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To: bentway who wrote (365137)	1/3/2008 1:27:44 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577979

"Other than school books, I have not read a fictional book in ten years." That's kind of sad Ted. I had a boss when I was a software engineer who was about forty and hadn't read any fiction since college - all he read were tech books and manuals. He said he couldn't understand the point of reading fiction, but he liked movies. I view my library card and the great library they have in SLC as one of the pluses of living here. I've quit buying books, but I visit the library at least once a week and read 3-4 books a month. I love to read the all the periodicals there too. Its not because I think fictional books are worthless....its more psychological. Its very hard to explain but I can't handle any kind of surprise......in a book or a movie. In the meantime, here's Seattle's new library....from your pic, I think I like SLC's better: