Beautiful library, beautiful house. These are some of the joys of living in a place with some history. Growing up on the west coast, I had no meaningful concept of history between the Renaissance and the Modern era because I hardly ever saw any of it. Mmm, crown molding indeed.
But it depressed me that they had all of the Brian Herbert/Kevin J. Anderson Dune books, but none of Frank Herbert's originals.
This distresses me as a reader and a writer, but as a librarian I am unsurprised. Most public libraries just can't afford to hold onto books that don't circulate. Twenty years ago they could, but not when faced with the rising horde of Second Life, iPods, DDR, etc.
Good luck with Mr. B. Gone. I, too, lost interest in Barker after Galilee (which I abandoned in rage, 20 or so pages from the end), and had hopes for his newest. The conceit is an interesting one, I will admit, but I wasn't able to make it very far. Some nice bits though, sort of a Faulkner-does-Hell vibe.
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But it depressed me that they had all of the Brian Herbert/Kevin J. Anderson Dune books, but none of Frank Herbert's originals.
This distresses me as a reader and a writer, but as a librarian I am unsurprised. Most public libraries just can't afford to hold onto books that don't circulate. Twenty years ago they could, but not when faced with the rising horde of Second Life, iPods, DDR, etc.
Good luck with Mr. B. Gone. I, too, lost interest in Barker after Galilee (which I abandoned in rage, 20 or so pages from the end), and had hopes for his newest. The conceit is an interesting one, I will admit, but I wasn't able to make it very far. Some nice bits though, sort of a Faulkner-does-Hell vibe.