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Markets in everything: The Reading Cave
Why not read among your books?
Posted by Tyler Cowen on July 6, 2007 at 07:42 AM in Books | Permalink
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That's crazy! Look at all the space you could put books in, utterly wasted!
Posted by: Joshua Macy at Jul 6, 2007 9:39:21 AM
LOL, very cool, I love it! ;-)
Posted by: Chris Meisenzahl at Jul 6, 2007 9:50:00 AM
I want one. Wow.
Posted by: Steve L at Jul 6, 2007 10:27:27 AM
Neither "cozy" nor "claustrophobic" as the post itself suggests. But instead, it's a waste of bookshelf space and also just a bad idea since you'll have to come out every time you want a book. (There really should be a way to get a book without having to come out of the damned thing!)
But interesting, nevertheless.. :)
Posted by: Arnold D'Souza at Jul 6, 2007 11:04:45 AM
This was in the NY Times about 2 weeks ago... if you run a search you can probably find the article on this bookshelf.
Posted by: Rafael Corrales at Jul 6, 2007 11:16:31 AM
Strike that, clicking through once or twice takes you to the NY Times article.
Posted by: Rafael Corrales at Jul 6, 2007 11:17:36 AM
I already see a market for reading caves for taller people.
Posted by: Alek at Jul 6, 2007 11:19:15 AM
The picture shows the lady with shoes sitting inside a book-cave and in India book is considered as sacred, goddess of learnig and knowledge herself and it is a sin to keep shoes and books together.East is east and west is west and never the two shall meet.
Posted by: ponmel at Jul 6, 2007 1:07:44 PM
Sure, it wastes bookshelf space. But it saves seating space, allowing you to double up the bookshelves.
Posted by: ah at Jul 6, 2007 5:27:39 PM
go out in the park and read!
Posted by: Hafiz at Jul 7, 2007 2:11:55 AM
While I'm a little overweight, I'm not particularly wide. A chair that is comfortable for me to sit in is far wider than a practical bookshelf is deep. Unless that shelf is split in the middle, and sticks out into the middle of the room, it would hide far too many books to be useful.
Posted by: Anthony at Jul 8, 2007 11:52:33 AM
she has silver shoes.
Posted by: eric at Jul 8, 2007 1:34:58 PM
Silver shoes, and what appears to be lots of copies of the same book. I didn't realize that "Reflections of a Public Man" had been re-released with a pink cover.
Posted by: M.D. Fatwa at Jul 8, 2007 4:02:56 PM
Posted by: 鑽石 at Apr 2, 2008 9:01:07 PM
