Comments on: Epidermaography

By: Sonia

Sonia — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:09:07 +0000

Have you heard of the anime R.O.D. The TV? http://www.amazon.com/R-O-D-TV-Complete-Vols/dp/B0009RQSAU/sr=8-2/qid=1161832020/ref=pd_bbs_2/104-0954395-7663958?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

As a subplot (or thread of the main plot?) There are books there that are bound in human skin. Fascinating.

I highly recommend R.O.D. the T.V. series and the miniseries Read or Die to any book lover.

By: Lola

Lola — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:06:09 +0000

any it even comes with a spine!…har…har
*hangs head in shame*

By: Moike

Moike — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:49:03 +0000

$21 for a dvd????? That’s an outrage! No wonder the country’s going to hell in a handkerchief!

By: Kristel

Kristel — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:37:10 +0000

I read the article too last week. I work in a medical library and we do have these old books, so I was wondering if we have any … apparently not. Still an interesting topic though.

greetz,
Kristel.

By: Kara

Kara — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:29:36 +0000

Oh yeah… and I don’t think that books bound in human skin is icky at all.

By: Kara

Kara — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:25:02 +0000

Neat topic!

Kind of makes you wonder how many of the old leather-bound books hidden deep in the stacks of the Olin and Koch Libraries are actually bound in human skin, huh? :)

Next time I visit we ought to rent the Pillow Book… I haven’t seen it in ages.

Also, if you have not read “Stiff” by Mary Roach yet, then you ought to do so at once. I don’t think it mentions using human skin to bind books, but it covers pretty much everything else that you can do with a corpse.