Thanks to Rick Klaw for this sad story, which is worth reading in its entirety.
Mo. man burns books as act of protest - Yahoo! News: "KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Wayne has amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run his used book store, Prospero's Books.
His collection ranges from best sellers, such as Tom Clancy's 'The Hunt for Red October' and Tom Wolfe's 'Bonfire of the Vanities,' to obscure titles, like a bound report from the Fourth Pan-American Conference held in Buenos Aires in 1910. But when he wanted to thin out the collection, he found he couldn't even give away books to libraries or thrift shops; they said they were full.
So on Sunday, Wayne began burning his books in protest of what he sees as society's diminishing support for the printed word."
3 comments:
Good plan.
What will this mean for Larry McMurtry and "Booktown" (officially known as Booked Up) in Archer City? Is it the beginning of the end?
Let's hope McMurtry isn't nuts.
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