Win! Hooray for serendipity. I started at Bruce Sterling’s and followed his link to a post on Amazon’s new Kindle (wisdom of crowds says, “Fail!” – also, read this). Speedbird – the blog with the Kindling post – looked interesting; I read a bit. Down a ways mention is made of a new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen title – The Black Dossier
. Great news – and news it is. Though I love me some graphic novels, I’m out of the loop – there is much in the comic book world that I’m not particularly interested in, and I haven’t figured out where to find my kind of stuff (I read FLOG, but that’s just one – great – publisher). The only decent comic book store in the area having gone out of business and Million Year Picnic being too far to drive for one book (although I do want to get down to Cambridge soon – visit friends and the HMNH), off I go – virtually – to Amazon.
For those of you who know the League only via the movie – as is often the case – the books are far superior. I need to rent V for Vendetta and make that comparo sometime soon…
I’m not sure the ‘wisdom of the crowds’ is a locked-in inevitable conclusion with respect to Kindle. Did you see gizmodo’s take after a 4-day test run?
I agree regarding the wisdom of crowds (assuming I’ve even characterized it properly!). I hadn’t seen the gizmodo post – thanks for the link. Seems like the next/prev buttons rather than a gestural interface may actually be a feature – and one that wouldn’t be apparent until you actually used the Kindle.
As for me – gadget $$s are likely to be spent on a Nokia 810n – and if I need an airplane book – a used paperback…