tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post7394982128293143047..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: The book scene ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-28256526234190881272008-12-30T12:42:00.000-05:002008-12-30T12:42:00.000-05:00Couldn't recall if you were aware of this from the...Couldn't recall if you were aware of this from the summer of 2008 - possibly the largest library disaster in US history occurred in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The contaminated flood waters rose so fast and were so far above predicted that none of the extensive adult and reference collections could be saved. <A HREF="http://www.crlibrary.org/flood/index.html" REL="nofollow">www.crlibrary.org</A>Al Zwittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017388615992048967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-58451214229922783952008-12-30T12:20:00.000-05:002008-12-30T12:20:00.000-05:00Patrick Kurp provides a few Peter De Vries quotati...Patrick Kurp provides a few Peter De Vries quotations in his postings <A HREF="http://evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com/2006/10/hilarious-frustration.html" REL="nofollow">`Hilarious Frustration'</A> and <A HREF="http://evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com/2006/02/happy-birthday.html" REL="nofollow">Happy Birthday</A>.Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-82041068787489851462008-12-30T11:53:00.000-05:002008-12-30T11:53:00.000-05:00Speaking of Peter De Vries indeed. We should never...Speaking of Peter De Vries indeed. We should never stop speaking of Peter De Vries, as far as I'm concerned. I remember one of his novels had a feckless, put-upon cleric who was transferred from the church of St. James the Lesser to that of St. James the Lesser Still.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com