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| I knew I liked Ray Bradbury for a reason.; Live in the LIBRARY! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 25 2011, 02:41 AM (177 Views) | |
| Aqua Letifer | Apr 25 2011, 02:41 AM Post #1 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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“I lived at the library. I never went to college—I couldn’t afford to do that—but I went to the library for three to four days a week for ten years. And I graduated from the library when I was 28. Live in the library! LIVE in the library, for chrissake. Don’t live on your gaddam computers and the internet and all that crap. Go to the library.” I realize the inherent irony of using the internet and all that crap to watch the above segment, and then post about it here on this online forum. But the library was closed today and I had nowhere else to go, so there. |
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| schindler | Apr 25 2011, 04:21 AM Post #2 |
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Interestingly enough, a lot of sci-fi writers are technophobes. Bradbury, reportedly, wrote everything on a typewriter long after word processors were readily available. But I'm calling foul: he should have used a quill and ink! |
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| Horace | Apr 25 2011, 06:39 AM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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That opinion is from 2001, which seems about right. The library was probably a better place to go for information than the internet back then. These days the best place to get information at a library is at a computer station. But if you want to read a bunch of copyrighted fiction for free, the library is still the place to go. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Apr 25 2011, 08:05 AM Post #4 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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These suggestions were given to a bunch of writing students, not society at large. Beyond information retrieval, there are other important reasons to visit a library rather than stare at a computer screen if you are a writing student. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Apr 25 2011, 08:11 AM Post #5 |
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They are, and although I'm not necessarily against that mindset, I think it's adopted a little too quickly at times. In a whole lot of science fiction, both historical and current, there's an underlying tone that suggests you wouldn't want to live in the futures illustrated in the books. Yeah, well okay, but surely there could be other responses, right? I mean if we would all shun those technological advances then why do some of them come to pass? That's why I also like modern sci-fi writers who focus on the ways in which society copes with these amazing and lightning-quick changes. Human beings are, after all, very adaptable. And quill and ink is a little too hardcore for me, man. I'm not against long-hand; I like how it slows down your hand so that your brain is allowed to keep up, but it can be bad if you're constantly searching for the right words. |
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| apple | Apr 25 2011, 09:27 AM Post #6 |
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I loved Bradbury.. still do. My job was at the library in the endless halls of the University of Chicago with my metal bus stand of books to file. so boring. yet, I found some fascinating stuff when I chanced to browse. 7 floors.. and the stacks were about 300 X 400 yards wide. |
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I'm not against long-hand; I like how it slows down your hand so that your brain is allowed to keep up, but it can be bad if you're constantly searching for the right words.
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