A friend of mine works in a library at the U of Alaska in Ketchikan; the chancellor there decided they no longer needed a library and had them get rid of more than half their collection.

Whaa? That's just... Fucking people. There are no words. I give up.

Whaa? That's just... Fucking people. There are no words. I give up.

I forgot to say, she then had them moved into a room the size of a storage closet. Apparently all the students need is a computer with Google bookmarked.

Giles needs to have a talk with that woman.

Apparently all the students need is a computer with Google bookmarked.

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Oh. Dear.

Of course they need a library...unless it's the collected works of Strom Thurmond or something.

Giles needs to have a talk with that woman.

Why don't we send Ripper in instead?

Hm. The elephant in a purple dressing gown is a familiar image, yet I don't remember the stories at all. Maybe I knew someone who had them?

At the risk of saying things that have been said . . . second chapter had no right to exist

I'm really confused by this. It had every right to exist and was in fact very important, moreso than the first chapter.

Thanks for the info Kathy!

I'm really confused by this. It had every right to exist and was in fact very important, moreso than the first chapter.

Wow, I don't agree. IMHO it bled all the tension from the rest of the book. Two of the characters in it meant nothing to the rest of the book, and the third's actions in the book would have carried a lot more weight without all the telegraphing. But, my opinion.

But it might not be telegraphing -- it might be a justification for a revelation in the next book.