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There's a certain irony in the fact that when the computer starts to give problems, a good bit of advice is to 'get the book out' , or more impolitely RTFM. (Read The F**king Manual).
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Where will the dust settle? Excellent point. And yes, we can make them ourselves, can't we? I recently ordered a beautiful fiction chapbook that is sewn together. So I'm in on that as well.
I see books getting smaller, but I’m holding out hope th...
Gosh I hope that never happens,where will the dust settle ??
A world without books sounds perfectly horrid, though there would be more room in the house without all those shelves. Oh, hey! I could put away all my yarn!
Count me in - when do I start?
I personally will never let that happen, even if I have to make my own books, and though times are changing, I do know several people that still love books and might even work in my own personal underground, black market book store!
We won’t need bookmarks. We won't need bookshelves. No more breaking in a spine. No more face-down. No more cutting the corner off the book jacket to hide the price. “Thumbing through a book” will take its place alongside “rolling up your car wind...
Loved your story Linda--5 golden stars! I will read everyone's mentioned here.
Great idea. I'll go read yours. Mine is on page 11--"the walking man." Thanks!
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- I’m a fiction writer living in Columbus, Georgia. My work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Clapboard House, Contrary, Storyglossia, and Blogcritics. I’m in a writing group led by Pam Houston. My first novel, The Painting Story, was a finalist in the Emory University Novel Contest. I’m currently working on a new novel, Between Here & Gone. For more information on these novels, take a look at my web site www.cynthianewberrymartin.com.
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a world without books
We won’t need bookmarks. We won't need bookshelves. No more breaking in a spine. No more face-down. No more cutting the corner off the book jacket to hide the price. “Thumbing through a book” will take its place alongside “rolling up your car window.”
Posted on June 25, 2009 at 4:37pm — 6 Comments
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- At 6:41am on June 16, 2009,
mal said…
- Hi Cynthia, welcome to the 6s community ...
- At 5:28pm on June 5, 2009,
Robert McEvily said…
- Hi Cynthia - welcome!
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