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Mark Ovenden, author of Transit Maps of the World - our blogger for the week of 12/3:

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Mark Ovenden is our guest blogger during the week of December 3rd. If you have any questions for Mark Ovenden, add a comment to any of his posts. Here is some brief information about Transit Maps of the World:

Transit Maps of the World is the first and only comprehensive collection of historic and current maps of every rapid-transit system on earth. Using glorious, colorful graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of mass transit-including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. Transit Maps is the graphic designer’s new bible, the transport enthusiast’s dream collection, and a coffee-table essential for everyone who’s ever traveled in a city.

About Mark Ovenden

Born in London in 1963, Mark Ovenden evinced an early fascination with trains and TV that has remained with him over the course of his life. Following college he pursued a number of positions in local government and on the radio promoting progressive attitudes towards gay issues before getting a full time job at BBC Radio 1 as a producer. In 1998 he joined MTV as a freelance Music Programmer, where he gave birth to another production company which went on to produce shows for Atlantic252. There Mark was later taken on as a presenter of a weekly record review show with Chris Coco and as their specialist programmes producer and later breakfast newsreader.

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Transit Maps of the World, Mark Ovenden

Fri, 11/30/2007

Penguin Imprint Focus: Editorial Assistants Danielle Stockley and Cameron Dufty Interview Each Other:

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Strange things have been known to emerge from the slushpile. In its depths are known to reside remarkable and sometimes dangerous creatures. Following the zombie outbreak of ‘06, the Editorial Assistants have been tasked with guarding it each night to ensure that nothing else emerges to wreak havok amidst the offices and cubicles of the 5th floor.

I crept up to the containment room last night, and while I lacked the bravery to actually enter, I managed to crack open the door and tape the conversation taking place within…

Cameron Dufty: Like most New Yorkers, I bet you spend a lot of time on public transit. What is the latest book you have read while en-route?

Danielle Stockley: I am currently reading Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, by Chuck Klosterman. While I am enjoying it, it is not the most practical subway book. I am having some trouble holding the pages open with one hand while maintaining my balance with the other. Each page turn only increases my fear that I will end up on someone’s lap. Ease of subway reading is a factor that I consider before I buy any book. Does it figure into your purchasing decisions, Cam?

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