PDF considerably cheaper :) but not mad keen on reading books via computer
― flashing drill + penis fan (Noodle Vague), Friday, 23 July 2010 13:23 (thirteen years ago) link
SEVENTY TWO QUID!!!
― r|t|c, Friday, 23 July 2010 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
OCRed PDF also significantly quicker for transcribing passages! But reading in that format isn't ideal for me either. Although people doing academic etc stuff could be bothered when it was all handwriting all the time I do not HEY LOOK A BUTTERFLY.
(at the moment, after reading the Parliament section, I'm wondering how many times I can use the word 'booty' in my dissertation and get away with it.)
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 23 July 2010 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
how people etc etc.
tenner in german translation tho
― r|t|c, Friday, 23 July 2010 13:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Drexciya section wd be cool in German obv but don't think my reading skills wd be up to it
― flashing drill + penis fan (Noodle Vague), Friday, 23 July 2010 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
crashing rocks books in florida is doing it for £195.24, maybe j0rdan can do you a solid
― r|t|c, Friday, 23 July 2010 13:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Can't do books in pdf either - tried to read Voice of New Music and its a fail :-(
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 23 July 2010 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I enjoy this book to death and my copy is beyond dogeared. Wish it came back into print.
― ¿Can Your Gato Do the Perro? (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 23 July 2010 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
i've sold two copies of this on amazon for £££s - the first was a copy i picked up secondhand, i think i sold it for £80, then i sold my own battered copy for around the same amount a few weeks later. i'd like to have it again but it was good to have the dosh at the time.
― jed_, Friday, 23 July 2010 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Genius book written by a genius.
― Andy K, Friday, 23 July 2010 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
DONE. Loved the Sun Ra section, could feel me head rearrange itself as I read it. Not sure how much of the overarching themes and arguments I grasped from that speedy read, but there are flashes of brilliance everywhere.
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 23 July 2010 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
price will only go up when he wins the turner prize
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 23 July 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Somewhat (but not very) ashamed that my copy is in fairly pristine condition.
― henry s, Saturday, 24 July 2010 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
He pops into the shop I work in sometimes and I always want to tell him that I love this book. But I wimp put everytime.
― Dwight Yorke, Sunday, 25 July 2010 09:20 (thirteen years ago) link
you should!
what's the man up to these days?
― jed_, Sunday, 25 July 2010 12:06 (thirteen years ago) link
jed, i wasn't kidding abt the turner prize!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/turner-prize/7679081/Turner-Prize-2010-shortlist-in-pictures.html?image=9
― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 25 July 2010 12:35 (thirteen years ago) link
oh right, i'll look into that.
― jed_, Sunday, 25 July 2010 12:42 (thirteen years ago) link
looks kind of chris marker-ish?
― jed_, Sunday, 25 July 2010 12:44 (thirteen years ago) link
he's also co-editing an upcoming edition of the journal Third Text, tentatively titled 'Third Cinema'. Dunno if he'll be writing anything for it too. (I know this because a friend of mine has translated a few articles for it, including one on Chris Marker's Loins du Vietnam. Yay my friend.)
― Merdeyeux, Sunday, 25 July 2010 12:59 (thirteen years ago) link
― jed_, Sunday, 25 July 2010 13:06 (2 hours ago) Bookmark
He teaches an MA at Goldsmiths.
― Dwight Yorke, Sunday, 25 July 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
In fact he's a lecturer in Visual/Aural Culture. ALWAYS surprised that the Guardian is 40p for some reason.
― Dwight Yorke, Sunday, 25 July 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a pound tho innit?
― jed_, Sunday, 25 July 2010 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Not in our student union shop. I think most universities sell the Guardian/Independent at a discounted price (Indy's 60p here).
― Dwight Yorke, Sunday, 25 July 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i'd be surprised every day as well!
― jed_, Sunday, 25 July 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
looks like this is getting reprinted!https://www.amazon.com/More-Brilliant-than-Kodwo-Eshun/dp/1784786721/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469132255&sr=1-1&keywords=kodwo+eshun
guess I should have sold my copy for a ridiculously high price? in any case, everyone should pick it up when it's out
― mh, Thursday, 21 July 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
Much referenced since its original publication in 1998, but long unavailable, this new edition includes an introduction by Kodwo Eshun as well as texts by filmmaker John Akomfrah and producer Steve Goodman aka kode9.
:o
― mh, Thursday, 21 July 2016 20:20 (seven years ago) link
it is indeed http://thequietus.com/articles/22679-more-brilliant-than-the-sun-reissue I've never read this so looking forward to picking up a copy
― André Ryu (Neil S), Thursday, 22 June 2017 15:19 (six years ago) link
It’s coming out, like, next October or something.
― the ghost of markers, Friday, 23 June 2017 00:41 (six years ago) link
https://www.versobooks.com/books/2342-more-brilliant-than-the-sun
this finally gets reissued in a couple of weeks.
― FRE SHA VAC ADO (jed_), Friday, 28 September 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
Is it too late to sell my original edition for a bazillion dollars?
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 29 September 2018 01:47 (five years ago) link
Was just wondering that too. That book was my retirement plan!
― henry s, Saturday, 29 September 2018 03:16 (five years ago) link
me three
― the late great, Saturday, 29 September 2018 03:59 (five years ago) link
four fuck's sake why did i wait so long
― canary christ (stevie), Saturday, 29 September 2018 22:10 (five years ago) link
this didn't actually get released and is now no longer on the Verso website and is "currently unavailable" (the new version, that is) rather than pre-order on Amazon. I tweeted Verso to ask what happened but got no reply.
― brokenshire (jed_), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
was going to reread when the reissue came out, but I guess I’ll either read one of the pdfs or pull my (apparently increasingly valuable again) copy off the shelf. amazon usa officially cancelled preorders of the digital version, too
― mh, Saturday, 22 June 2019 23:07 (four years ago) link
What's the going rate?
― djh, Sunday, 23 June 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
looks like a hundred on amazon (us)
― mh, Sunday, 23 June 2019 20:34 (four years ago) link
it’s a bit dated
― the late great, Monday, 24 June 2019 02:10 (four years ago) link
Richard Skelton is selling a copy here:
https://www.corbelstonepress.com/library-sale?page=4
― djh, Monday, 27 June 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
Wasn't this getting republished at some point?
― politics is about vibes and the vibes are off (stevie), Monday, 27 June 2022 19:19 (one year ago) link
lol more than one
maybe he's aiming for the 25th anniversary
― mark s, Monday, 27 June 2022 19:44 (one year ago) link
Where is the best place to sell a copy of this book? Best meaning most money for least effort.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 27 June 2022 22:43 (one year ago) link
I guess it depends on how you feel about Amazon?
(There's actually a copy being advertised at £197.50).
― djh, Tuesday, 28 June 2022 12:16 (one year ago) link
abe has copies ("new") at £500+ and "good" at c.£400
― mark s, Tuesday, 28 June 2022 12:51 (one year ago) link
and Spanish and German language copies cheapish.
― bulb after bulb, Tuesday, 28 June 2022 14:20 (one year ago) link