Comments on: 34-foot tower of books about Abe Lincoln http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 10:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ah_Clem http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1348632 Ah_Clem Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1348632 The one's that he couldn't sell. The one’s that he couldn’t sell.

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1347676 teapot Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1347676 This is the ultimate bibliophiles' version of 'guess how many jelly beans are in this jar?' This is the ultimate bibliophiles’ version of ‘guess how many jelly beans are in this jar?’

]]> By: marc-m http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1347618 marc-m Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1347618 You wish you were an author. You wish you were an author.

]]> By: wrecksdart http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1347544 wrecksdart Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1347544 Can I get a list of the ISBNs in that pile? Can I get a list of the ISBNs in that pile?

]]> By: Rockmetteller http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1347183 Rockmetteller Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1347183 Anthologies, books of essays, etc. Anthologies, books of essays, etc.

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1347148 Halloween Jack Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1347148  Curse you!!! (leaves with the ghost of my own Jenga-esque book-pulling-out joke)  Curse you!!! (leaves with the ghost of my own Jenga-esque book-pulling-out joke)

]]> By: thezarray http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1347064 thezarray Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1347064 I saw something more ... dirty. I saw something more … dirty.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346622 dculberson Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346622 " 34-foot-tall tower of (<b>aluminum replica</b>) books" ” 34-foot-tall tower of (aluminum replica) books”

]]> By: Charles Richter http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346601 Charles Richter Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346601 "Several children’s titles also are included, though not much in the way of adult historical fiction." So I'd say there's room for it in there if they are including those categories.. “Several children’s titles also are included, though not much in the way of adult historical fiction.”
So I’d say there’s room for it in there if they are including those categories..

]]> By: parhelion http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346578 parhelion Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346578 Yes, but is a book about Lincoln's doctor's dog in there? Yes, but is a book about Lincoln’s doctor’s dog in there?

]]> By: Diogenes http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346561 Diogenes Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346561 Like a fool, I watched the trailer.  It was even worse than I expected. Like a fool, I watched the trailer.  It was even worse than I expected.

]]> By: Rob Hobson http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346553 Rob Hobson Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346553 Wonderful. I'll just have a quick glance through this title at the very bottom... OH MY GOD NO!!!! In tonight's news, local man buried in horrific Lincoln knowledge-search bookslide. And here's Sam with the weather.  Wonderful. I’ll just have a quick glance through this title at the very bottom… OH MY GOD NO!!!!

In tonight’s news, local man buried in horrific Lincoln knowledge-search bookslide. And here’s Sam with the weather. 

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346501 grimc Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346501 When I scroll most of the top off the screen, I can see a Dalek made of books. EDUCATE! EDUCATE! When I scroll most of the top off the screen, I can see a Dalek made of books. EDUCATE! EDUCATE!

]]> By: MrEricSir http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346479 MrEricSir Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346479 How many of them are more historically accurate than Billo's book? How many of them are more historically accurate than Billo’s book?

]]> By: BDiamond http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346458 BDiamond Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346458 Dear BoingBoing, I feel I must protest the continued posting of book torture-porn that plagues this blog. Yours sincerely, Sgt Major Leftenant Bruce B. Biggleworth (deceased) Dear BoingBoing,

I feel I must protest the continued posting of book torture-porn that plagues this blog.

Yours sincerely,

Sgt Major Leftenant Bruce B. Biggleworth (deceased)

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346438 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346438 Omnibus editions? Omnibus editions?

]]> By: gokid http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346435 gokid Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346435 Wonder if Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter made the cut... Wonder if Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter made the cut…

]]> By: ab167 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346408 ab167 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346408 Dang. I came here to gloat about Bill's exclusion from the library. Already beat me to it. Dang. I came here to gloat about Bill’s exclusion from the library. Already beat me to it.

]]> By: XuYu http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346405 XuYu Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346405 That's not fair... three-quarters of them are Bill O'Reilly's book. http://gawker.com/5858997/bill-oreillys-new-abe-lincoln-book-banned-by-place-where-lincoln-was-shot That’s not fair… three-quarters of them are Bill O’Reilly’s book.

http://gawker.com/5858997/bill-oreillys-new-abe-lincoln-book-banned-by-place-where-lincoln-was-shot

]]> By: Eccentric Genius http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346403 Eccentric Genius Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346403   No human being would stack books like this. - P. Venkman   No human being would stack books like this. – P. Venkman

]]> By: jaytkay http://boingboing.net/2012/02/14/34-foot-tower-of-books-about-a.html#comment-1346392 jaytkay Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=144031#comment-1346392 <blockquote>...features about 6,800 books representing over 15,000 titles...</blockquote>How does that work?

…features about 6,800 books representing over 15,000 titles…

How does that work?

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