Book furniture

There is a lot of neat furniture and homes that are inspired by (and contain) books. I've collected some images and thought I'd share them here.

If you want to have a nightstand that looks like a pile of books (that are actually drawers), you're in luck!

http://www.comunistar.com/Collection2008/Nightstand/Poetry.html

Although I have my books organized by colour at home, it doesn't look nearly this impressive!

http://freshome.com/2008/02/12/rainbow-bookshelf/

A bathtub with shelf space - genius!

http://www.bornrich.org/entry/bathtub-with-book-storage-for-bookworms/

A bookshelf that doubles as a staircase in a London apartment.

http://gizmodo.com/358636/stairs-bookcase-actually-makes-me-want-to-move-to-london

You don't need a bookmark with this shelf.

http://ontwerpduo.nl/en/werk_openbook.html

Author Arthur C. Clarke has died

Prolific science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke died earlier today at his home in Sri Lanka, at the age of 90. He was most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey which he wrote with Stanley Kubrick as the basis for the iconic film and which was based on one of Clarke's earlier short stories.

I spent most of my high school years reading Arthur C. Clarke's books, including the Odyssey books and (my favourites) his Rama books. He was my favourite author for a few years and I ended up reading 15 of his books - all the ones they had in the local public library. I can still remember the last sentence of his short story The Nine Billion Names of God even now, about 12 years after I read it.

Rest in peace, Sir Arthur.

Nail-biters

I've put together a collection of books that will have you biting your nails (or, in my case, mindlessly chewing on Twizzlers) while you're reading them. Nothing like a good page-turner!