Comments on: The book is dead. Long live the book.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:32:46 +0000

Yes!

I’m actually all about hemp, but there’s so much POLITICS wrapped up in that.

By: Philip B Persinger

Philip B Persinger — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:24:19 +0000

I would like the techies to look into fast growing pulpy grasses to make paper.

I think ultimately various types of bamboo will cloth and house us, so why not entertain and inform also.

By: Zoe Winters

Zoe Winters — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:37:41 +0000

I used to write my rough drafts longhand on lined paper too. But typing them in later annoyed the crap out of me. And hurt my wrists, so I gave up the practice.

By: MoJo

MoJo — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:58:15 +0000

Well, you know, my argument has been that if we’re all subsisting, a) would we have time to read them and b) what if we had to leave them behind? We wouldn’t have them anyway.

On the other hand, it was incredibly disconcerting this morning. Power outages are a part of life, right? But I’ve never been so weirdly affected before.

By: Th.

Th. — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:16:30 +0000

Yeah, reading The Road made me think of ebooks.

Of course, all the dead-tree books were pretty much gone as well…..

By: RJ Keller

RJ Keller — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:43:38 +0000

while I am still a pusher of electronically transmitted stories, nothing but nothing will take the place of dead-tree books.

Amen.