An Obscene Amount of Books

As a companion to the Criterion Collection Holiday Gift Seft Amazon.com is offering The Penguin Classics Library Complete Collection for around $8,000. The price savings (You Save: $5,324.75 (40%)) is substantially more than the Criterion set and they are offering free shipping...

"From Edwin A. Abbott to Emile Zola, the 1,082 titles in the Penguin Classics Complete Library total nearly half a million pages--laid end to end they would hit the 52-mile mark. Approximately 700 pounds in weight, the titles would tower 828 feet if you stacked them atop each other--almost as tall as the Empire State Building."