once upon a time young young teenage me used to write fan fiction like my life depended on it, new fics every week and I had no idea there was someone out there printing out my fics and putting them in a box to read when they needed something to cheer them up
anyways fast forward to 20 year old me on my third date with Emily and she mentions offhand that she’s got this box of fic she printed out and saved
it’s a few months later after that and she shows me one of the fics in the box and holy shit that’s my garbage fic from so long ago
anyways my point is life is a fucking trip my dude
i still remember when we found this out. i don’t think either of us stopped yelling for hours
look it’s been eight years and I’m still like LMAO I MARRIED A FAN
This is the cutest thing I’ve ever read in my whole life
I looked into the matter at the request of a friend (and because I was considering going if it was true) and could not find any info online regarding it. So, I gave in and contacted the number to get into contact with Fred.
What I got was a person who was upset that this FALSE information has spread so virally. The Facebook OP asked if he could tell some friends and was told ok, but the information above is inaccurate. The collection is not (and never was) being liquidated. The books are not in danger of being lost or destroyed. And in actuality there are only 3.4-4 million, not 10+. The owners have, in the past, allowed a few people in, family and friends and friends of friends, to browse and buy, but not strangers.
I asked if he wanted this to continue and he said no, frankly he wished it would stop. So PLEASE pass along this sentiment, and do not contact this man further. Leave him and the books in peace!
From my conversation with him earlier today:
Adding the original call group to hopefully get this spread again:
