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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 130140" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>The catalog(ue) showed up at QAGOMA exactly three weeks ago, and at the homes of lenders to the exhibition a few days later. However, the book's authors clearly were on the 'low priority' list since our copies only arrived today. But, it was well worth the wait. There's something about the gravitas of a book vs. a pdf on a computer screen.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]38449[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>For what it's worth, I can't think of any book quite like this one. In addition to over 350 color photographs on high quality paper, there are essays on motorcycle design and culture by an award-winning film director who has been a close observer of these topics for decades, and essays on the technology, history and future of motorcycles by an award-winning physicist and academic who also has been a close observer of these topics for decades. These backgrounds, and the perspectives they result in, are not found in the usual authors of motorcycle books.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]38450[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Also, a few Vincent owners make an appearance.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]38451[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I honestly can say that if even if I had to pay for this 320-page book I definitely would buy it. However, there's less to that endorsement than meets the eye since I buy <em>every</em> motorcycle book. Tracking shows three boxes of additional copies have cleared processing and are awaiting departure for the U.S. from the Brisbane airport. I know what at least a few people on my Christmas list will be getting this year. They'll be available in most of the world at the end of this month, and in the U.S. in early December.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 130140, member: 2806"] The catalog(ue) showed up at QAGOMA exactly three weeks ago, and at the homes of lenders to the exhibition a few days later. However, the book's authors clearly were on the 'low priority' list since our copies only arrived today. But, it was well worth the wait. There's something about the gravitas of a book vs. a pdf on a computer screen. [ATTACH type="full"]38449[/ATTACH] For what it's worth, I can't think of any book quite like this one. In addition to over 350 color photographs on high quality paper, there are essays on motorcycle design and culture by an award-winning film director who has been a close observer of these topics for decades, and essays on the technology, history and future of motorcycles by an award-winning physicist and academic who also has been a close observer of these topics for decades. These backgrounds, and the perspectives they result in, are not found in the usual authors of motorcycle books. [ATTACH type="full"]38450[/ATTACH] Also, a few Vincent owners make an appearance. [ATTACH type="full"]38451[/ATTACH] I honestly can say that if even if I had to pay for this 320-page book I definitely would buy it. However, there's less to that endorsement than meets the eye since I buy [I]every[/I] motorcycle book. Tracking shows three boxes of additional copies have cleared processing and are awaiting departure for the U.S. from the Brisbane airport. I know what at least a few people on my Christmas list will be getting this year. They'll be available in most of the world at the end of this month, and in the U.S. in early December. [/QUOTE]
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