LibraryThing: State of the Thing - November

LibraryThing: State of the Thing Dear {NAME}, Welcome to the November State of the Thing! In this issue we invite members to participate in our annual SantaThing book exchange, announce the release of our newly redesigned author pages, give a shout out to all of our wonderful helpers, interview author Liam Graham, and shine a spotlight on our most recent TinyCat Library of the Month. We also serve up lots and lots of book world news, all of our regular columns, and 4,344 free Early Reviewer books! You can like LibraryThing on [Facebook]( and follow [@LibraryThing]( on Twitter, [librarythingofficial]( on Instagram, and [librarythingofficial](librarythingofficial) on Threads for news and updates. SantaThing Returns! LibraryThing’s seventeenth annual [SantaThing](, our bookish "Secret Santa," is now live. The idea is simple: You sign up for a gift worth $15–$50, and you’ll receive a selection of books, picked out for you by another LibraryThing member. You also pick books—secretly!—for someone else. Once again, we're fronting independents, partnering with stores in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Kennys and Blackwell’s will ship to members in other countries, and you can order ebooks from the Kindle store. - [Longfellow Books]( in Portland, ME - [BookPeople]( in Austin, TX - [Powell’s Books]( in Portland, OR - [Readings]( in Victoria, Australia - [Time Out Bookstore]( in Auckland, New Zealand - [Kennys]( in Galway, Ireland - [Blackwell’s]( in Oxford, UK - [Kindle]( - Ebooks. Unfortunately, we can only offer ebooks for Kindle devices registered in the US, not through other Kindle stores. Read more about how SantaThing works on our [blog post](, and join the conversation in [Talk](. Sign-ups close Monday, November 27th at 12pm EST. » [Sign up for SantaThing]( New Author Pages LibraryThing is pleased to announce that our author pages have been given a major update, as part of our site-wide LT2 redesign project. Our goal, as always, was to maintain high data density on the page, while switching over to the new layout and look. New features include: - A more visible Favorite button. - The ability to sort authors' works by popularity or recent publication date. - A more compact and readable Common Knowledge display that can be toggled into edit mode with one click. - New Lists and Awards sections. - An Associated Authors section which displays authors associated with works by this author, such as illustrators, translators, actors, audiobook narrators, etc. - A popularity chart on the main page for most authors, and a Charts and Graphs containing charts for genres, dates, languages, and more. - A Work Explorer page that features a table containing the author's works and various pieces of information, including date, reviews and media—there's even a link to add to the workbench. - A Helper Hub page that provides various ways members can improve the author data. While we like the centralization, some members complained that the feature was "moved off" the main page, so there's an easy toggle to put it back. Upcoming Holiday Programs Holiday Store. LibraryThing’s annual Holiday Store will open the week after Thanksgiving (the week of November 27th), and will run through Epiphany (January 6th). Be sure to check it out for great deals on your favorite bookish gear, including brand new stickers and our first-ever holiday bundles! New products and bundles will be listed soon, but you can expect our traditional deals including $5 CueCat scanners and more. Holiday Card Exchange. LibraryThing’s tenth annual Holiday Card Exchange is just around the corner! Once it launches, you will buy or create your own holiday cards for your fellow LibraryThing members, and receive as many in return as you send out. How it works: - Mail a holiday card to a random LibraryThing member. - You can mail a handmade or store bought card. Add a note to personalize it. - You’ll get one from another member. Sign-ups will open Tuesday, November 28th. Stay tuned for announcements on the LibraryThing site, and through our social media accounts. Helpers What is LibraryThing without its members? LibraryThing has some of the best people around, helping to improve the site for themselves and for the larger community—making us the best bookish site out there. From dedicated helper groups like [Combiners!]( and [Spam Fighters!](, to the guidance provided by long-time members when newcomers have questions in [Talk About LibraryThing](, [Frequently Asked Questions]( or [Bug Collectors](, our members are always helping out. They add an enormous amount of valuable information to the site, filling out Common Knowledge fields on author and book work pages, adding cover images and author photographs, and improving features such as [Series](Nseries_controller), [Recommendations]( and [Awards](. Roll of Honor. Each month we call out some of the top contributors from the last month. So… special thanks this time go to [ExVivre]( (work combiners and author never-ing), [scott_beeler]( (work combiners), [ptimes]( (edition separators), [SBFI]( (cover uploading), [GwynethM]( (work author edits and work relationships), [Ghost_Boy]( (work author edits and Common Knowledge contributors) [Dariah]( (author combiners), [Brett-Woywood]( (author picture contributors), [geophile]( (tag combiners), [kleh]( (series edits), [BibliotecaJosepCosta]( (publisher series edits), [davidgn]( (Awards and Honors), and [HsuBattery]( (translation). Author Interview: Liam Graham LibraryThing is pleased to sit down this month with economist, philosopher and physicist [Liam Graham](, an active member on our site—find him at [thalassa_thalassa](—since 2012. After earning a BA in Theoretical Physics at Cambridge and an MA in Social and Political Thought at the University of Warwick, he completed a PhD in Economics at Birkbeck College, London, going on to spend most of the next fifteen years teaching in the economics department of University College London. Leaving academia in 2018, he has returned to his first love, attempting to answer a question that has been with him since his teenage years: do we need more than physics to understand the world?” His research in this area has resulted in the publication of his debut book, [Molecular Storms: The Physics of Stars, Cells and the Origin of Life](, released this month by Springer International. See an excerpt below, and the full interview [here](. Q. OK, let’s start at the beginning. No, not the Big Bang, the beginning of your book! What exactly is a molecular storm, and how can an understanding of how it works aid us in considering larger questions about the nature of time, and our place in the universe? Liam. This story starts right down at the bottom, where the small molecules that make up gases and liquids are in constant motion. To larger objects, this motion is a ferocious bombardment made up of trillions of impacts per second. Scaled up to human dimensions, it would be like a 40,000km/h wind blowing from constantly changing directions. This is the molecular storm. It drives pretty much everything that happens at a molecular level: chemical reactions; flows from hot to cold; winds blowing from high pressure to low pressure; the vortex in your bathtub; what goes on in living cells and hence what goes on inside you. Visit the blog to [read the whole conversation](. List of the Month Come join LibraryThing’s List of the Month project, as we create a new thematic book list each month. Like all of our [Lists](, the List of the Month draws upon the knowledge of the LibraryThing community, while also aiming to provoke discussion around each theme. See our [wiki page]( for a complete List of the Month list, and join us over in our [Talk group](, for further discussion of the project. November List of the Month. Book lovers often have very strong opinions about how their favorite stories ought to be adapted, when being made into films. Our List of the Month this November is devoted to films that got it right—films that were successfully adapted from books, or that even improved upon their books. Head over to our [Great Films Based on Books]( list to add your top ten choices. Check out other recent Lists of the Month: - October [Witchy Fiction]( - September [Books We’d Want on a Desert Island]( - August [Books With the Most Memorable Titles]( - July [A Smorgasbord of Culinary Fiction]( - June [Books With Our Favorite First Lines]( The Talk of LibraryThing What conversations are going on in our groups? - Members are discussing the books that made the [Giller Prize Shortlist](, over in the [Canadian Literature]( group. - Suggestions for [Crime Novelists Similar to Agatha Christie]( are being sought in the [Book Recommendations Requests]( group. - The [Book Title Association Game](, begun in 2016, continues to be played by members of [BookBalloon](. - Members continue to chronicle the death of literary figures—most recently, in [November, 2023](—over in [Written in Stone — The Literary Cemetery](. Speaking of Groups, if you’re new to LibraryThing, there’s a group for that: [Welcome to LibraryThing](21)! Hot on LibraryThing Here are some titles that have been particularly hot on LibraryThing in the last month: - [The Woman In Me]( by [Britney Spears]( - [The Exchange: After The Firm]( by [John Grisham]( - [Iron Flame]( by [Rebecca Yarros]( - [The Secret]( by [Lee Child]( - [Dirty Thirty]( by [Janet Evanovich]( - [Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism]( by [Rachel Maddow]( - [Let Us Descend]( by [Jesmyn Ward]( - [Judgment Prey]( by [John Sandford]( - [A Curse for True Love]( by [Stephanie Garber]( - [Sword Catcher]( by [Cassandra Clare]( - [Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book: No Brainer]( by [Jeff Kinney]( - [The Last Devil to Die]( by [Richard Osman]( - [The Armor of Light]( by [Ken Follett]( - [Starling House]( by [Alix E. Harrow]( - [Making It So: A Memoir]( by [Patrick Stewart]( - [Holly]( by [Stephen King]( - [The Hurricane Wars]( by [Thea Guanzon]( - [Blood Lines]( by [Nelson DeMille]( - [Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life]( by [Arnold Schwarzenegger]( - [Enough]( by [Cassidy Hutchinson]( Hot in Libraries Here's what's hot across [thousands of public libraries]( in the United States: - [The Exchange: After The Firm]( by [John Grisham]( - [Fourth Wing]( by [Rebecca Yarros]( - [Lessons in Chemistry]( by [Bonnie Garmus]( - [Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI]( by [David Grann]( - [The Woman In Me]( by [Britney Spears]( - [Tom Lake]( by [Ann Patchett]( - [Judgment Prey]( by [John Sandford]( - [None of This Is True]( by [Lisa Jewell]( - [The Armor of Light]( by [Ken Follett]( - [The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store]( by [James McBride]( - [Holly]( by [Stephen King]( - [The Covenant of Water]( by [Abraham Verghese]( - [12 Months to Live]( by [James Patterson]( - [The River We Remember]( by [William Kent Krueger]( - [Demon Copperhead]( by [Barbara Kingsolver]( - [The Running Grave]( by [Robert Galbraith]( - [Starling House]( by [Alix E. Harrow]( - [Enough]( by [Cassidy Hutchinson]( - [Blood Lines]( by [Nelson DeMille]( - [The Secret]( by [Lee Child]( This data was collected by Syndetics Unbound, a LibraryThing/ProQuest project to enrich the library catalog. The search data is fully anonymized the day it is collected. For more information about Syndetics Unbound, please visit [Syndetics.com](?utm_source=LT&utm_medium=sott&utm_id=main). Free Books from Early Reviewers! Our Early Reviewers program pairs publishers and authors looking for reviews and book buzz with readers looking for their next great read. This month we’re pleased to feature [Tender Headed](, an award-winning poetry collection from [Olatunde Osinaike](, offered by [Akashic Books](; [South of Sepharad: The 1492 Jewish Expulsion from Spain](, a new work of historical fiction from [Eric Z. Weintraub](, offered by [History Through Fiction](; and our very first offerings from [Dark Lit Press](. Explore the full list and [sign up to request books](. [The Seafarer's Secret]( [The Irish Matchmaker]( [South of Sepharad: The 1492 Jewish Expulsion from Spain]( [Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way]( [Tender Headed]( [Notes from the Porch: Tiny True Stories to Make You Feel Better about the World]( [Green Mountain Academy]( [Solarpunk Creatures]( [Sunrise and the Real World]( [We're Going Home: A True Story of Life and Death]( [Time Travel for Fun and Prophet]( [Just up the Road: A Year Discovering People, Places, and What Comes Next in the Pine Tree State]( [Heavy Oceans]( [Spit and Polish]( [Billy and the Giant Adventure]( [The Spirituality of Dreaming: Unlocking the Wisdom of Our Sleeping Selves]( [Put It on Record: A Memoir-Archive]( [Tributaries: Essays from Woods and Waters]( [The Music: New and Selected Poems, 1973-2023]( [Of Starlight and Midnight]( Our November batch of Early Reviewers has 4,344 copies of 207 books. The deadline to request a book is November 25th, 6pm Eastern time. Did you win a book recently? When you receive your book, make sure you head over to your [Books You've Won]( page to mark it received. After you've read your book, add your review to LibraryThing. First, add the book to your LibraryThing catalog. Then click the pencil-shaped "edit" icon next to the book, or click "edit book" from the work page. Type your review into the Review box, and click "submit" to save it. Reviewing your books gives you a greater chance of winning books in the future, while neglecting to review lowers your odds. For more information, visit the [Early Reviewers Help Page](. Book World News: In Memoriam American-Canadian historian and academic [Natalie Zemon Davis](, whose influential work addressed the lives of those on the margins of society during the early modern period in Europe, [has died at 94](. Most often remembered as the historical advisor for the 1981 French film, [The Return of Martin Guerre](, starring [Gérard Depardieu](, she published a [book of the same name]( in 1983, in order to more fully explore the story of the 16th-century Gascon peasant who successfully impersonated another man for a number of years. Davis published her first book, [Society and Culture in Early Modern France: Eight Essays](, in 1975, and went on to produce a number of other well-regarded works of cultural history, including [Women on the Margins: Three Seventeenth-Century Lives]( (1995) and [Trickster Travels: A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds]( (2006). She was the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2000 [Aby Warburg Prize](, the 2010 [Holberg International Memorial Prize](, and a 2012 [National Humanities Medal](. Award-winning American children’s author and librarian [Susan Patron](, who won the 2007 [Newbery Medal]( for her [The Higher Power of Lucky](, [has died at 75](. Earning an MLIS in 1972, she went on to spend thirty-five years as a children’s librarian at the Los Angeles Public Library, the fourth largest library system in the US, rising to the level of senior children’s librarian and collection development manager, and mentoring librarians at 72 branches. Patron often served on committees for children’s book awards for the [ALA]( (American Library Association) and the [ALSC]( (Association for Library Service to Children). She made her authorial debut in 1991 with the picture book [Burgoo Stew](, but her 2006 [The Higher Power of Lucky]( was her major breakthrough. After her retirement in 2007, she wrote two sequels, [Lucky Breaks]( (2009) and [Lucky for Good]( (2011). Other recent losses in the book world: - [Scott Blackwood](, American novelist and nonfiction writer, [has died at 58](. - [Jose Harris](, British historian, biographer and academic, [has died at 82](. - [Anthony Holden](, British author, journalist and poker player, [has died at 76](. - [Tony Husband](, British cartoonist and memoirist, [has died at 73](. - [Eva Kollisch](, American memoirist and lesbian rights activist, [has died at 98](. - [Michael Leapman](, British journalist, biographer and travel writer, [has died at 85](. - [Vincent Patrick](, American novelist and screenwriter, [has died at 88](. - [Jaan Rannap](, Estonian children’s author and athlete, [has died at 92](. - [Anthony Vidler](, English architectural historian and critic, [has died at 82](. Book World News: Awards Awards and Prizes. The 2023 [Prix Goncourt](, given annually in France to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year,” [has been awarded]( to [Jean-Baptiste Andrea]( for his [Veiller sur elle]( (“Watching Over Her”), a bestselling novel that chronicles the life of a sculptor in Italy during the rise of fascism. The Goncourt is often considered an elitist prize, making the selection of a more popular work something of an outlier. Jury president Didier Decoin described the book as “extremely refreshing,” like a “hyacinth emerging in the undergrowth,” while juror Philippe Claudel mentioned that it was “high quality popular literature,” maintaining “that is what the Goncourt is about, too.” The 2023 winner of the [Cundill History Prize]( has [been announced](, with the honor going to [Tania Branigan]( for her [Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China’s Cultural Revolution](. Juror chair Philippa Levine praised Branigan’s book as “haunting and memorable,” a “sensitive study of the impact of the Cultural Revolution on the lives and psyches of an entire generation in China affected every juror, as it will every reader.” [Benjamin Myers]( has [been announced as the winner]( of the 2023 [Goldsmiths Prize]( for [Cuddy](, a fictional retelling of the life of St. Cuthbert. The prize is awarded annually by [Goldsmiths, University of London]( and [The New Statesman]( to a work of fiction that "opens up new possibilities for the novel form." A combination of poetry, prose, play, diary and historical accounts, the book was described by judging chair Tom Lee as a work of “remarkable range, virtuosity and creative daring.” The 2023 [British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding]( has [been awarded]( to historian and academic [Nandini Das]( for her [Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire](, which examines the story of England’s contact with India in the 17th century. The winners of the 2023 [Hugo Awards](, given out to the best in science fiction and fantasy writing, [have been announced](. The winner for Best Novel was [T. Kingfisher]( (AKA Ursula Vernon), for her [Nettle and Bone](. Best Novella went to [Seanan McGuire](, for her [Where the Drowned Girls Go](, the seventh in the [Wayward Children]( series. [Samantha Mills]( won for Best Short Story for her [Rabbit Test](, originally published in [Uncanny Magazine](. [Adrian Tchaikovsky]( won in the Best Series category, for his [Children of Time](, while [Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams](, written by [Bartosz Sztybor](, and illustrated by [Filipe Andrade]( and [Alessio Fioriniello]( was the winner in the Best Graphic Story or Comic category. For a full list of the winners, see [this announcement](. The winner of the [Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction](, intended to recognize authors who embody [Ursula K. Le Guin’s]( ideal of those “realists of a larger reality, who can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to how we live now,” [has been announced](. [Rebecca Campbell]( has taken the honor for her novella, [Arboreality](, described by the selection panel as “a eulogy for the world as we know it,” one which “imagines things that we haven’t yet considered about what can and will go wrong with our gardens, libraries, and archives if we don’t act now (maybe even if we do).” Australian author [Gail Jones]( has [been announced as the winner]( of the 2023 [ARA Historical Novel Prize]( in the adult category, for her [Salonika Burning](, while [Amelia Mellor]( has won in the CYA (Children and Young Adult) category for her [The Bookseller’s Apprentice](. Prize chair [Elisabeth Storrs]( praised the books, stating that they both “shine a light on the complexities of our human spirit, the fervor of resilience, and the delicate weave of friendships amidst societal upheavals.” Belfast author and editor [Michael Magee]( has been [named as the winner]( of the 2023 [Rooney Prize for Irish Literature](. The prize is administered by the [Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre](, and recognizes “an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40 years of age.” Jury members praised Magee’s novel [Close to Home]( for its “deep understanding of the craft of writing, its sensitivity to the power of place and its profound compassion for the survivors of personal and historical trauma.” The winners of the 2023 [World Fantasy Awards](, given annually to the best in fantasy fiction by the [World Fantasy Convention](, have [been announced](. [C.S.E. Cooney]( has won in the Best Novel category for her [Saint Death’s Daughter](, [Priya Sharma]( has won in the Best Novella category for her [Pomegranates](, and [Tananarive Due]( has won in the Best Short Story category for her “Incident at Bear Creek Lodge,” published in [Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology](. The award for Best Anthology has gone to editors [Sharee Renee Thomas](, [Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki]( and [Zelda Knight]( for their [Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction](, while [Tim Lebbon]( has won the award for Best Collection for his [All Nightmare Long](. For the complete list of winners, please see [this announcement](. The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) [has announced]( that [Helen Garner]( as the recipient of the 2023 [ASA Medal](, given biennially to “an Australian author or illustrator who has made an outstanding contribution to Australian culture as both a creator and an advocate.” The society praised Garner as “one of Australia’s most beloved, celebrated, and admired authors, whose work has been published to acclaim for more than 40 years. Her impact on Australian literary culture is immeasurable and unparalleled.” Additional Award News This Month: Winners. [The 4thWrite Prize]( | [The Australian Political Book of the Year]( | [The Barnes & Noble Discover Prize]( | [The Berman Literature Prize]( | [The Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize]( | [The Canadian Children’s Book Award]( | [The Danger Awards]( | [The David Cohen Prize for Literature]( | [The Diverse Book Awards]( | [The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction]( | [The New England Illustration Prize]( | [The Nib Literary Award]( | [The Patrick White Award]( | [The Readings Prize]( | [The Wesley Michel Wright Prize]( | [The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize]( Shortlists / Finalists. [The East Anglian Book Awards]( | [The Foyles Book of the Year Award]( | [The Irish Book Awards]( | [The Pacific Northwest Book Awards]( | [The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards]( | [The Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize](E2%80%99s-Book-Prize-Shortlist) | [The Scotland National Book Awards]( | [The Southern Book Prize]( | [The Walkley Book Award]( | [The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation]( | [The Waterstones Book of the Year]( | [The William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award]( Other Book World News This November 8th marked the 400th anniversary of the printing of Shakespeare’s [First Folio](, a collection of thirty-six of the Bard’s plays, assembled by his colleagues in 1623, seven years after his death. In honor of the occasion, the BBC [has planned a season of content]( for television, radio and streaming, including the three-part documentary, Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius. The British Library has released a special [facsimile reproduction of the folio](, and specialist publisher Folio Society has brought out a new [limited edition of the complete plays]( of Shakespeare. British film-maker Jack Jewers, meanwhile, has dispatched a portrait of Shakespeare, along with a recording of a speech from [A Midsummer Night’s Dream]( to [the earth’s upper atmosphere](, as part of a film-making project. In recognition of the ever growing popularity of the fantasy genre, the British Library is currently presenting a new exhibition, [Fantasy: Realms of Imagination](, which explores the history of fantasy through book, film and television documents and artifacts. The exhibition is scheduled to run through February 25th, 2024. The Australian city of Hobart, in Tasmania, has been [named a UNESCO City of Literature](, a status which the Hobart City of Literature Working Group, made up of representatives from a number of literary and library organizations, hopes to use to bridge the gap between the literate and illiterate in their state. An American researcher has [uncovered new works]( believed to have been authored by [Louisa May Alcott](, under the pseudonym “EH Gould.” Although chiefly remembered for her many books for children, Alcott also wrote more gothic fare, utilizing a variety of pen names to publish this other stream of tales. TinyCat [TinyCat]( is the online catalog for small libraries, created by LibraryThing. It turns your existing LibraryThing account into a simple, professional, web-based catalog. Follow [@TinyCat_Lib]( on Twitter and [tinycat_lib](tinycat_lib) on Threads for the latest TinyCat news, and be sure to check out [LibraryThing’s Youtube channel]( for a range of TinyCat tutorials. of the Month. TinyCat’s featured library this past month was the [Washington, D.C. Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society](. Volunteer Librarian Ralph R. Bitzer sat down with Kristi this past month to answer her questions about [the library]( and their work. Q. Who are you, and what is your mission—your “raison d’être”?: We are the Washington, DC Chapter of the [National Railway Historical Society, Inc.]( Our chapter was founded in 1944. We currently are one of the largest chapters in the Society. The chapter is a volunteer not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The [Martin F. O’Rourke library]( was opened to the public on September 22, 2007. The library is named in memory of longtime member and former Chapter President [Martin F. O’Rourke](. The library is located in the base of the former Pennsylvania Railroad Bowie Tower, which is now part of the [Bowie Railroad Museum]( complex including the tower, a freight station, passenger shelter, railroad caboose and visitor center. The museum complex is located in the historic district of Bowie, MD adjacent to the Washington DC-New York Amtrak rail corridor (formerly Pennsylvania Railroad). Our mission is to provide information about railroading both from historical and current perspectives. Our emphasis is on railroads originating from the eastern United States. However, with over 1200 volumes on railroading and many hundreds of railroading magazines we cover the railroad industry from many regions and perspectives both in the U.S and many foreign countries. We also have a selection of books for children to learn about and enjoy railroading. You can find the [full interview on our blog](. TinyCat Webinars. To learn more about TinyCat, join Kristi for a live demo Wednesdays at 1pm Eastern. Webinars are now on Zoom, so make sure to use our new [link to attend](. Please Note: the last three live webinars of 2023 will be held on Nov 15th, Nov 29th, and Dec 6th. You can also check out our playlists of Tiny Tutorials on [LibraryThing's YouTube channel](, where Kristi walks you through various features of TinyCat in 30 seconds or less. If you'd like to schedule a webinar at another time or if you have other questions about TinyCat, you can reach Kristi at tinycat@librarything.com. Wait, That's It? That's all I have for the Thing this month! If you have any suggestions, or ideas for improving State of the Thing, please reach out to me at abigailadams@librarything.com. Past issues of State of the Thing are available in our [SOTT Archive](. Happy reading, Abigail PS: If you'd rather receive a plain-text version, [edit your email preferences](. You can also read it [online](. 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