Can I just say that this ad hominem crap is totally unnecessary? Please can we talk (and disagree) about books w/o attacking one another personally? Or, as a famous motorist once asked, "Can't we all just get along?" Best, Michael ---------------------------------------------------------- Michael D. Sharp, Dept. of English, University of Michigan (msharp@umich.edu) On Tue, 6 May 1997, H. Curtiss Leung wrote: > > Doug Greene (or is it James Mountain?) writes: > > >Oh stop, I'm getting all weepy. I want a Lear jet, and yet poor > >little Bookseller me can't afford one. And mean old rich guy can. > >It's so unfair. > >You have to answer to the demands of faculty, students and the > >general public? It must be really frustrating for you. Making a > >liveing from bookselling can be really frustrating too. Your > >job doesn't hinge on whether or not you can pick up a copy of The > >Glass Key. You still get paid, you just suffer in self pity . > >You're not spending YOUR OWN MONEY on these books either. > >Stop whining. If I have a copy of the Glass Key, it means I've paid > >for it with my own money, and now I've got to find a price that > >will pay rent, put food on the table etc. I'd love for your Library > >to have first in jacket of all the books you want, but really, > >nothing really changes if you don't. No one starves, no one struggles > >to find rent. > > So who's forcing you to be a bookseller? James Stephenson simply > stated his _responsibilities_ as an academic librarian to the people he > _serves_; you're the one bringing up rent and food on the table -- and that > makes _you_ the one who's whining. > > I'm not a collector, but if I'm ever in the market for rare or first > edition books, I'll make sure to remember you -- as someone not to buy from. > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Curtiss Leung (212)267-7722 Voice > hleung@prolifics.com (212)608-6753 Fax > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > An idea whose time has come has no time to waste. - T. W. Adorno > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" > # to majordomo@icomm.ca > - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca