Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/02/11/reading-is-power-2.html
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Sometimes, they would have to finish their travels on foot if their destination was in a place too remote and tough for horses to go.
Clearly a job for bad asses only.
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Aren’t most librarians bad asses anyway?
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Imagine this country sponsoring a project like this today?
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MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE IDEA: A western in the spirit of True Grit but instead of a young woman hunting down the man who killed her father it’s about a librarian hot on the heels of a scofflaw with an overdue copy of Twilight: Breaking Dawn.
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They should just do a movie of Rex Libris!
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Or Conan the Librarian
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Yes! Librarians who have keep shotguns behind the desk!
I’m convinced that the author/artist worked at either Toronto Reference Library, or may U. of T. Robarts Library (aka “Fort Book” in my day)
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But…but…SOCIALISM!
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Okay it is a repeat, but different contributor and it has been a year. I am okay with that.
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We used to have an actual position called “Book Collector”; they would go to people’s houses to retrieve long overdue items.
The good old days, when all a Librarian had to do was look disapprovingly over her glasses and strong men would tremble. I miss those days.
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Yes:
Hell yes:
(ETA: This was a poster, I think, but I cannot find a high res version with the caption at the bottom, “Librarians are heroes everyday.” Here’s a low-res version:
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“I love uneducated people!” - Donald Trump
So, not likely.
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