The Age of Wood (currently reading)

Our Most Useful Material and
the Construction of Civilization

by Roland Ennos                   

‎Scribner 2021

Paperback version

336 pages

Every Tool's a Hammer

Life Is What You Make It

by Adam Savage                  

Atria Books 2019

Library loan ebook

321 pages

4/26

The cover of this paperback/ebook version immediately brought to mind the cover of The Pencil:

A History of Design
   and Circumstance

by Henry Petroski          

Knopf 1989

354 pages

Ali's Well That Ends Well

Tales of Desperation and
   a Little Inspiration

by Ali Wentworth                       

Harper 2022

Library loan ebook

208 pages

4/23

Go Ask Ali

Half-Baked Advice
(And Free Lemonade)

by Ali Wentworth                       

Harper 2018

Library loan ebook

224 pages

4/21

Happily Ali After

And Other Fairly True Tales

by Ali Wentworth                       

Harper 2015

Library loan ebook

240 pages

4/19

Ali in Wonderland

And Other Tall Tales

by Ali Wentworth                            

Harper 2012

Library loan ebook

272 pages

4/17

Barbarella #5

The Center Cannot Hold

by Sarah Hoyt
Art by Riccardo Bogani

Dynamite Entertainment 2023
Graphic novel ebook

28 pages

4/14

Ho hum. Yet again making sure the series remains mildly kidlette appropriate. Which it did. Now it's done.

Barbarella #4

The Center Cannot Hold

by Sarah Hoyt
Art by Riccardo Bogani

Dynamite Entertainment 2023
Graphic novel ebook

29 pages

4/14

Again, making sure the series remains mildly kidlette appropriate.

Barbarella #3

The Center Cannot Hold

by Sarah Hoyt
Art by Riccardo Bogani

Dynamite Entertainment 2023
Graphic novel ebook

29 pages

4/14

Making sure the series remains mildly kidlette appropriate.

Letters of Pontius Pilate

Written during His Governorship
of Judea to His Friend Seneca
in Rome

Edited by W.P. Crozier

Fredonia Books, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands 2002

176 pages

4/14

Nothing in this 2002 paperback version of the 1928 original indicates that it is a work of fiction. If fact, there is a carefully worded blurb on the copyright page that, in my opinion, deliberately obfuscates the genres that reads:

In order to make original editions of historical works available to scholars at an economical price this facsimile of the original edition is reproduced from the best available copy and has been digitally enhanced to improve legibility, but the text remains unaltered to retain historical authenticity.

To me, the inclusion of “historical works,” “scholars,” and “historical authenticity” serve to give the impression that this is a non-fiction work.

On March 30, 1928 The Manchester Guardian (now just The Guardian) printed a review of the British edition which was released that day by Jonathan Cape Ltd. It turned out that William Percival Crozier (a reporter and later editor for that same newspaper) was well versed in the Latin and Greek classics, as well as the Bible, all of which inspired his writing his first novel. And the paper identified it as such — a novel.

Seriously, who's going to believe Pontius Pilate ever said "Tell it to the Marines?" [Although Imperial Rome did have the equivilent of shipboard marines, the phrase did not appear until circa 1804 A.D.]

The American edition was published shortly thereafter, but printed without noting that it was a novel. As an afterthought the publisher, J.H. Sears & Company in New York, glued a tipped-in notice on the flap that said “these letters are purely fictitious and composed by Crozier for the purpose of presenting a picture of what might reasonably be supposed to have happened in the time of Pontius Pilate.” Both publishers listed Crozier as the “editor” in order to enhance the image of these being real letters.

I suspect that Crozier was influenced by Gesta Pilati: The Reports, Letters and Acts of Pontius Pilate. Being the Official Records of Pilate as made to Tiberius Caesar Emperor of Rome, Concerning the Apprehension, Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth written by William Overton Clough and published in 1880 by Robert Douglass. I’ll read that one soon and let you know. The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data lists Ann Wroe’s Pontius Pilate (Random House 2000) as biography despites its, um, enhancements, whereas Paul L. Maier’s Pontius Pilate (Kregel Publications 1968) proudly states on the cover “A Novel.”

Now let’s talk copyrights…

Snowpiercer 3: Terminus

by Oliver Bocquet
Art by Jean-Marc Rochette

Titan Comics 2020

Library loan graphic novel

231 pages

4/13

Snowpiercer 2: The Explorers

by Benjamin Legrand
Art by Jean-Marc Rochette

English version Titan Comics 2014

Library loan graphic novel

140 pages

4/13

Snowpiercer 1: The Escape

by Jacques Lob
Art by Jean-Marc Rochette

English version Titan Comics 2014

Library loan graphic novel

110 pages

4/13

The Logbook

1924 - 1944
One man’s aviation journey from
drying grapes with airplane engines
to flying the mail, bush flying in
Alaska and on to flying B-25s in WWII

by Joy Guyer

Unpublished/uncorrected draft copy 2024

Approximately 280 pages

4/13

Working title proposal for publishing. So far very good - an offer will be made!

Offer made and accepted! Now the fun begins!

Becoming Trader Joe

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How I Did Business My Way
And Still Beat the Big Guys

by Joe Coulombe with Patty Civalleri
‎
‎HarperCollins Leadership 2021

288 pages

4/7

Holmes, Marple & Poe

The Greatest Crime-Solving Team
of the Twenty-First Century

by James Patterson and Brian Sitts

Little, Brown and Company 2024
Library ebook loan

352 pages

4/4