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- From: kamorgan@athena.mit.edu (Keith Morgan)
- Subject: Re: Reading as an addiction (Was: 92 in rabreview)
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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 01:33:44 GMT
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- Evelyn Leeper writes:
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- Speaking of which, another test of biblioholism is:
- Do you spend more time planning what books to take on a trip
- than what clothes?
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- Sandra Loosemore writes:
- Not to mention: do you have to think about what *not* to take with so
- you'll have enough room for all the books you'll be coming back with?
- Or, do you spend more time planning what bookstores you'll visit than
- on any other aspect of travel planning? Or extend business trips by
- two or three days so you'll have time to visit all the local
- bookstores?
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- Or, taking an empty suitcase along for the books you'll buy. Or,
- immediately upon getting into town checking the "books" section of the
- Yellow Pages and cross-referencing with a map.
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- Keith
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- Keith Morgan kamorgan@athena.mit.edu
- In the end nothing could be said of his work except that it was
- preposterous and true and totally unacceptable. Edward Whittemore
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