From the Book of hours, Flanders, c. 1485 CE

Always gets a laugh at the office

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A few people have been dusting off Karl Popper's paradox of tolerance. Simply, tolerating the intolerant is a mistake. And we're in the middle of that right now as a free country. Time to stop tolerating the nazi types, the bigots, the fascists, the hateful that seem to be everywhere.

Banksy genius.

Just read Mario Levrero's Rabbit Hunting with illustration by Sonia Pulida. Wonderful images and surreal writing. Here is a pic.

Page from The Secret Life of Statues

Perhaps we need an artificial intelligence index along the lines of a glycemic index to help people along. We've drafted one.

Today, our novel Man Alone, thought extinct in the wilds of bookselling was found in bsky.app/profile/litt..., by its author Nick who popped into his favourite childhood bookshop after buying a loaf of bread. Thanks to Ian for the photo-op and the history of the shop.

We dove down into the Masterthief Vault again today and pulled out this rare little gem from 1990.

Antigone Kefala Absences.

History Lesson: publishing once existed on paper. Back then, too, it was Masterthief Enterprises.

From the Masterthief archives.
Artist Book
...From the Secret Life of Statues
Peter Lyssiotis 1995
Art Gallery New South Wales

Behold! The blurb less book. Because readers are far too intelligent

Find a copy here.
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We'd like to explain what Masterthief means. Here is a little snippet from Baudrilard's preface to L'autre by Luc Delahaye. We will post a few more ideas like this about the creative commons over time.

Here's a fine review of our novel, Man Alone, from a reader who appreciated the consideration of time, relationships, the point of view of others in forming identity.

You can find the full review at GR here. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The gist is men aren't worth dating because they are confused by the new masculine culture of the Joe Rogan style media.

But then does anyone read a novel like our Man Alone about a father whose family go away for a weekend and all he can think about is them?

Self promotion makes us giddy.

A brief favourite review from Robert Wechsler. With much gratitude.

Just for fun, can anyone say if they'd do well in Vladimir Nabokov's English examination from 1955?

Might send this fellow a few copies of Man Alone. Looks the ideal sales point for small press.

That human spirit never seems to give up. Here's one from the Middle Ages.

A terrific review by prolific online reviewer Glenn Russell

Now that we're off that twit site, reposting old stuff.