bookaneers
bookaneers

“It had become a chimney poking from a vertical universe of bookshelves. ... They clung to the edges of the cases and moved across them in expert scuttles. They wore ropes and hooks and carried picks on which they sometimes hung. Dangling from straps they carried notebooks, pens, magnifying glasses, ink pads, and stamps. ... I'm Margarita Staples." She bowed in her harness. 'Extreme librarian. Bookaneer.”

 

-- China Mieville

Source: http://sinfulfolk.com