Comments | greygirlbeast: "I tried to be good. I was a failure."

greygirlbeast

"I tried to be good. I was a failure."

Oct 18, 2011 15:43

So, I'm about two hours late beginning this journal entry, because freelancing means enduring bullshit from all directions when you least expect it. Though, a smart freelancer expects it every fucking second of every fucking day. Still, I might yet get some work done before midnight ( Read more... )

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rysmiel October 18 2011, 19:46:37 UTC

That Domesday Book story is exactly the scale of thing too much SF gets wrong about information availability in the future in general.

greygirlbeast October 18 2011, 19:47:22 UTC

Bingo.

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greygirlbeast October 18 2011, 19:59:28 UTC

I think it's amazing that you've had the energy and wherewithall to organize a whole video shoot.

I didn't. I owe this to many other people's efforts.

And yeah, where ebooks are concerned, count me among the Browncoats. I love the feel of books, the smell of books, the headbanding, the font, the thickness of the paper, the whole experience of reading a book. It's really just that simple.

Thank you!

sovay October 18 2011, 19:56:27 UTC

(by the way, Kyle and I are talking about a mix-media/book mini-tour in galleries this spring in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Providence, and Boston)

Good. That would be exactly appropriate.

My copy of Two Worlds and In Between arrived this afternoon. It's a pretty, pretty book.

Also, something should be titled "The Last Laugh, Which Is to Come."

greygirlbeast October 18 2011, 20:00:36 UTC

My copy of Two Worlds and In Between arrived this afternoon. It's a pretty, pretty book.

Good to hear it's arriving. Thanks for the news!

Also, something should be titled "The Last Laugh, Which Is to Come."

Agreed.

vulpine137 October 18 2011, 20:10:48 UTC

Love the pictures, when I ever make my way back up to the North East, a visit to Moonstone must happen.

As for the Thing, I was actually wondering what you, and a few other authors would think of it. I came in hoping for a decent movie that didn't screw up the links to the 1982 version too bad, and I was happily surprised by the result.

Finally, as in many things...I'm a fence straddler. I buy ebooks because the Kindle is easy to read and carry around, especially if I'm going somewhere to wait for unknown number of hours. I don't have to pack 4 books to keep from running out say at the mechanic. But I buy real, paper books, for those that actually are more than just a few hours of entertainment. I know I'll have them in 20 years. Plus some books are like friends...the kindle doesn't have that feeling of intimacy.

greygirlbeast October 18 2011, 20:22:34 UTC

I came in hoping for a decent movie that didn't screw up the links to the 1982 version too bad, and I was happily surprised by the result.

Yep.

witchchild October 18 2011, 20:14:53 UTC

Said parable is exactly why this librarian is NOT all agog over ebooks and journals going exclusively electronic and such.

I have heard that when Salman Rushdie gave his archival materials to Emery, he also gave the computers on which he wrote some of those manuscripts. Specifically because that way no one had to worry about any loss of integrity with any "upgrades" to the word processing program.

greygirlbeast October 18 2011, 20:24:22 UTC

Said parable is exactly why this librarian is NOT all agog over ebooks and journals going exclusively electronic and such.

And the thing is, not only is this obvious, but planned obsolescence is built into the business model, but everyone's so gadget crazed, they either haven't thought of it or won't believe it.