Steven R. Fischer

This final volume in the trilogy Language / Writing / Reading traces the complete story of reading from the time when symbol first became sign through to the electronic texts of the present day. After describing the ancient forms of reading and the various modes that were necessary to understand different writing systems and scripts, Steven Roger Fischer covers China, Japan, the Americas and elsewhere, and examines the forms and developments of completely divergent dimensions of reading." --book jacket.

A History of Reading

After successfully deciphering the Rongorongo script of Easter Island, Steven Roger Fischer gained a unique place in the pantheon of glyphbreakers: he is the only person to have deciphered not one but two ancient scripts. Both of these scripts yield clues of great historical importance. Fischers previous decipherment, of a Cretan artefact called the Phaistos Disk, provided the key to the ancient Minoan language and showed it to be closely related to Mycenaean Greek. Fischer's decipherment of Rongorongo shows that it was not merely a mnemonic device for recalling memorised texts, but was actually read and used for creative composition. This is the exciting story of these two decipherments, by the man who now must rank as the greatest glyphbreaker of all time.

Glyph-Breaker

Relates Easter Islands tumultuous story, from its discovery by Polynesians in c. AD 700, through its rise and collapse in the 1500s, to the native populations struggle for civil rights in the 1960s and the growth of tourism in modern times.

The Turbulent History of Easter Island

Island at the End of the World

A history of Easter Island and the Rongorongo writing system.

The Easter Island Script : History, Traditions, Texts

Rongorongo

My name is Brak, and that is all you need to know about me. A full year has passed since I had my life-changing encounter with Drakon the Ancient and his mate, Silver the Pure. The things they told me were unsettling. However, they only left me with more questions than answers. To sate my hunger, Drakon the Ancient gave me something to answer the questions I seek: the name to the last remaining Elf. You may think that is something minor, but I assure you, it is not. My former lover is also hunting me. It is only a matter of time before she catches and kills me. Will I find the lone Elf, or will my lover kill me? Only time will tell. I hope my time doesnat run out. Not only my life, but the lives of everyone depend on the answers I seek.

Book Two of A Dragon's Legacy

The Last of the Elves

Charts the history of communication from the time before human language was conceived through to the media explosion of the present day.

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