Schott's Original Miscellany
Ben Schott
This is 'full of weird information', lots of lists including
'Chatroom Acronyms' and 'Curious deaths of some Burmese kings'.
Doreen found this book mad but also amusing and quite compulsive
reading. Recommended - very entertaining.
Doreen 1/6/03
A simple, though very nicely packaged and presented, collection
of facts, tables and references that we all sort of know but
don't, were told or have read once in some other book or magazine
or on the net and thought "gosh, how interesting" but have
subsequently forgotten. Handy to have it all in one volume for
when one may need to refer occasionally to settle a dispute.
Entertaining, humourous in its randomness and useful (Andrew had
referred to it twice in the time he'd had it). The group could
easily put together (at least the ideas) for volume two between
us, using our various areas of specialisation or interest. People
with ready access to publishing outlets will be similarly
inspired and there will be imitations.
Andrew 29/6/03
The frames have
gone all funny - click to make it good.