I’ve got 20 minutes to kill before meeting a friend – just enough time to use the internet connection of the Brussels public library.
I’ve got a particular fondness for public libraries. When i was a teenager, they were a true refuge. Standing in front of a whole wall of books had a physically relaxing effect on me, a kind of ‘home at last’ experience.
Not to mention that my pocket money was nowhere near enough to support my bookworm habits, so thanks to the libraries i could read all the SF and other fiction i could possibly want (about 5 books at a time preferably). Yellow paper, creased covers, coffee stains and all.
Nowadays, my pocket money has increased a bit, and i get my kicks in bookstores, with pristine books i can take home to keep.
But i hope public libraries will endure, that the liberalisation of our society, or the fact that more and more media and entertainment are easily accessible on internet don’t do away with them. The joy of books should be available to all (unto the seventh generation).
I saw you there – through the glass window! And I thought: she can’t live without computers…
And also: she can’t stop blogging.
How could I know you were indeed blogging about your love for libraries – which I share, by the way.
Next time I’ll catch your attention.
Ik ben vrij bijziend, dus ik herken voorbijlopende bekenden niet altijd. Aarzel vooral niet om gedag te zeggen
I like books too and I think you are probably real cute as well as inteligent. Will you go out with me. I have a real nice library at home I could share with you. I can also cook good pasta and have a dog called Spock because he has pointy ears.
Hi Warf, you sound like a charming yet enigmatic scottish guitar maker i know.
Having read a good deal of SG myself, do you have any favourites? (I adore Clarke.)
I read Clarke, Asimov, Herbert, Heinlein.
In the nineties i fell in love with William Gibson’s style. Later on Neal Stephenson, Richard Morgan.
I’m looking for new authors, so if you know any, let me know !