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Roger -
I am just *finally* taking an interest in books again after ending a 15 year relationship with a book hoarder last Spring. We were drawn to one another as "bibliophiles" when we met, but to give you a magnitude of the problem, even after she moved out and filled a 1400 sq foot loft with (mostly) books, I have boxed up and put in outside storage a full "cord" of books. Yes, I measure books by the cord! Some of you may remember the bookstore we opened on Aztec Street around 2006-2007 named "Hunt and Gather". Leo and his wife (formerly Books and more Books) now have a bookstore in the same location. I wanted to name it "Fahrenheit 451" and put a big stack of encyclopedias with alternate printed covers (e.g. Qu'ran, Bible, Torah, Rig Veda, US Constitution, memoirs of Richard M. Nixon, etc.) and a sign reading "you buy it, you can burn it $5.00) next to the fireplace. Same goes for any "real" book in the place too. For anyone who has tried to burn a book, you will know that books don't burn worth shinola except in a very hot (i.e. roaring airtight stove) fire, and on top of that Santa Fe's burn ordinances prohibited this because after all the inks (especially in older books) contain heavy metals, etc. and the chimney smoke would have been hazardous waste. I don't know if I will make it by, but I'm betting aside from half your library duplicating my own, that you must have a few cool books I can't pass up. - Steve
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