The Skyline as Library — I Heart 'The Fountainhead' — If Books Could Kill

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Via Hua: Insoociant posts a great pic of the Bibliothèque Nationale, four buildings designed to look like open books.

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This reminds me of my recent viewing of King Vidor's The Fountainhead (1949)—terrific! The title sequence shows the edge of a building—that turns out to be the spine of a book . . . the cover of which says THE FOUNTAINHEAD! I can't find an image, but here's a pic of Gary Cooper as Roark, next to a model of one of his buildings:



Don't you like the name "King Vidor"?

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Rounding out today's unconventional "books" coverage—fellow Saybrugian Ed has sent me a photo from the distant past, in which the Koran (I believe) goes head to head with Shakespeare:



This picture from the college yearbook originally appeared in The Yale Herald, accompanying a humor piece in which my roommate and I were...I forget the concept. (I think we were supposed to be "geeks," and/or supergifted overachievers.) The photo was taken by Campie Drobnack.

Don't you like the name "Campie Drobnack"?

UPDATE: A quick Google search suggests that Campie is now...an architect!
File under: THE CONNECTIONS.