Do eReaders dream of electric librarians?

[greygirlbeast]

Hold on for Round Three of higgledy piggledy.

Yesterday, I wrote 1,413 words on "John Four," and found THE END. It's a strange story, maybe even strange for me. Maybe even grim for me, right down to the irony in the Biblical allusion of its title. I wrote yesterday's pages to the Swans' My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky. It was the

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[sovay]

And I woke from this dream wanting so badly to write a fantasy novel set against the backdrop of the first three decades of the 20th Century.

Should you do so, I suspect it would be astonishing.

It's probably the best film about a selkie ever made, regardless of whether or not there's actually a selkie in it.

I loved Ondine; I kept meaning to post about it and all my attempts kept turning into ten-page essays. I am so glad you've seen it.

[greygirlbeast]

Should you do so, I suspect it would be astonishing.

I so want to write it, but the effort would need years.

I loved Ondine; I kept meaning to post about it and all my attempts kept turning into ten-page essays. I am so glad you've seen it.

It was impossible to watch it and not think of you.

[cucumberseed]

I would also, very much, like to see that story done. Actually, I would love to write that story, if I can, but, yeah, the work required would be formidable.

[greygirlbeast]

I would also, very much, like to see that story done. Actually, I would love to write that story, if I can, but, yeah, the work required would be formidable.

I will at least write a story about the massive novel that would have to be.

[unknownbinaries]

Oh, and how can I not love a film about selkies in which Sigur Rós are integral to the plot! If you ask me, this is a must see.

Wow. I wouldn't have known of the existence of this if it weren't for this entry, so, thank you. Must go hunt down this movie, now.

[greygirlbeast]

Wow. I wouldn't have known of the existence of this if it weren't for this entry, so, thank you. Must go hunt down this movie, now.

It's criminal it didn't get a wider release.

[stsisyphus]

Make that two of us. *scribbles*

[sovay]

It's criminal it didn't get a wider release.

I saw it first streamed from Netflix; then it turned up, briefly, at arthouse theaters in Boston. I'd have missed it completely if my friend and I hadn't been browsing for movies one night.

I am also hoping for the soundtrack to be released.

[greygirlbeast]

Why do you often say you found the end?

Well, because writing for me is very much about finding THE END. The place where, even though the story might continue without being written, it's time for me to stop writing it. I often feel as though THE END exists independent of my finding it.

Finding THE END is always a huge relief.

[heartofdavid]

Also, books don't usually break when you drop 'em.
True. I have arthritis and find eReaders very uncomfortable to hold, and just the other day dropped (twice) the demonstration model at the local Barnes & Noble. I also find them hard on the eyes. They're not for me.

This style of reading is becoming popular at my local library, where they have a couple thousand digital books available.

[greygirlbeast]

This style of reading is becoming popular at my local library, where they have a couple thousand digital books available.

All this just makes me sad.

Wait

[spank_an_elf]

Libraries aren't stocking real books? OK, my jaw just dropped. Sometimes I am such a Luddite.

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[greygirlbeast]

Libraries aren't stocking real books? OK, my jaw just dropped. Sometimes I am such a Luddite.

I've watched as books lose space to public computer terminals for years...

Dream Shreds and Crushed Kindles

[spank_an_elf]

At least you wrote them down. The concept sounds fabulous.

Re: dropping Kindles, my wealthy boss crushed hers when she shoved it into the overhead on her trip from Paris. She turned around and promptly purchased another. I'm there thinking "the money you spend on gadgets could be spent on the actual books!" Arrrgh.

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[greygirlbeast]

At least you wrote them down. The concept sounds fabulous.

I should write more dreams down.

Re: dropping Kindles, my wealthy boss crushed hers when she shoved it into the overhead on her trip from Paris. She turned around and promptly purchased another. I'm there thinking "the money you spend on gadgets could be spent on the actual books!" Arrrgh.

There's that. Plus, most readers (like iPods and iPhones) will rapidly become obsolete as the tech races through generation after generation of "improved" models that are actually the product of planned obsolescence and market sustainability. Plus, most of the discarded readers (and all readers will be discarded for newer ones after two or three years, max), like other electronics won't be recycled. They'll go into landfills to leak toxic plastics and heavy metals into the earth.

I see no one much talking about this stuff.