Palimpsest
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Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word is a non-fiction book about the history of writing written by Matthew Battles and published on 2015-07-27.
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Good
- At one point the author suggests that the many just-so stories about the origin of writing are probably due to the fact that writing wasn't invented in full form, but evolved over thousands of years.
Bad
- The book is light on science and history and heavy on romantic flowery waxing of mythology.