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+title = "Libraries"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-05-21T21:50:00+02:00
+categories = ["blog"]
+draft = false
+weight = 2001
+abstract = "The coolest places out there"
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+You may have noticed that I've added quite a lot of media reviews recently under the name of "brain rots".
+Yup, I've returned to watching and reading fiction.
+
+But since space if not made of gum and book publishers are [at war](/blog/2024/book-size/) with the remaining shelf space I've still got, buying is not an option.
+This led me back to an old friend of mine - library.
+There's so much _magic_ involved in renting a book!
+
+It is fashionable to have house stuffed with art.
+I fully get it - the only reason I have not bought many more bookcases is my wife.
+I'd overflow the apartment with books, music and old games.
+But I would not read all of that.
+I am software engineer, and it allows me for a comfortable life.
+Buying _full_ set of _Discworld_ is not out the question.
+I won't have time to enjoy them, and before finishing I'd buy something else.
+
+In the same time library books have seen a lot.
+They were touched by a lot of greasy fingers, seen a lot of toilets.
+Just look at those two.
+Both are still fully usable, despite the tired look.
+
+{{< img-c "lib1.JPEG" >}}
+Lady of the Lake and The Heaven Makers.
+I hate such oversized reissues as we have here, with Witcher.
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+{{< img-c "lib2.JPEG" >}}
+They have seen better days
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+There is something beautiful that I am only just another person who can enjoy them.
+It has a calming effect on me, which I desperately need.
+
+Now, I use a very small location of Krakow Library network.
+I am mostly interested in SciFi[^fn:1] and the selection of "fantasy and scifi" is _very_ small.
+We've got some great classics, but the likes of Dune or Hyperion are missing.
+When I open online bookstore, the selection is overwhelming, even if Poland publishing stats are a joke.
+Having a small set of books to choose from allows for discovery and randomness.
+Now, I knew of _The Heaven Makers_, but most likely I would never bother in the vast sea of the greatest books ever.
+Here?
+Having it my hand?
+Risking nothing?
+It was an instant pick.
+
+Libraries have a distinct soul.
+Slow, quiet, full of surprises.
+We need to preserve them at all cost.
+
+{{< img-c "lib4.JPEG" >}}
+And they come with their own badgadge of experience.
+In Poland such stamps indicate when the books is to be returned.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+[^fn:1]: with age comes acceptance.
+    I no longer read what I think I should enjoy, but rather what I will enjoy.