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I spent a lot of time in the last few years working at the place depicted (the Goldfarb Library at Brandeis University). �Later, I worked at the Library of Chapman University, Fairfield. �There's nothing morally repugnant about a library. �You take books that cost money & make them available for free. �It fights the existing socioeconomic order while promoting literacy for all. �Sure, nothing heroic per se, but nothing bad either. It's hard to say whether there was ever a library run out of a pyramid. �The Egyptian pyramids were built with such precision that the resident culture must have been extremely literate. �They would later prove this with a Great Library in nearby Alexandria, whose burning is arguably the most tragic event in history of those events where the loss of life was not substantial. �The loss of knowledge was monumental. Books are often blue. �I know, because when I worked at the Goldfarb Library, students would often ask for books by their color alone. �So much for not judging books by their covers. �One might find it difficult to believe that kids selected for a top fifty university education could identify books only by non-verbal elements, but I assure you that the frustrations of looking for "the blue book about China" are serious. �Library editions of books tend to be solid-colored, making their blueness more prevalent than the average illustration-covered book. This Blue Pyramid Library has a few components. �Luckily for you, an understanding of where to find DT73.K28 D38 1986 or some such volume is not essential to navigating through them. As yet, there's a book list project going on.
�Two parts here: Soon, there should be more. �For example, I want to revive a list of my so-called "Collected Works". �As yet, the relevant thing is that I've written Loosely Based, a novel, published in 2003... you should read it! �There's also 60 or so short stories & a bucket of poems. �But that has a smaller subscription. You should also bop over to my favorite books I read in 2001. �Just for kicks. |
