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greygirlbeast

"Home's face: how it ages when you're away."

Sep 10, 2011 13:57

Caveat: No one is going to read this, and no one is going to comment. (This is an expectation, not a command ( Read more... )

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r_darkstorm September 10 2011, 20:23:59 UTC

I have to agree that there's just something inherently wrong about ebooks. They don't feel right in the hand. I grew up with paperbacks and hardcovers, they were my friends when I had no others. If they ever phase out completely... I may go on a rampage.

greygirlbeast September 10 2011, 20:31:47 UTC

I imagine underground networks of readers of actual analog books. I imagine enclaves, not so far from Fahrenheit 451.

r_darkstorm September 10 2011, 20:36:57 UTC

There's a small part of me that thinks that'd be interesting to see... The rest of me really hopes I'm not alive for the abolishment of books.

greygirlbeast September 10 2011, 20:38:52 UTC

A small part of me would love to see the shape human civilization would be left in if earth were to collide with a major asteroid or comet.

After...a big part of me would love to see that. Never mind.

vulpine137 September 10 2011, 21:15:48 UTC

Nope, read it. Don't have any good comments though.

greygirlbeast September 10 2011, 21:32:21 UTC

Fair enough.

vulpine137 September 11 2011, 02:48:13 UTC

That came out wrong, I couldn't think of a good comment...what I get for reading Livejournal on a break from helping a friend do home remodeling.

poesillchild September 11 2011, 00:29:49 UTC

Your comments about book stores/publishing and greed are correct. I watched the music industry fall for the same reasons only to adapt.

Joe Lansdale has his way with words. He is one of those writers that adds character to his readings, especially his "Godzilla's Twelve Step Program."

corucia September 11 2011, 00:51:53 UTC

the fall of one of the monoliths

which reminds me that I need to re-watch 'The Monolith Monsters (1957)' again....

sirena73 September 11 2011, 00:57:27 UTC

A beautiful coffee table book on Kindle.
Now THAT makes my head hurt. Viva Taschen and their gorgeous coffee table books! Long live oversized art books!

Call me a Luddite, but I think Kindle is evil and dark-sided. I had an argument this weekend with someone in their 60's who thinks Kindles are the best thing since ever and that I, of all people, need one, because my personal library is into the thousands. I'm 38, and it felt weird arguing with someone older than me on this issue. I like books. I like their weight and their paper and their smell and everything. It's a whole experience. And I REALLY like bookstores and don't want them to go away.
*gingerly steps off soapbox and leads her thought-to-be-extinct-but-merely-shy dodo away*