Just saw this image posted over on Boing Boing and thought I’d share with our readers. We’ve all seen the most cliche of film moments on screen before - one bookshelf tipping and the rest falling like dominos. But to see it happen in real life is awful.

From the Flickr comments:

Most [books] are intact, but some were caught in between shelves and got ripped apart. I would have taken photos of that as well, but there were only so many moments I could stand around taking pictures before I felt like a morbid jerk that wasn’t helping anybody. Some of the shelves are severely bent, but I don’t know much about how salvegable it all is.

I hope you didn’t lose too much guys! A broken book is a terrible thing.