Books Can't Compete

Chronicle of Higher Education by Mark Bauerlein | Jan. 23, 2009 (Opinion)

Here’s a depressing and blunt comment from Larry McMurtry, speaking not only as a novelist but as a bookstore owner (it’s an interview):
The end of the culture of the book. I’m pessimistic. Mainly it’s the flow of people into my bookshop in Archer City. They’re almost always people over 40.
I don’t see kids, and I don’t see kids reading. I think little kids love to have stories read to them, but when they get to 10 or 11 or 12, they ... Full Story »

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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Jan. 24, 2009

A great article with a ton of differing idea's, and they got these idea's from reading books. Ever since I was a Kid, the thought police have said everything from Rock n Roll to video games would stop people from reading, and maybe even turn them into Charles Manson. Reading takes you into worlds that you don't even know exist, and in a lot of places, they don't.

When I read J.R.R. Tokian 's for the first time it took me to places that You can't explain. When i heard the Beatles for the first time, it did the same thing. I believe your mind has the capacity capture all reality and imagination.

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