Jonathan Denby bought the Damson Dene hotel in Crosthwaite, UK, from a Methodist group a decade ago, and had wanted to replace the Bible in each room with something else.
At first, he thought about Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, but then, he got another idea: Fifty Shades of Grey.
Hotel manager Wayne Bartholomew said the move to install the steamy bestseller was in response to popular demand.
Mr Bartholomew, who starred in Channel 4’s first series of The Hotel, said the book was all people were talking about but many were too shy to buy it.
“I thought it would be a special treat for our guests to find it in their bedside cabinet and that includes the men too,” he said. “They are as desperate to get their hands on a copy as the women.”
He added: “The Gideon Bible is full of references to sex and violence, although it’s written using more formal language, so James’s book is easier to read.
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That right there is reason enough to put it into hotel rooms. The only thing I ever found the bible good for was squashing cockroaches.
How about something that assumes I'm a thinking adult, like Douglas Hofstadter's "Gödel, Escher, Bach"?
The removal of a book of Bronze Age fairy tales, written by ignorant, uncivilised savages, from hotel rooms is just another reflection of the growing desire the country has to throw off the shackles of a demonstrably ridiculous Middle Eastern death cult, and embrace rationality and reality.
Hopefully in the not too distant future, the bible and all other "holy" books will only be able to be found as exhibits in anthropological displays in museums, as an embarrassing reminder of mankind's childish stupidity.
How come I don't feel excluded by a seeing a portrait of the Sikh gurus when I go to an Indian restaurant?
I agree on providing a copy of The Princess Bride
I disagree with all the other gibberish that flowed from your fingers.
"Hello, front desk? Yeah, can we get this room for one, maybe two more nights?"