tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post8071163404435710234..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `A Library Fit for a Man'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-39134902435459993432009-04-20T14:21:00.000-05:002009-04-20T14:21:00.000-05:00Borges zeroes in on a poignant reality: There are ...Borges zeroes in on a poignant reality: There are too many books (which is a good thing) but there is too little time (which is a sad thing). Life gets shorter, the bookshelves are fuller, and . . . Well, at least we get to live part of the fantasy (e.g., your childhood dream) of having plenty to read. I wonder who we speak to about getting more time?R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-28525588464258511742009-04-20T05:55:00.000-05:002009-04-20T05:55:00.000-05:00Borges is right... it's amazing how many people se...Borges is right... it's amazing how many people seem to think there's something WRONG with having books on your shelves that you haven';t even read (yet)! I may not even have read half of them. They represent undiscovered worlds.Ms Baroquehttp://baroqueinhackney.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-605764709630347482009-04-20T00:29:00.000-05:002009-04-20T00:29:00.000-05:00I think that job title is independently wealthy un...I think that job title is independently wealthy unemployment. There are simply not enough hours in the day to read as many of the kinds of books I like to read - in the way I like to read them - and still be able to eat.<br /><br />But I'm working on it.Rebecca V. O'Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920443685663707856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-68811855344644045162009-04-19T14:04:00.000-05:002009-04-19T14:04:00.000-05:00"Library of Babel" continues to hold an esteemed p..."Library of Babel" continues to hold an esteemed position in my own pantheon of fiction, as much for its epistemological profundity (which you alluded to in your previous posting) as its imaginative richness. That and "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" and "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" are built upon a sublime appreciation for the magic of books. I wonder when the great Kindle-inspired short stories will start coming out. Maybe around the same time they start awarding Pulitzers for textbook writing....<br /><br />Seriously, though, your post reminded me of the enjoyable (if not astonishingly literary) Zafon novel <I>Shadow of the Wind</I>, in which a beloved rare book is hidden in a bookseller's stacks. I wonder if Zafon is one of the millions Borges is responsible for inspiring.Rosinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993180190170025711noreply@blogger.com