When a market is diversifying, it’s thriving. On that basis, 2015 was a healthy year for pen addicts everywhere – an especially happy observation to make in the fountain pen segment, which is almost two centuries old. The Year of Personalization Bespoke bodies and custom nibs have been around a while, but personalization was truly the …
Growing up, I read two kinds of books: fantasy and science fiction. Fantasy worlds have an internal logic, by fiat; there is no need to explain the provenance of dragons or magical abilities, unless the explanation is pivotal to the plot. Science fiction obsesses over its coherence and plausibility, even behind the scenes in the …