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"'''Bath Time for Books, Oh!'''" is | [[File:Bathing and Reading - a Gnomon Chronicles Mystery.jpg|thumb|Bathing & Reading: a Gnomon Chronicles Mystery.]]"'''Bath Time for Books, Oh!'''" is a short essay by [[Hiro Protagonist (nonfiction)|Hiro Protagonist]], winner of the 1992 World Bathing and Reading Trophy. | ||
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But worth it. Throwing out four or five second-hand paperbacks is a small price to pay. | But worth it. Throwing out four or five second-hand paperbacks is a small price to pay. | ||
I can — talking party tricks, here — recite the opening several pages of Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" from memory. | I can — talking party tricks, here — recite the opening several pages of Neal Stephenson's "[[Snow Crash (nonfiction)|Snow Crash]]" from memory. | ||
Not that I went to many parties in the first place. And now Covid. And moving from the city to a small town at the edge of the north woods. | Not that I went to many parties in the first place. And now Covid. And moving from the city to a small town at the edge of the north woods. | ||
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File:Twenty Must-Wash Books.jpg|link=Twenty Must-Wash Books|'''''[[Twenty Must-Wash Books]]''''' is a 2023 television series about book hygiene techniques for the amateur book restorer. | |||
File:The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.jpg|link=The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving|"'''[[The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving]]'''" is a philosophical-hygienic assertion by Socrates. | |||
File:If you sniff long into laundry, the laundry also sniffs you.jpg|link=If you sniff long into laundry, the laundry also sniffs you|"'''[[If you sniff long into laundry, the laundry also sniffs you]]'''." —Friedrich Nietzsche | |||
File:Grand Theft Anathem.jpg|link=Grand Theft Anathem|'''[[Grand Theft Anathem]]''' is a series of action-adventure reality television programs created by [REDACTED] and marketed by Polycosm Games. Most of the gameplay revolves around number theory and computation, with occasional driving and shooting elements. | |||
File:Nuraghemancer.jpg|link=Nuraghemancer|'''''[[Nuraghemancer]]''''' is a historical novel by William Gibson 1.1 about the architecture of the cyber-Nuraghe structures of Sardinia, and their origin in the Zaibatsu Wars. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Bed Bath and Books]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* [[Grand Theft Anathem]] | |||
* ''[[Nuraghemancer]]'' | |||
* [[This Time with Alan Sawflies]] | |||
* ''[[Twenty Must-Wash Books]]'' | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Hiro Protagonist (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Snow Crash (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Neal Stephenson (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[The Deliverator (nonfiction)]] | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ Comment] @ Facebook | * [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1423317620095324162 Post] @ Twitter (5 August 2021) - [[Bed Bath and Books]] | ||
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/concellation/permalink/359638555083615/?comment_id=359942775053193 Comment] @ Facebook | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1356596063885553664 Post] @ Twitter | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/GnomonChronicles/posts/2619838584807450 Post] @ Facebook | |||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Books (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Personal hygiene (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Neal Stephenson (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Essays]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:20, 15 January 2023
"Bath Time for Books, Oh!" is a short essay by Hiro Protagonist, winner of the 1992 World Bathing and Reading Trophy.
Bath Time for Books, Oh!
I like to read in the bathtub.
Sure does short the lifespan of a paperback novel.
But worth it. Throwing out four or five second-hand paperbacks is a small price to pay.
I can — talking party tricks, here — recite the opening several pages of Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" from memory.
Not that I went to many parties in the first place. And now Covid. And moving from the city to a small town at the edge of the north woods.
Still— I developed "esprit up to here" from reading and bathing.
In the News
Twenty Must-Wash Books is a 2023 television series about book hygiene techniques for the amateur book restorer.
"The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving" is a philosophical-hygienic assertion by Socrates.
"If you sniff long into laundry, the laundry also sniffs you." —Friedrich Nietzsche
![Grand Theft Anathem is a series of action-adventure reality television programs created by [REDACTED] and marketed by Polycosm Games. Most of the gameplay revolves around number theory and computation, with occasional driving and shooting elements.](/w/images/thumb/e/e7/Grand_Theft_Anathem.jpg/112px-Grand_Theft_Anathem.jpg)
Grand Theft Anathem is a series of action-adventure reality television programs created by [REDACTED] and marketed by Polycosm Games. Most of the gameplay revolves around number theory and computation, with occasional driving and shooting elements.
Nuraghemancer is a historical novel by William Gibson 1.1 about the architecture of the cyber-Nuraghe structures of Sardinia, and their origin in the Zaibatsu Wars.
Fiction cross-reference
- Bed Bath and Books
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Grand Theft Anathem
- Nuraghemancer
- This Time with Alan Sawflies
- Twenty Must-Wash Books
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Hiro Protagonist (nonfiction)
- Snow Crash (nonfiction)
- Neal Stephenson (nonfiction)
- The Deliverator (nonfiction)
External links
- Post @ Twitter (5 August 2021) - Bed Bath and Books
- Comment @ Facebook
- Post @ Twitter
- Post @ Facebook