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    phoghat: OK, where do I find the complete list of banned SF books? I'm going to go out and buy a copy of each so that when my grand kids come of age they'll st... more »
    TheGreenRanger: My library will eventually look like this. That's assuming I someday build my own library, and finish paying off my other bills. That's also only base... more »
    Ed Grabianowski: Wait, Gaiman lives in Minnesota? Why do I find that strangely disappointing? I guess I always imagined he worked from a small home built into a green ... more »
    RandomFrequentFlierDent: As much as I respect his ability to amass such an outstanding collection of books . . . does anyone want to join my raiding party to *ahem* relieve hi... more »
    franklinshepard: If I had this library, I would never do anything other than sit in it and read. Or maybe sometimes take a few books, go outside, and read. I'm impress... more »
    Klebert L. Hall: It's usually nice to be rich. -Kle. more »
    Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: Felicia Day library and as a librarian. more »
    NotMandatory: His upstairs (reference) library is here: [digitalcomposting.wordpress.com] more »
    astrogirl: What is even more impressive, is that he states on his blog that this is just ONE of his libraries. That is his downstairs library. He has another ups... more »
    Anekanta - Go Play!: Is that Gibson's Pattern Recognition I spy in slide 13? Kinda wondering if there's a hidden magickal library hiding in there somewhere; perhaps behin... more »
    gods-n-clods: Why isn't his library packed with "wonderful toys" like Ray Bradbury? Even so, I didn't envision Neil sitting in a grotty garage full of junk. more »
    CaptainNemo: Alright, this proves it. Neil Gaiman is Gilbert Norell and Jonathan Strange fused together via a spell gone wrong. What we are seeing is the Norrel's ... more »
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: I'll be in my bunk. more »
    ifsogirl81: i am so insanely jealous more »
    MISS MERCY STREET: Awww...look at the senior kitty! That must be the most awesome life any living creature could have: being a Neil Gaiman library cat. As a lifelong re... more »
  • #neilgaiman

    Take a Peek Inside Neil Gaiman's Library

    Fantasy author Neil Gaiman's personal library is a book lover's dream, stuffed to the gills with all manner of novels, reference books, and anthologies, with the occasional gargoyle or mounted stuffed head for good measure. More »
  • #bannedbooks

    Scifi Books that Have Been Banned in the Twenty-First Century

  • #architecture

    DiY Public Library Is a Low-Tech Beauty

    A new library in Casanera, Colombia shows us what humankind might have built with sticks and stones if they'd never discovered bricks, steel, and electricity. The Villanueva Public Library was built on a modest budget, designed by a bunch of university students in Bogota. And instead of importing fancy, expensive materials, builders used local timber and stones from nearby rivers to lower transportation costs. Then, instead of hiring experienced construction workers, they trained local people to build it. More »
  • #nationalfilmregistry

    Spielberg Gets Locked Into Underground Vault

    Two films that Steven Spielberg had a hand in, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Back to the Future, were both selected alongside 23 other films to be shelved forever in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. They'll get locked up inside a hermetically sealed vault, and preserved in mason jars with really tight steel lids, to keep the freshness in. What other scifi films were deemed by the government to be worthy of preservation forever? More »
  • #architecture

    Mutant Spore Library in Czech Republic May Never Get Built

    Earlier this year, architect Jan Kaplicky won a contest for this design of the planned Czech National Library. Though observers say he won fair and square, controversy over the purple, ten-story, octopus-shaped building continues to rage. President Vaclav Klaus has rejected the design, and so the Czech Republic may not get its mutant spore library after all.