The Opening Credits

I always like to give credit where credit is due, so I give due notice for our humble little site's name.

First, a mention of Walter Moers' book The City of Dreaming Books, whose influence should be obvious. I heartily borrowed Herr Moers' phrasing, but only as an homage to his wonderfully satirical look at the publishing industry, in the form of an imaginative children's tale - naturally.

And, second, to an unnamed binominal publishing company who manages to ruin pretty much every box of books they've ever sent us. Capable of destruction despite scads of bubble wrap and the occasional effort of double boxing, the wonderful people at this high class publishing establishment hit chords of rancor with The Boss many, many times. Then I get the task of photographing damaged books so we can email the hommes cretinous who work for the besotted organization and explain to them that they're ruining they're own products. In any other business, that would be hara-cari, but they just keep on, keepin' on.

So that's the long and short of it. The work week begins soon, which means the story pile can only grow...