The holiday season brought a new set of DVDs to Levi Asher's home. Not "Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith," or "Million Dollar Baby," or any other Hollywood blockbuster. Levi runs the Literary Kicks blog and is a voracious reader. So, for Levi, the DVD set was the Complete New Yorker. I must say I have been tempted with this, but reading The New Yorker on DVD seems, well, different. The set contains every issue from 1925-2005. Levi Asher wrote a nice piece at LitKicks.com and gives us his observations on this mammoth DVD set.
Digging in to a collection like this is not easy. I bet most people who buy this set or get it as a present just jump in and start breezing through, and then quickly find themselves gasping for air. That's the wrong way to use a set like this, and I'm not going to make that mistake. I'm going to plan my expeditions carefully, working towards specific goals. I've got a few missions in mind, most of them focusing on the magazine's first two decades ...
This is a fun and interesting post and Levi tells us why really, the original New Yorker, was a.....ready for this?....a litblog(!) ahead of its time. I'm still not completely sold that I could enjoy the New Yorker on my computer screen, but he sure makes the content sound appetizing. Great read from LitKicks.com.
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