2006 Read List

[omly]

6. Pandora by Anne Rice
7. Life's Other Secret: New Mathematics of the Living World by Ian Stewart [a bookring]
8. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

This last in particular made me think that regyt might like it. Currently I have no plans for it.

Comments

[regyt.livejournal.com]

I have that last one. It was decent.

[omly.livejournal.com]

I am now interested in some of the other books on the making of the OED (that hopefully would not focus so much on this aspect). There are a bunch mentioned at the end, but have you read any of them?

[regyt.livejournal.com]

Mentioned at the end where?

[(Anonymous)]

In the "Suggestions for Further Reading" which starts in my edition on page 239.

[omly.livejournal.com]

oops that was me

[regyt.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have no idea where my copy is at the moment, and so can't check.