Lucien Polastron

Lucien X. Polastron (born 1944) is a French writer and historian, specializing in paper, books, writing, library history, and Chinese and Arab studies. He has written some 12 French-language books, some of which have been translated into other languages, including English. He lives and works in Paris.

Books in English
  • Books on Fire: The Destruction of Libraries throughout History, Rochester, Inner Traditions, 2007, ISBN 978-1-59477-167-5, ISBN 1-59477-167-7[1]
  • The Great Digitization and the Quest to Know Everything, Rochester, Inner Traditions, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59477-243-6[2]
gollark: I think I've *told* Tux1 about them a few times, so it's their fault.
gollark: I agree completely. The inevitability of apioforms is inevitably inevitable.
gollark: Apioforms have been explained MORE THAN -7 TIMES, if you don't know now it's your own fault.
gollark: Scientific American is lying to you, bees have existed before time itself.
gollark: The "bee" thing emerged in around late April, and apioforms began to exist around July.

References
  1. "Books on Fire". Inner Traditions. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. "The Great Digitization and the Quest to Know Everything". Inner Traditions. Retrieved 5 June 2017.


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