And this is how I sometimes think of myself,

Imipolex G · 2012-02-15 14:16:24

as a great explorer who has discovered some extraordinary land from which he can never return to give his knowledge to the world: but the name of this land is hell.

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Viani · 2012-02-15 14:23:35

I'm in a modest part of hell. It's completely black, there are eyeballs everywhere.

King_Friday · 2012-02-15 17:16:13

As opposed to the depraved part of hell, it's completely blue, there are penis' everywhere.

LeighSabio · 2012-02-15 17:47:41

You're Dante?

Imipolex G · 2012-02-15 21:24:27

No, it's a quote from Under the Volcano, a novel I admire but no one else reads.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-15 21:29:24

I want to read it quite badly.

But all the libraries and bookstores around here are like "Classic modern literature? LOL WE HAVE ONLY YA NOVELS AND SHAKESPEARE. SOMETIMES ALSO COMICS. GTFO"

Justice4243 · 2012-02-15 21:30:46

And then Superglobe gets shanked because those librarians are hardcore.

Imipolex G · 2012-02-15 21:31:14

I usually see copies of it at Barnes & Noble.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-15 21:32:24

Whenever I ask a B&N employee where I might find a specific book, or even a specific kind of book, I tend to get either ignored entirely or "uh....I dunno bro...".

Justice4243 · 2012-02-15 21:39:01

Man, you just don't have any luck...

Maybe you where born unlucky...or you're a giant spider and everyone you meet is too frightened to help you or run screaming for fear that you would liquefy their insides with your spider venom.

Imipolex G · 2012-02-15 21:39:03

Fiction & Literature

I can't imagine asking someone in B&N where to find something. More fun to just find the relevant area myself.

Justice4243 · 2012-02-15 21:39:57

READING IS AN ADVENTURE!

AN ADVENTURE WHERE YOU DON'T ALWAYS FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BECAUSE IT DOSEN'T EXIST!

Imipolex G · 2012-02-15 21:45:41

And that's why you write it yourself.

ProfessorGator · 2012-02-15 21:49:44

But sometimes you write bits and pieces of it without ever sharing it with anybody. This could be for any number of reasons.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-15 21:51:06

The local B&N ("local" here meaning "about two hours away") has among the most confusing setup of any store I've been to. Ever.

To give you an idea, The Bible is in the historical section, as opposed to the religious section.

Imipolex G · 2012-02-15 21:52:10

I have a B&N about ten minutes away, and it's set up reasonably well.

...I feel spoiled.

ProfessorGator · 2012-02-15 21:53:00

That seems to reflect more of the store's political views than their ability to organize things.

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Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-15 21:59:07

No, the rest of the store is laid out similarly. As another for-instance. Manga and other graphic literature aren't grouped together, instead, Manga is in the Foreign Books section.

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Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-15 22:05:14

Also, Encyclopedias are arbitrarily lumped into two different categories. "Reference" and "Informational", I've yet to figure out what the difference is.

ProfessorGator · 2012-02-15 22:07:39

What? Why would those be two separate sections? I don't think I've ever seen that, and I'm glad I haven't.

Sorry about your bookstore, Globe.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-15 22:11:00

It's fine.

Said store is in a mall, so I suspect politics--business or otherwise--are involved on some level. Allentown is sort of weird like that.

Salix Babylonika · 2012-02-15 22:11:00

It's fine.

Said store is in a mall, so I suspect politics--business or otherwise--are involved on some level. Allentown is sort of weird like that.

PlutoniumFist · 2012-02-15 22:15:01

My Barnes and Noble got a redesign recently that was (hilariously, obviously) designed to keep people from sitting around all day reading manga.

Before, the comics/manga were in one, really open section. Now they're in a small corner near the romance novels.

And this is how I sometimes think of myself,

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