More authors' libraries and top tens

[Sarah]

Phillip Pullman, Gary Shteyngart, Junot Diaz, etc:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8b086300-0b...

NOrman Mailer's:






Rudyard Kipling's
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Anne Sexton's
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Joan Didion's (maybe)
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[~Geektastic~]

I was just looking at these on Flavorwire not 5 minutes ago and thinking about posting. You scooped me, Pi!

(I want Normal Mailer's apartment, I really do).

[Sarah]

Yes! Norman Mailer's FTW.
HEre's the article about the apartment going up for sale:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/201...

and the slideshow:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/20...

[Phil]

All these pictures of libraries, and still no one has posted just a simple picture of a Kindle.

[~Geektastic~]

I also notice a dearth of celebrity bathroom pictures. Doesn't mean they aren't useful in their own way.

[Phil]

I wouldn't know, having never used a celebrity bathroom.

[~Geektastic~]

Or bathrooms in general. I only said celebrity because the library photos are all of rooms belonging to famous people.

[Sarah]

Amber ~Geektastic~ wrote: "Or bathrooms in general. I only said celebrity because the library photos are all of rooms belonging to famous people."

But they're famous libraries belonging to famous writers, which makes a certain amount of sense.

I also enjoy seeing the kitchens and fridges of chefs. Julia Child once famously opened her fridge for Robin Leach to reveal nothing but mayo and beer.

So...famous bathrooms for... Joe the Plumber? Janet Leigh? Arthur?

[~Geektastic~]

Sarah Pi wrote: "Amber ~Geektastic~ wrote: "Or bathrooms in general. I only said celebrity because the library photos are all of rooms belonging to famous people."

But they're famous libraries belonging to famous ..."

It was a weird comparison, but basically a fantastic library is great for many reasons, but a Kindle is useful the way a bathroom is useful. It's not an item of show or something collected for it's beauty, but it is useful in it's own way. Hence, tons of pictures of actual libraries, none of Kindles.

[Sarah]

Gotcha.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I like Mailer's apartment, except for that shade of green. The top photo looks like some stacks of books in my abode...

[Riona]

My father inspected Norman Mailer's apartment when it went up for sale! He didn't mention the library being so amazing...

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Which of Rudyard Kipling's houses is that? One of his houses, in Vermont, you can rent out by the night or the week.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naulakha...

[Sarah]

These are writing spaces, not libraries, but they're still fun to look at.
http://www.whereiwrite.org/

Michael Swanwick - I like his pose, too.


Samuel Delany's is cool but I can't get the code to work.
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[Phil]

Delany.

[Jonathan]

What's with all the bright green paint? Swanwick and Delany too.

[Sarah]

A good question. I might also ask what's with the flying snake-dragon on Swanwick's shelf.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

This guy apparently needs to feel like the Penitent Magdalen.

[Jonathan]

Lobstergirl wrote: "This guy apparently needs to feel like the Penitent Magdalen."

...as painted by Georges de La Tour?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Yes... or the Repentant Magdalene....

[Jonathan]

...or any of the many other La Tours in which the light source is depicted in the composition. Good painter. Repetitive, but it's a neat effect.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Repetition is the mother of success. And has a thousand fathers.

[Jonathan]

Repetition is the mother of success. And has a thousand fathers.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Success has a thousand mothers. Failure has a thousand fathers. Mediocrity has several hundred uncles.

[Jonathan]

Mediocrity is the third cousin of sloth, who is the genderless offspring of pride.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Pride goeth before a fall, but it is a wise person who goeth before a 5-hour car trip.

[Jonathan]

Trip and fall? You may be entitled to money. No recovery, no legal fees. Call us!

--The law firm of Dewey Cheatem & Howe