John Hare "started this site as an intellectual challenge," he told New York Times columnist Lisa Napoli.
He proceeded to scan and post the contents of more than 1,000 books on religion, folklore, and mythology, all in the public domain, including scriptures from the world's major religions as well as many minor ones.
Hare said that after 9/11 his site's traffic grew geometrically, particularly because he has the complete works of Nostradamus and several translations of the Koran.
Since losing his job as a software engineer for a dot-com, Hare has survived by selling copies of the accumulated texts - yes, all 1,000+ of them on 1 $49.95 CD-ROM.
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1 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo
cool stuff Joe. i remember going to that site some time ago. it really is a brilliant resource. i didn't know a cd rom was available. hmmm....