tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post4709493215248946735..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: Filling station, society and recyclingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-27542258184343002452013-08-09T15:14:30.767+01:002013-08-09T15:14:30.767+01:00I used never to part with books, but eventually sp...I used never to part with books, but eventually space demanded a visit to charity shops. I even sold my early editions of Proust to make way for new translations. Some hardbacks I give to my children and grandchildren. Eventually the process took pace following the arrival of Kindle which somehow made it easier. Now I still miss the books which I have got rid of. The habit dies hard.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-55986625367402627422013-08-08T07:12:30.105+01:002013-08-08T07:12:30.105+01:00"Wingless sterile workers." In publishin..."Wingless sterile workers." In publishing they went straight into middle management.<br /><br />Do you ever recycle books? Get rid of books you know - if you are honest - you will never read again? Or have you only bought books of enduring value and sorted out the shelving at a later date? Over the last three or four years I have been discarding. The benefit is that what's left looks more coherent as a collection. Suggesting to the casual visitor that the acquisitions were part of a grand plan. Proving I suppose that I'm not a true bookie, merely a frustrated interior designer.<br /><br />It sounds like a chattering classes strategem but it isn't really. To get the full effect the casual visitor would also have to visit the next-best bedroom and then the master bedroom. Not exactly a casual visitor. But I think I can say, hand on heart, that I would never have re-read Tschiffley's Ride. Now there's a tester for you. Google allowed.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com