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The best book about the origin of books you could read . . . clear, engaging, fast-paced and authoritative." --Stephen Fry
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'The best book about the origin of books you could read. It is clear, engaging, fast-paced and authoritative' Stephen Fry
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've read a hell of a lot of John Man's offerings and with each new book something new is brought clearly, concisely and above all in an interesting an informative manner to the reader. With previous books including the story of Genghis Khan and Atilla the Hun it might come as a bit of a surprise when the reader see's that he's tackled the world of printing and its origins on how books became more available for the masses. As a huge reader I'd hate to have lived in a world where books were only for the rich and its mainly due to the Gutenberg Revolution that they became the phenomena that they are today. If you have an interest in printing or just a sheer fascination for popular history then this is the book for you.
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Surprisingly fascinating...
27 Nov 2011
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A fascinating look at the history of printing, as it evolved from the painfully copied and transposed palimpsest type of books that existed before the invention of movable type.
Man's careful and scholarly research does not obscure his sheer enthusiasm for the man, history or the period. From the revealing of Gutenberg's motives - profit and the spread of religion - through to his somewhat overwrought concluding chapter, the author holds our attention with prose that communicates his own delight in the important events, inventions and improving technical enhancements in the world of printing information to expand knowledge.
Man's careful and scholarly research does not obscure his sheer enthusiasm for the man, history or the period. From the revealing of Gutenberg's motives - profit and the spread of religion - through to his somewhat overwrought concluding chapter, the author holds our attention with prose that communicates his own delight in the important events, inventions and improving technical enhancements in the world of printing information to expand knowledge.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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24 Feb 2012
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This is a scholarly book about what happened when the printing machine came into being. I would not have read this if not for a grad class and I do not think that the average person would like it, I did not. It is written in a very dry style of one scholar to another. The only of real interest to me was about print culture. Man questions if print culture exists and if it does what is it really. I have never heard the term print culture before so that sparked my interest.
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