The NYT takes a look at how un-groovy the bestseller list was during the Summer of Love - now 40 years ago.

The Wall Street Journal reported on the sacrilege of an Arizona library’s attempt to do away with the Dewey Decimal System. Librarian.net provides a link to the analysis of what it all actually means.

The Wren’s Nest: home of the burlesque. That Lain Shakespeare has one of the hardest jobs in town.

PopMatters reviews The Raw Shark Texts. (via The Swivet)

The Millions writes about Neal Stephenson as polymath: “But I find this aspect of Stephenson’s writing appealing: ultimately metaphysics is more important than mere physics. Why is more important than how. Is it not impossible to answer the question why without moving from a discussion of hard science to a discussion of something more ineffable?” Stephenson’s Cyrptonomicon should be on your reading list if you haven’t read it yet.

Maud Newton describes the joys of visiting the out-of-town bookstore. We couldn’t agree more. Here’s our list of stores we love from a a few months back.