I am so sad. My copy of Fortress of Solitude split down the middle. I have re-read it many times, but, still, I hate to see that. That is what an e-reader would be nice for. But I have to admit to liking to touch and smell paper books. Also, my habit of eating and reading would be a disaster there, not just sloppy. Although I should be mad at that book, as I love it so much, I bought at least two other Lethems that were nowhere near as good.
Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
erikaj - Aug 24, 2011 5:59:15 am PDT #16155 of 28597
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Connie Neil - Aug 24, 2011 2:16:37 pm PDT #16156 of 28597
brillig
Also, my habit of eating and reading would be a disaster there, not just sloppy.
Well, with the screen protector on, it's much easier to wipe off the dripped cheese sauce from the nachos from the nook's screen than from a book's page.
zuisa - Aug 25, 2011 7:21:56 am PDT #16157 of 28597
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
Has anyone else seen this? It's a few years old but I saw it linked on Tumblr today.
First of all I can't believe there are still schools banning those books, but running an illegal library out of your locker? That is one kick-ass kid.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2011 7:29:02 am PDT #16158 of 28597
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My favorite part?
Twilight is banned also, but I don't want that polluting my library.
Strix - Aug 25, 2011 7:29:32 am PDT #16159 of 28597
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I loved that, zuisa!
Frankenbuddha - Aug 25, 2011 7:42:52 am PDT #16160 of 28597
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
They should film that story and show it every Chrstimas, most definitely including the Twilight quote somehow.
Jesse - Aug 25, 2011 7:43:30 am PDT #16161 of 28597
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good Stuff!
Amy - Aug 25, 2011 7:50:52 am PDT #16162 of 28597
Because books.
It's Banned Books Week, too, I think.
zuisa - Aug 25, 2011 8:00:44 am PDT #16163 of 28597
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
I have always been so baffled by the censorship of books of any kind. I was reading constantly as a child - to the point where I had almost literally exhausted all the books in the children's section of my town's small library by the time I was about 10. The YA section was even more pathetic, I decided they were all not worth my time, and I moved straight on to the adult section.
The librarian almost dropped dead when my mother let me read "Firestarter" and "Carrie" when I was 12. They scared the hell out of me, but I've always been glad that no one told me I couldn't read them.
I realize that censoring books for their ideological content is different than censoring them for age-appropriateness, but I still just don't get it. I think my bottom line is that if you have been instilling XYZ values into a child their whole life and you think that one book which disagrees is going to undo everything you've ever taught them - you just didn't do a very good job.
Toddson - Aug 25, 2011 8:03:26 am PDT #16164 of 28597
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Or it's as though they're afraid that if a child - or adult - finds out that there's any other way to think, a lifetime of learning one way will be overcome.
I had problems when I was a kid that I was reading way above my age level and was bored with most of what was in the children's section. They finally let me check out adult books when I was 12. My parents didn't say I couldn't read any particular book, although some were hidden from me (but not vey well).