If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles?
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@michelestrider Sears Roebuck catalogue from the early 1900s. (Just because they're extremely interesting to look at, and hotels are usually boring.)
The ones which include electrical and radio parts are fascinating.
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If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? (This may be a very American question, I dunno.)
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Neal Stephenson ‘In the Beginning Was the Command Line’@flyingsaceur This is the most Mastodon answer yet
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Canterbury Tales. In Middle English, preferably.@djwfyi Very appropriate for travelers
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If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? (This may be a very American question, I dunno.)
@michelestrider I think it would be a benefit to have random Goosebumps books.
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If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? (This may be a very American question, I dunno.)
@michelestrider A book of poems by the current US poet laureate at the time the hotel was built. So if you visit a lot of hotels, you’ll get to see a lot of different poems!
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@michelestrider Fun fact, Marriott hotel rooms have a copy of the Book of Mormon in addition to a Bible.
@michelestrider Because the Marriotts are Mormon. ( Not sure how many people not from Utah know this. ) @liferstate
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@michelestrider I think it would be a benefit to have random Goosebumps books.
@CatsofArrakis Now that's fun!
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I know it's not that shocking but I think a guide to local insects in each region (especially the ants) with cute photos and fun facts would be awesome.
"Meet The Bugs of [insert small town name]"
@futurebird
It's not shocking, but also that's why we love you.
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If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? (This may be a very American question, I dunno.)
@michelestrider there’s clearly only one choice
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@michelestrider A book of poems by the current US poet laureate at the time the hotel was built. So if you visit a lot of hotels, you’ll get to see a lot of different poems!
@superflippy This is a wonderful idea!
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@michelestrider Because the Marriotts are Mormon. ( Not sure how many people not from Utah know this. ) @liferstate
@sng @liferstate I just recently learned that
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@michelestrider there’s clearly only one choice
@josh0 Well, of course
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@liferstate Do those use onion skin paper that can double as rolling papers? Asking for a friend
@michelestrider I used to have a copy of the Book of Mormon (never read it, maybe I should have?) and it just had regular-weight paper.
Though I'm told any paper can be a rolling paper if you're desperate enough.
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Could go with 10th of December too. George Saunders is 100%%%
Thanks for posing such a nerdy question.
I like it!
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If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? (This may be a very American question, I dunno.)
@michelestrider Art Spiegelman's Maus l & ll. No one's sleeping tonight.
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If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? (This may be a very American question, I dunno.)
@michelestrider Changing Planes - collection of Ursula K. LeGuin's short stories.
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@michelestrider Limits to Growth.
Re-reading it currently. No relationship to anything going on in the world nowadays, of course
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If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles? (This may be a very American question, I dunno.)
@michelestrider Probably "A Mathematician's Lament" by Paul Lockhart
