More on paperback format: in 1957 John Updike published in poem in the New Yorker about paperbacks in which various imprints ”agree” that “classics much / too little known / when books were big / and bindings sewn” ”sell better if / their spines are not / austerely stiff.”
![Peter [committee chair]:
I asked her if she would move. She said her husband- [he looks directly at me] - she mentioned it because we cannot ask. Her husband [an academic] is in [another
country]. The commute is hard . ..
Clara:
She said she likes [the area here]. I think she's movable. She has relatives somewhat nearby.
Peter:
I think she is head and shoulders above
everyone else.
Ryan:
Is she on any [other schools'] lists?
Todd:
We can't ask that.
Clara:
But is she movable? I don't trust people who are married [laughs].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dwkqvs4h6zpgy5huqav7zkqr/bafkreiff6fks3j3idhqxtzlkb6nhh3q4z6l7f7gpsxqik5kvnis2lhdgli)
![Clara:
But is she movable? I don't trust people who are married [laughs]. I thought she was pretty, by the way. [Says to group] I can't say that.
Peter:
No, I can't say that [laughs].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dwkqvs4h6zpgy5huqav7zkqr/bafkreibcgnchlnhyg3y4slvj3soojs6i5qrhu5kfyxtnep6xmz4al42bty)
![Reads in part: LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS OF TRIBBLIUS SEQUETAR, INDIGENOUS LIFE FORM TO REAGAN IV
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER SPOCK, Science Officer, U.S.s. Enterprise, Starship I, L.G., F.R.V ., V.M.L., etc. A distinguished officer our-rently serving the United Federation of Planets Peace-Keeping Forces. Vulcanian citizen.
The Tribblius Sequetar was first noted in Federation records as log entries made by Lieutenant Vlormik Nuccermir, during the short lived attempt at iron ore mining made on Reagan IV during the late 2100's. At this time, the creature was believed to be unworthy of immediate of intensive study and merely catalogued for future evaluation by Federation zoologists.
The miners referred to the creatures
as tribbles (name believed to be derived from nonsense syllables and of no significant value)].
Recent experiences by Federation personnel
indicate that the life form has certain properties of special note that should be communicated to all Federation commands for immediate computer feed](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dwkqvs4h6zpgy5huqav7zkqr/bafkreia3x7w7y3dyqq6xd6iehss67cdkugnhayysdhebuqpr6pyouiozee)
