The bane of every book collecting person: the Silverfish. DUN DUN DUNNNNN!!! How to get rid of them? If one book has been infected, place it inside an air-tight plastic bag along with some silica gel desiccant. The silica gel is important to get rid of moisture, because you will now place the sealed plastic bag with the book in it inside the freezer. Leave it in there for a couple of days so that those bugs catch their death of cold. If you're feeling particularly paranoid, (like I usually am) feel free to leave the plastic bag in there for a week. If they're not dead, then you might likely have an infestation of zombie silverfish , which is out of the scope of this blogpost. But what if a whole colony of silverfish decided to invade your whole bookcase? Then you have to make sure you're ready for war. Place a generous amount of silica gel (or if you can find it, diatomaceous earth) behind your books at the back of the shelves so that moisture levels remain low.
Science Fiction. Fantasy. Malapropisms.
i love the b/w photos on the covers of some of his novels.
ReplyDeleteYeah, those would be the UK editions, which would be my preference too. The US hardcover for Wind-up Bird Chronicles was bee-yootiful though.
ReplyDeleteLove the UK cover here, but what's with the red square in the top-left-hand corner?
ReplyDeleteBit of trivia: Seems "After Dark" is a real popular book title. Best book I've read so far with this title is G.K.Chesterton's collection of short stories, all narrated by a temporarily blinded painter to his wife, after dark, of course...
Right, speaking of Murakami, this really lengthy interview posted on my blog might interest you.
ReplyDeleteLots of stuff about underread authors in the literary world, not just Japanese.
I was wondering when you'd pop up!
ReplyDeleteThanks Swifty, but I've actually already read the interview. I've got you on my RSS list, so don't worry, I won't miss any of your musings or Japanese babes.
Ooh, that's great.
ReplyDeleteSorry about my absence lately, been too busy gaming, ah, I mean, working on my film, Girl Disconnected, to submit to places.