If you had the resources, what book would you put in hotels, a la Gideons bibles?
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@michelestrider
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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
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@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.
@liferstate That's good to know!
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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 The New Peoplemaking by Virginia Satir would be a good one.
