A book in ruins
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kestrellI hadn't previously thought of a book as a ruin before--more like a tragedy--but there is something whimsical in this description of a search for the most dilapidated book being sold online.
https://jot101.com/2020/06/lousy-condition-cold-climate/
My favorite story of a ruined book was one I read about one gamemaster's creation of a physical copy of the Necronomicon for a Lovecraft-based game. He made the book and then buried it in his backyard for a week, before unearthing it and using it in the game. He felt he had succeeded when the players would argue about who had to hold the book.
https://jot101.com/2020/06/lousy-condition-cold-climate/
My favorite story of a ruined book was one I read about one gamemaster's creation of a physical copy of the Necronomicon for a Lovecraft-based game. He made the book and then buried it in his backyard for a week, before unearthing it and using it in the game. He felt he had succeeded when the players would argue about who had to hold the book.
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Date: 2020-06-26 04:30 pm (UTC)One of my favorite parts of Susan Orlean’s The Library Book is her discussion of “weeding,” more formally called de-accession.
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/2960389
Our central branch library was extensively remodeled and all the books had to move out for a year. This was the opportunity for extensive weeding. Artists used hundreds of weeded books as material for sculptures. They looked neat and horrifying at the same time.
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Date: 2020-06-26 05:37 pm (UTC)