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BIRC's Boundless Books; books, discussions and a cup of java
Topic Started: Feb 8 2004, 05:24 AM (1,717 Views)
BIRC1
Preventing Cell Death

Customers can access the building directly from the street or through a link from the neighbouring Fudge's Coffee House. As you enter the store you see that the walls are lined with wooden shelves and that the books are arranged by topics. Numerous comfortable-looking sofas are positioned in small groupings and the nearby coffee tables have lamps with adjustable necks and intensity settings. A winding wooden staircase can be seen leading to the second and third floors while an elevator has also been installed to assist those who have mobility impairments.

There is a sign posted at each entrance:
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Welcome to BB Books!

We hope that you will enjoy your reading experience and find our selection is to your liking.

We encourage you to enter a *quiet* discussion on a book of your choice. Please let those sitting near you know the title and author of what you are reading and your thoughts about it. Others may disagree with your opinion but always try to maintain a respectful discourse.

We carry books for all ages so during your disscussions please keep in mind that children might be hiding behind the sofas.

Feel free to wander back and forth to Fudge's Coffee House but try not to spill coffee on the books.

The honour system is in effect so if you can't find a staff member to help you with your purchases, simply leave a note next to the cash register and a tab will be set up for you.

A suggestion box can be found next to this sign if you have any thoughts on improving our service to you.

Our establishment is non-smoking.

Thank you and enjoy!



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Fudgie
Guy Fawkes' Campaign Manager

*wanders through from coffee house, and looks around*

Nice place!

*wanders over to sofa and picks up a copy of Jennifer Government*
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parrrrtay
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Do not follow me, for I am lost...

*wanders in sipping on cup o' Fudge;s famous hot french vanilla cappuccino, picks up "A Place of Execution" by Val McDermid, finds a spot on the sofa*
I just love Crime Novels!

Hi there BIRC 1, I love the ambiance you have going on here.
Great book selection too.

Hi Fudge, is that Jennifer Government you are reading? That is an excellent choice of reading material. I really enjoyed reading Jennifer Government and I am sure you will too.

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Dickvandyke
Wouldn't you like to know

*wanders into the shop in search of something to read when business in DickyVD's is slow*

I've already read Jennifer Government. Do you have any copies of Syrup? I want to read it but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
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htz3
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comes in aaand has the look of a kid in a candy shop.

Starts checking out some of the horror section. As he looks he notices fudge and BRIC 1 DVD and parrrrty walks over and see Jennifer Gvernment.

Oh wow I should read that book. Writes himself a note to go to the Library and check it out.

Hi everyone how is the book?
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BIRC1
Preventing Cell Death

Hi Everyone. Welcome to BB Books!

Please make yourself comfortable. As our first customers, you are entitled to a complimentary copy of Jennifer Government. If you've read it already you can either hand it along to a friend or I could substitute Syrup. Your choice.

Sorry that you couldn't find it DVD. We must have been keeping the extras near the cash to hand out to people.

*gives out copies of either book*

I have to admit that I haven't found the time to read Jennifer Government while planning to open this business. Maybe later in the month. ::OOC - In RL waiting for it to be brought to Cambodia. :::

Hey htz, we can always use the barter system instead of cash ;) You are planning to run advertisements in your paper, right?
*sits next to htz on the sofa to discuss mutually acceptable arrangements*
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God-Emperor
Leto II

*Walks into BB Books...Grabs a copy of Children Of Dune and The Fountainhead*

Which to read, which to read?
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BIRC1
Preventing Cell Death

*bows to GE*

We are not worthy to be in your presence. Please let me show you our extensive section on the Dune series. Both Frank and Brian Herbert represented as well any other material we could find.

Please make yourself comfortable. I'm pleased to let you know that we have a sofa in your size.

*hands over a copy of Jennifer Government*
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God-Emperor
Leto II

*Puts book in bag...Bows*

Thank you.

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I'm pleased to let you know that we have a sofa in your size.


*Thinks to self* What's that s'pose to mean? :angry:

*Dream Sequence...Beatin' BIRC senseless... :D...Heads towards Dune section *
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BIRC1
Preventing Cell Death

*bows head to floor in front of GE*

No offense, please. Please! I am simply overwhelmed by your presence and, based on my readings, was not prepared for you to fit in a sofa designed for us mere mortals.

My greatest apologies.

*continues to hover near the floor*
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Dickvandyke
Wouldn't you like to know

Thank you BIRC.

Jennifer Government is a pretty entertaining book, I recommend it to anyone who has played NationStates. Even though NationStates doesn't have all that much to do with it.

Excuse me, I need to head back to the bar :)
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Fudgie
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DVD's right - it's really not much to do with the game, but it's a good read!
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Caer Rialis
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Asleep

Third DVD's critique of Jennifer Government. First time I read it I was laughing so hard I cried. Then I got chilled thinking how much many right-wing types would just love that sort of system.
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Fudgie
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*shudders at the thought of Australia being an outpost of the United States*
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Caer Rialis
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Asleep

Hey, thanks fudgie, we're not all so bad over here. ;)
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Fudgie
Guy Fawkes' Campaign Manager

Well, actually I was thinking of Australia losing it's unique identity to assimilate with the US as an outpost. That is what I'm shuddering about.
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Caer Rialis
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I'd shudder about that too. I can't stand travelling around the U.S. and noticing how many small villages, medium-sized towns, and large cities are losing their own identity. McDonald's Burger King, Hard Rock Cafes, ugh. Give me a Berghoff's or a Russian Tea Room, or a greasy spoon out in the sticks.
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Fudgie
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Well, this is the thing. you know the bit in the book about Hack 'contaminating' the McDonalds?

It reminded me so much of here - it Brisbane city alone, without even trying, I can think of at least 6 Mcdonalds within a 1 km radius. It's ridiculus.
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king j
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Return of the King

OOC This seems like a bad advert for the Jennifer Government, i think england already is an outpost for the US.... :lol:


Goes over to the k section, "have you got the new edition of Stephen Kings The Dark Tower".
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Caer Rialis
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fudgetopia
Feb 9 2004, 08:35 AM
Well, this is the thing. you know the bit in the book about Hack 'contaminating' the McDonalds?

It reminded me so much of here - it Brisbane city alone, without even trying, I can think of at least 6 Mcdonalds within a 1 km radius. It's ridiculus.

Cripes, that's too much for lousy burgers. **shakes head in wonder at the audacity and the foolishness**

I mean, it's diversity that makes human beings so impressive. Divided into so many different cultural groups, each contributing at time something good, something not so good, is what makes us interesting to study. I don't want a generic, cookie-cutter life.
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Fudgie
Guy Fawkes' Campaign Manager

Yeah - but do you want to belong to a society that dictates who you are by what job you work in? I don't want to be Fudge 7-11, that's for sure.

Say for example that the world does become a US annex like the book...

Does that idea scare you?
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Hoydonia
Somewhere inbetween, the truth lies.

fudgetopia
Feb 9 2004, 05:45 AM
Yeah - but do you want to belong to a society that dictates who you are by what job you work in? I don't want to be Fudge 7-11, that's for sure.

Say for example that the world does become a US annex like the book...

Does that idea scare you?

Well yes of course Fudgie, though the idea of becoming known as Hazel Tiffany's is rather appealing. :D
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Fudgie
Guy Fawkes' Campaign Manager

Well, lol - my dream job could see me as Fudge Versace, or Fudge Dior, but that's another story.
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Caer Rialis
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fudgetopia
Feb 9 2004, 08:45 AM
Yeah - but do you want to belong to a society that dictates who you are by what job you work in?  I don't want to be Fudge 7-11, that's for sure.

Say for example that the world does become a US annex like the book...

Does that idea scare you?

Yes it does scare me to think of a world becoming a massive laissez-faire capitalist dream world. As I teach High School, I'd have a last name like McDonald's, Burger King, Reebok, Sony, or Fubu.

Oh, king j, pleae don't mistake us. The book is good. Some of the ramifications can be chilling as in all speculative fiction.
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Fudgie
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Oh, king j, pleae don't mistake us. The book is good. Some of the ramifications can be chilling as in all speculative fiction


Please don't let htat put you off reading the book! It is a great book.

The other thing that disturbed me in the book was the 'guerilla marketing' by Nike. I swear I'm never buying Nikes again lol.

The problem I see is that those tactics aren't as far fetched as they sound. Limiting a desired object's availability, then creating infamy (like the Chadstone Wal-Mart murders in the book) is not htat far away.
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