Making Light:  Open thread 42 ::: June 09, 2005, 03:01 PM

Pellegrina,

A search for Gordon R Dickson's ultimate library (The Final
Encyclopedia) led me to John Gunn's article on Libraries in SF.  I
can imagine you might rather avoid it for fear of being drawn into a
plagiarism trap, but when there is prior art on the subject, your work
must compare and contrast itself.  Consider yourself compelled there.

You have my sympathy for any difficulties this information may
cause you.

By the way, there was an article or story, somewhere in the
narratonoetic region that stretches from popular maths to science
fiction, about the dire results of the exponential growth in
scientific libraries.  I somewhat expect an authoritative ID from
someone on Making Light within 90 minutes of this comment, unless
my presumption puts them off.