“If you were to send the 16th edition back to 2003, when the 15th edition came out, it would read like science fiction. Here’s a taste. The words ‘electronic,’ ‘software,’ ‘technologies,’ ‘computing’ and ‘website’ all appear in the preface of the 16th, but the word “book” doesn’t appear until the title of the first chapter, ‘Books and Journals. . .'”
I own a Chicago Manual Of Style, the 15th edition, which I’ve cracked open maybe once or twice in the two years it’s been in my possession. (Like Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Don Quixote or The Critique Of Pure Reason, it’s one of those books I’ve intended on leafing through on a daily basis.)
Learn how this massive book in its 16th edition reflects our own highly-abstracted noosphere. . .er, or something like that.
But seriously how often do people use this book anyway? Maybe my reluctance to tap its mysteries has significantly contributed to my high amount of rejection slips?
