On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 5:02 PM, <maryann@kih.net> wrote:
>>Matt inquired:
>>Just got talking about this on Facebook so I thought I'd bring it over
>>here, too. If money and space were no object, what books would you
>>especially love to own? I'm especially thinking of books that are academic
>>resources, or books with historical value of some sort, but we don't have
>>to stick with that.
>
> I would say a ticket to any library of ancient books, with reading privileges. I have been on tours where you can see them *right there*, but you can't touch! Most recently saw the national library in Vienna, and this summer I will go to the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
Personally, I'd go for a space/time portal back to the Library of
Alexandria before it was destroyed. And, of course, a translation
spell :)
>
> I guess I could do some university study of ancient literature, but then I would have to write a thesis.
>
> I never did properly answer the "what fey creature would you be?". I'll say the eternal resident of the ancient library, who sits at the high desk and reads through the ages.
>
So you'd be The Librarian, then. *ook*
Gwyn
--
Rain and sun shall feed me now,
and roots, and nuts, and wild things,
and rustlings in the midnight wood,
half-mad, like Myrddin, wandering.
--Terri Windling
one day I am going to bloom
patient and proud
with fish in my mouth
and eyes in my wings
--Noe Venable
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