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"The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu" is not really about those librarians (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 days ago by howler@lemmy.zip to c/books@lemmy.ml

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It's mainly about the war in Mali, how it got to that point, and even some of the people that participated in it got more "page-time" than the librarians (around a 90% of the book, I'd dare say). Who are basically a single man.

I really wanted to read about saving manuscripts, so I'm very disappointed.

I wouldn't say that the book is bad, it's just that the title is clickbait material.

If any of y'all know of other books that REALLY talk about saving/protecting/restoring documents, please do tell me the titles!

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[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sorry I can't recommend any factful books, but the old fictional "Fahrenheit 451" is kind about that and I can recommend.

In case you don't know it: It's about a fictional alternative timeline of US where books have been banned and the protagonist is a guy who is part of the system of eradicating those "remaining, filthy and evil books". In this timeline the term "Firemen" has become the opposite of what you know as Firemen, although the protocol and equipment is similar.

[–] howler@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

Thank you!!!