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Relevant post about reading. You don't need to speed read to read a lot. http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/how-to-read-more-a-lot-more/ http://thoughtcatalog.com/

Relevant post about reading. You don't need to speed read to read a lot. http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/how-to-read-more-a-lot-more/ http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/how-to-read-more-a-lot-more/

shardling 13y ago
Huh, that guy has a pretty fucked up attitude towards libraries.
- e12e 13y ago
  Yeah, but he has some interesting recommendations (apparently, just followed the link from here now). Here in Norway, I'm fairly confident that quite a few great books will be "indefinitely" (at least as long as I would be able to care for my own books) available in libraries. And I see no pressing need to "own" such books -- unless they are truly close to my heart in some way. But there are some great books, that are unjustifiably rare, and hard to get hold of -- four examples: * Islands in the Net (Bruce Sterling) * The man who walked to the Moon (Howard McCord) * Last Chance to See (Douglas Adams) * Literary Machines (Ted Nelson) The three first I've bought second hand, still looking for a reasonably priced version of the last one. Such books I enjoy having on my wall, if for no other reason, after recommending them to someone, I can lend them a copy. But while I have a nice romantic, fuzzy attachment to dead tree books, I'm looking forward to moving towards a digital library. Still waiting for reasonably sized full colour (preferably e-ink) reader that has > 250 dpi and is suitable for both reading comics/graphic novels and books though...
  - shardling 13y ago
    AFAICT Last Chance to See is still in print? (In the US I can get a new paperback from amazon for $10) I still have a very tattered version of it from when it was first published, though. :)
    - e12e 13y ago
      Is it? I got mine second hand via Amazon (amazon.com). edit: It would be reasonable if it is back in print after BBC did the tv series follow up, I guess?

Relevant post about reading. You don't need to speed read to read a lot. http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/how-to-read-more-a-lot-more/ http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/how-to-read-more-a-lot-more/

shardling 13y ago

Huh, that guy has a pretty fucked up attitude towards libraries.

e12e 13y ago
Yeah, but he has some interesting recommendations (apparently, just followed the link from here now). Here in Norway, I'm fairly confident that quite a few great books will be "indefinitely" (at least as long as I would be able to care for my own books) available in libraries. And I see no pressing need to "own" such books -- unless they are truly close to my heart in some way. But there are some great books, that are unjustifiably rare, and hard to get hold of -- four examples: * Islands in the Net (Bruce Sterling) * The man who walked to the Moon (Howard McCord) * Last Chance to See (Douglas Adams) * Literary Machines (Ted Nelson) The three first I've bought second hand, still looking for a reasonably priced version of the last one. Such books I enjoy having on my wall, if for no other reason, after recommending them to someone, I can lend them a copy. But while I have a nice romantic, fuzzy attachment to dead tree books, I'm looking forward to moving towards a digital library. Still waiting for reasonably sized full colour (preferably e-ink) reader that has > 250 dpi and is suitable for both reading comics/graphic novels and books though...
- shardling 13y ago
  AFAICT Last Chance to See is still in print? (In the US I can get a new paperback from amazon for $10) I still have a very tattered version of it from when it was first published, though. :)
  - e12e 13y ago
    Is it? I got mine second hand via Amazon (amazon.com). edit: It would be reasonable if it is back in print after BBC did the tv series follow up, I guess?