I am okay with destroying Readers' Digest Condensed Books.
I'd even go so far as to say I'm in favor of it.
Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.
'Harm's Way'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Laga - Sep 20, 2007 11:44:34 am PDT #3886 of 28212
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Toddson - Sep 20, 2007 12:27:19 pm PDT #3887 of 28212
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And it gives you light to read REAL books by!
Strega - Sep 20, 2007 12:39:31 pm PDT #3888 of 28212
Okay, why has no one told me about Gideon Defoe before?
Er, probably forgetfulness? I thought I had mentioned the Pirates! books here somewhere, but I might have just intended to.
Polter-Cow - Sep 20, 2007 12:49:01 pm PDT #3889 of 28212
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hee. I noticed you on his flist and wondered why I hadn't heard you mention them before.
le nubian - Sep 20, 2007 1:19:21 pm PDT #3890 of 28212
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
All, Slate has a marvelous article about Madeleine L'Engle that I thought some of you would appreciate.
Katerina Bee - Sep 20, 2007 1:24:02 pm PDT #3891 of 28212
Herding cats for fun
Now I feel sad about all the old illustrated books I never bought before somebody could cut them apart for prints.
I feel mean now. I think I'll go buy a Reader's Digest Condensed Book at Goodwill. First I'll put lots of highlighting into it. Then I'll fold over pages at random. After that comes the Exacto Knife Follies and the Hot Glue Gun Debacle, followed by extra glitter and sprinkles. That should be foul enough to relieve my feelings.
Laga - Sep 20, 2007 1:28:26 pm PDT #3892 of 28212
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
hee!
Connie Neil - Sep 20, 2007 1:49:17 pm PDT #3893 of 28212
brillig
I worked at the Huntington Museum and Library a few years ago and got a tour of their vault--pause to wipe reminiscent drool. I can't remember the specific term for the books, but it was quite the fashion a couple of centuries ago to take apart your books and bind them together again so that bits on teh same subject were paged together. The pages would be trimmed to fit willy nilly. The curators at the museum are very conflicted over those books because some of them have pages from books that have otherwise been lost, but then again, those books were lost because fashionistas tore them apart.
Mass market books I have no problem with converting into decorative thingies. You could probably get some nifty 3-D sculptures from the remaindered copies of Jacquelinn Susann books or the stuff on the Barnes & Noble "buy it before we chuck it" shelves.
I shriek about designers who come into people's rooms, look at the books cases and go, "OK, that's just clutter, we'll help you get rid of a bunch of those--or at least put them somewhere where they won't ruin the asthetics."
Katerina Bee - Sep 20, 2007 2:26:26 pm PDT #3894 of 28212
Herding cats for fun
Totally.
erikaj - Sep 20, 2007 6:48:28 pm PDT #3895 of 28212
Always Anti-fascist!
Books ruin aesthetics? To me, they say "Hi. I'm not a moron." (Unless it's a hardback of "Culture Warrior" or something.)