us vs uk: Salt
This is one of those days when English words look really funny to me. Salt, for example, looks totally bizarre. That notwithstanding, Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky is the title of today’s us vs uk book. Thanks to Meredith for inspiring this post! US UK From the UK publisher’s site: Homer called salt a divine sub

small frankfurt-ish round-up
It took a while, but I’ve finally added my photos from the Frankfurt Book Fair to flickr. Take a look. And last week TeleRead published my report on e-readers at the fair, so take a peek at that, too. If you don’t follow me on twitter, then you missed my tweet about

us vs uk: The True History of Tea
I’ve been inspired to try out a new kind of post. It may or may not be a regular thing, but I’m interested in comparing US and UK covers of the same book. I’m especially curious to see if there’s an overall pattern, but that will take some time to decide (and it won’t be scientific). The inspiration comes from Pop Culture Junkie’s Hardcover vs. Paperback series and Wondrous Reads’ US Vs UK feature. Normally I’d be loathe to do something other bloggers are already doing, but I̵

a question or two
Should I post reviews of children’s books here at fade theory, on a separate blog, or both? These will be books chosen both for their writing and illustration. Books anyone can appreciate (not just kids). And no ugly books allowed. Also, shall I resume the Friday Artist series? If so, I’ll need your help with finding cool artists to feature.

rss feed
I changed the permalinks structure today because I’ve been having some trouble with the header links in the new theme here. Well, it made things worse, but at the very least I figured folks should know that the RSS feed for fade theory is http://feeds.feedburner.com/fadetheory Hopefully I get things figured out soon! Feel free to chime in if you have a solution. I can be reached at theorist@fadetheory.com