We used the BPL during MLS classes to talk about stakeholders, and our group project involved mapping them out prospectively for a project involving underserved populations. It was my first experience with Boston libraries, and I’m madly impressed. Yall have your own music librarian, who is an actual composer. I’m…

We have two libraries here in Jonesboro, Arkansas, both of which do their damnedest to serve their communities well. Our local public library holds tons of events, exercise classes, planetarium, board game nights, music on the lawn, craft shows, and million other things to both help the community and keep them…

Psychodog didn’t state what type of library he was speaking of. There’s several different types of libraries, only one or two of which get your local taxes. So I’m giving him benefit of the doubt and going with his statement until proven otherwise.

That is very true. It’s not the glamorous stuff you see in movies, or the Brent Weeks works (awful, just awful). I think she did well to show what it would cost him (Chade), and followed through with it.

Totally fair IMO. Authors have been doing that for decades and decades. Any trilogy written continuously is effectively a single really long novel broken into three parts.

It is a hard start, it’s not just you. While I like the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, it pales in comparison to her other works, Dreamblood Duology and Fifth Season. If I had a to pick, I’d probably offer Dreamblood Duology as a starting point for new readers over Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. But really I love everything…

I’ve read that too, loved it when I was younger. It doesn’t hold up very well as I’ve aged though. I couldn’t finish a reread I attempted a few months back.

Or my Jennifer Fallon and Trudi Caravan? V. E. Schwab and Susan Cooper? Leguin?

That’s because she literally is one of the best in the business. I have yet to turn someone on to Hobb’s works that did not enjoy them, often falling in love with them too. 

West is definitely a fantastic author. I reread some of her works every few years.

This. Do not skip the first stuff for the latter.

It’s much better than the extension even, but does require a bit of manual searching. There’s a place for both of them.

You will not be disappointed.

Or both. People get very prickly about books, the physical nature of them, in a way that doesn’t often make sense. Even people who don’t visit libraries or collect them.

There’s some interesting parts about the taboo and often furor that erupts over destroying books as part of weeding in a library. Even though the book hasn’t moved from the shelf in 20 years, or is one a multiple copies owned, or is simply severely outdated; everyone is angry about if it’s visible. And usually, I’d…

Not always a possibility for a good amount of libraries. There are laws for some that state exactly how you can dispose of them, and it’s not via donation and recycling can be problematic depending on the materials.

I am with you. It’s the information, not the binding, that makes a book important. Libraries have a lot of space issues that makes weeding more or less a regular and important thing. But lord forbid the public sees the items you’re removing, even if they are duplicates or outdated and dangerous (medical texts). 

Damned fine read man. But I realize that I have a ton of fun playing Anthem, and every time I read something on Kotaku about it, it makes me not want to play it anymore. So I’m going to have to stop reading things here so I can get my enjoyment still.

It’s a very odd choice to be honest, kind of slowed down almost folk country. It doesn’t fit well, which is why it stands out so much. But good? I’ll let you judge.

It’s a good game, I’ve had it on Steam since the winter sale or something. Hell of a learning curve, but enjoyable entirely.

Good luck getting that fucking song you hear every time you enter the Medbay out of your head though. I can still hear it.