Thanks to Emily in Toronto, we have a lovely new member of the 2009 Collection. Like Origin of the Species, The Evolution of Useful Things follows an evolutionary theme, but focuses on the development of everyday objects like forks and paperclips. I’m not sure if this sounds boring to a normal person, but it sounds really interesting to me.
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“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent. but the ones most responsive to change”
This quote could apply as easily to Burning Man and the Burning Library as it does to the theory of natural selection.
As a complement to Burning Man 2009’s Evolution theme, Alex from Toronto has added Charles Darwin’s The Origin of the Species to the collection. In addition, he is also contributing Noam Chomsky’s What Uncle Sam Really Wants and Thomas S. Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. As always, you can check out the full collection on LibraryThing.
The most exciting news of all is that Alex himself will be joining us at Burning Man! So keep an eye out for this Natural Librarian as he strolls the sandy streets of Black Rock City.
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We are so excited about the new Burning Library buttons. Each button features a different image of fire or smoke. The buttons were made as little thank-you gifts for anyone who donates items to the library.
Buttons!
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Today, the Burning Library was thrilled to receive the first three donations of 2009.
Thanks to Jenn in Halifax, we are excited to add Douglas Coupland’s Miss Wyoming, DBC Pierre’s Ludmila’s Broken English, and Jane Austen’s Persuasion to the collection. You can follow the growing catalogue by checking out our LibraryThing account.
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LibraryThing makes it easy to catalogue your library collection, and compare it to someone else’s. It’s a bit like Facebook for book nerds, with less advertising and more references to Tolkien. If you already have a LibraryThing account, add us as a friend! Our username is ‘burninglibrary’.
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Book Drive!
It’s a muggy twenty degrees in Halifax – summer is here and the Burning Library is back!
I’m not sure which is my favourite part -watching the eclectic collection grow, or being at the festival and interacting with library patrons. Both are pretty fantastic.
From now until August 25th, the Burning Library Book Drive is in YOUR city. Well, it is if you live in Halifax or Toronto. And if you don’t live in either of these lovely cities, you can still take part – you can always mail us your donations, or email us with suggestions, and we’ll do our best to get a hold of them!
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Do libraries have mascots? Can mascots be books? If they do and they can, then ours would be this classic of classics – Farenheit 451! Hooray for our newest addition, complete with image of a burning man on the cover.
Thanks to Michael for classing up the collection.
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Neil Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon and Storytelling and the Art of Imagination by Nancy Mellon are the two newest members of the Burning Library family. Awwwwww!!!!
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Amidst tears of joy and cries of jubilation, the Burning Library was born on Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 at 12:30pm – sort of. That was when I arrived home to discover a note from Canada Post on my door, telling me I had missed a delivery. It was actually around 5:55pm on Thursday June 12th that I got my grubby little hands on the unexpected donation from Emily in Toronto. So, without further ado, the very first items to be catalogued by the Burning Library are:
Introducing Quantum Theory graphic novel by J.P McEvoy and Oscar Zarate
The Cat Who Loved Christmas…and other stories by Chapin, Christensen, Ewing et al.
T-Rex III: Rex in the Amazon by W. Howard Stuart
Teh Awesome Book of Japanese Friendship Bracelets (Not the original title, but that is in Japanese)
Also, there were cookies, but I ate them.
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