The Phantom Tollbooth and a book about dinosaurs disappeared from the Not-Trademarked-Little-Box-With-Books-On-The-Curb! Apparently elementary school kids or their parents must have found the box!

Fucking seriously?

There remains a massive crisis in local library provision, largely hidden from the middle-classes with their kindles, high-speed broadband & delivery of books to home....

But for many, libraries are both an intellectual life-line & an engine of self improvement & stability (or even shelter).

Its yet another aspect of JK Galbraith's tendency in capitalism towards private affluence & public squalor....

Save our libraries from (even) more austerity

#libraries #books

Finished this yesterday and not sure what to think. In the end it was quite sad but for sure Ursula seemed to be exploring the nature of consciousness and morality. So much depth in the 180 or so pages it’s crazy.

Happy #FollowFriday, #art and #photography friends ❤️

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@oldbookillustrations - public domain, royalty-free restored images scanned from old #books

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Hey does anyone remember a sci-fi/fantasy story about magic reasserting itself in the world and people becoming like elves and orcs and shit?

This would be pre-2003

Octavia E. Butler's "must read" masterpiece #ParableOfTheSower (1993) begins its first chapter on July 20, 2024.