point or so to each review, but I'm apparenlty an easy critic. I, surprisingly enough, read the exact same two stories you did! I felt basically the same way about the books themselves–as a graphic designer I was pleased with the design work and other trappings but, after that, I would rather have read a PDF version (which I couldn’t because the layout of the pdf didn’t allow for it). I felt about Every Night Is Bluegrass Night basically the same way that you did, though I still appreciated the introspective narrator for himself–but I agree that just because a story is short doesn’t mean it has to be without substance. I also agree that Peanut… seemed to be attempting to one-up itself as it went with in-your-face-ness, but it still had moments that I enjoyed purely for the sake of their self-reflexivity. I might add a point or so to each review, but I’m apparenlty an easy critic.

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