Book Porn

[elli1]

it's a collection of sermons (4th volume, 1st issue) edited by a Joseph Haberkorn von Habersfeld and printed in Wroclaw, Poland (then part of Prussia).

 

[AllyRose]

Cheer up, Ms. Rose. Long after the Kindle and its misbegotten brethren have passed over the Styx, we shall still have proper libraries with proper librarians, each containing more books than a thousand jumped-up pagers ever could. One of my favourites.

I'll be sleeping good tonight, thank you.

 

[AllyRose]

The campus here opened a new library building today: 6 floors of books.

But does it rival Strand?

 

[Curtis71]

it's a collection of sermons (4th volume, 1st issue) edited by a Joseph Haberkorn von Habersfeld and printed in Wroclaw, Poland (then part of Prussia).

Very interesting. I wish I knew who B. Ignatius was....

Thank you....

 

[DesEsseintes]

I'll be sleeping good tonight, thank you.

Good to know. Dreaming of Borges' Library of Babel, perhaps.

 

[AllyRose]

Good to know. Dreaming of Borges' Library of Babel, perhaps.

That could be considered a nightmare.

 

[AllyRose]

Don't get me wrong. An entire expansion of books gets hot and bothered, but not if I'm driven mad with books that are unintelligent.

 

[TwinkleStars]

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[AllyRose]

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Amen.

 

[TwinkleStars]

Amen.

thanks.

 

[TwinkleStars]

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[Sean Renaud]

::Looks up::

Yeah, I'll take my nooks and computers thank you. I think the only physical books I still insist on using more often than not are DnD and that's just because a lot of time I don't remember what the fuck I'm looking for but I know it's about halfway between swords and magic items and has a picture of a busty fairy.

 

[TwinkleStars]

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[AllyRose]

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I think that's what kept Evangeline Lilly from finishing the Lord of the Rings. She didn't want to have to say goodbye to the characters in the novel.

 

[DesEsseintes]

I think that's what kept Evangeline Lilly from finishing the Lord of the Rings. She didn't want to have to say goodbye to the characters in the novel.

Then she is in luck. If she manages to plough through the Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, however many volumes it is up to now, and all Christopher Tolkien's various efforts, then she will be with at least some of those characters for a very long time.

One of my most prized possessions is a beautiful two page hand written letter to my grandmother from Tolkien after The Fellowship of the Ring was published - she wrote him, essentially, a fan letter, and he explained about delays, paper shortages, etc with the second volume. Signed with his signature, complete with Elven dots, and even a rune. A good man in so many ways.

 

[Fata Morgana]

Then she is in luck. If she manages to plough through the Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, however many volumes it is up to now, and all Christopher Tolkien's various efforts, then she will be with at least some of those characters for a very long time.

One of my most prized possessions is a beautiful two page hand written letter to my grandmother from Tolkien after The Fellowship of the Ring was published - she wrote him, essentially, a fan letter, and he explained about delays, paper shortages, etc with the second volume. Signed with his signature, complete with Elven dots, and even a rune. A good man in so many ways.

What an absolutely wonderful thing to have!

 

[AllyRose]

I'm incredibly jealous. I grew up reading his works, and the mythologies that he drew inspiration from, and try to reread them all at least once every year. The thing I love the most about the Silmarillion is that now that I've read the whole thing, I can just open up to a chapter and read through it like a short story.

 

[DesEsseintes]

Yes, it's a lovely thing. I was taught at Oxford by several people who were tutored by him, and remember his lectures drawing crowds so large they spilled out of the door. They also said he was a wonderful tutor. There is an interesting programme here - probably not available in the US, I'm afraid - on the theology in his books, including an interview with Robert Hardy who remembers one of Tolkien's brilliant party tricks in a pub.

 

[oggbashan]

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But all you have to do is open the book again.

With Shakespeare:

Ophelia and Desdemona live again; so does Hamlet.

Macbeth and Othello are heroes deserving well of the local rulers.

Beatrice and Benedict are still arguing.

Once you have read a book often enough, the characters are there whenever you think of them.

 

[Equinoxe]

But all you have to do is open the book again.

That's true.

But you'll still never be able to read it for the first time ever again.

Barring amnesia.

 

[pete]

That's true.

But you'll still never be able to read it for the first time ever again.

Barring amnesia.

with a great story its sometimes even better on the second reading.

 

[Wildling]

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[Learnsmith]

with a great story its sometimes even better on the second reading.

A prof once told me that every good story should get bigger on the second read. I've found it more true the longer I write.

 

[trysail]

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[Fata Morgana]

That's gorgeous. Love the Cork quote.