Another reason we need to keep hard copies of literature. I'm convinced that if everything is moved to electronic copies, they'll be rewritten. Tucker alluded to this, too.
I have hundreds of thousands of books in old electronic versions as originally published, plus a whole library with a lot of the greats, Shakespeare, Poe, Dickens, and more.
I started collecting over 50 years ago. The original reason was that I thought I would be old and poor on Social Security, and I would need reading material. I had no idea back then that so much material could be gotten for free on computers. In the early 70s, I went to used book stores and bought the classics. That's when I bought Shakespeare, Tacitus, Plato, and more.
I agree wholeheartedly. If anyone upholds knowledge and art, they should never fall in love with the most ephemeral media of expression and record. There is nothing more transient than an electron.
I'd much rather have real books. I have photocopied reference works in the past, but when they have become available in print again, I have purchased them. I have printed out some of the more interesting electronic books. I have a coil binder, box of large coils, and front and back plastic covers so I can put them on my bookshelf cheap.
I can't participate in doxing. Sorry. If things become more dire, I may distribute non-copyrighted classics and more useful nonfiction works somehow. A lot of those are on Archive anyway. The person who put most of the newer books online was arrested, so I can't consider duplicating what he did.
Funny about this comment thread; I just recently was reading about garden pests, clicked to read about those disgusting, creepy AF silverfish..... yuck.
When the Hadron collider went online it all changed. They smashed the fabric of space time and we forked into a new timeline then everything got whacky.
Hard copies are the last line of defense, for sure. Not everyone needs a hard copy though. As long as there are enough hard copies to authenticate the electronic version, then we should be good. Just have to make sure the hard copies are in the right hands otherwise the authentication part is worthless.
Just finished a re-read of Vance Packard's "Hidden Persuaders" in ebook format. The last time I read it, it was the 1980(?) printing, in paperback. There were a few things in it that I was expecting to see that weren't there and now I'm not sure if I was thinking of a different book or if things were dropped out for some reason.
The weird thing is that the things I think were missing weren't very important overall, just three small things that certainly didn't affect the rest of the content. But it means I'm going to have to keep an eye out for an old copy of it (and good luck with me finding a paperback from the 80s!)
in related news, i just ordered hard copies of older editions of 1984 and Animal Farm from a used book place (after not being able to find them locally)
Project Gutenberg is a good place to get books for free. I believe they are still free of fuckery, but who knows how long that will last.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1400
Dickens great expectations here.
Did you read the interview with the writer before it aired? Said "I've written it as Dickens always really intended but just couldn't get away with publicly in his day, so I've done him a favour" (Paraphrasing)
"Did you read the interview with the writer before it aired?"
I confess I did not. The thumbnail image and the sample text told me all I needed to know.
See also: Little Mermaid.
"Said "I've written it as Dickens always really intended but just couldn't get away with publicly in his day, so I've done him a favour" (Paraphrasing)
Jeez, that was really good of him, wasn't it? And what a talent! He can not only read minds, he can reach back over a century to read them! He knows what Dickens really meant!
Hey, I'm gonna put a rosy ending on Hamlet, and set it in the happy African nation of Wakanda. 'Cause I know that's what Shakespeare really intended, right?
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped."
Mark my words. You're going to see Lord of the Rings bullshit where you're supposed to sympathize with the orcs and hate the elves, men, and dwarves. These people will never stop.
Another reason we need to keep hard copies of literature. I'm convinced that if everything is moved to electronic copies, they'll be rewritten. Tucker alluded to this, too.
I have hundreds of thousands of books in old electronic versions as originally published, plus a whole library with a lot of the greats, Shakespeare, Poe, Dickens, and more.
Neat.
I started collecting over 50 years ago. The original reason was that I thought I would be old and poor on Social Security, and I would need reading material. I had no idea back then that so much material could be gotten for free on computers. In the early 70s, I went to used book stores and bought the classics. That's when I bought Shakespeare, Tacitus, Plato, and more.
I agree wholeheartedly. If anyone upholds knowledge and art, they should never fall in love with the most ephemeral media of expression and record. There is nothing more transient than an electron.
I'd much rather have real books. I have photocopied reference works in the past, but when they have become available in print again, I have purchased them. I have printed out some of the more interesting electronic books. I have a coil binder, box of large coils, and front and back plastic covers so I can put them on my bookshelf cheap.
DM.
I can't participate in doxing. Sorry. If things become more dire, I may distribute non-copyrighted classics and more useful nonfiction works somehow. A lot of those are on Archive anyway. The person who put most of the newer books online was arrested, so I can't consider duplicating what he did.
Paper copies aren't safe either! They'll come into your attic at night and change your book title to Berenstain!
Lol. All the silverfish will come in late at night and eat the ending.
Thanks for contributing to my nightmares! I'll tell my sleep paralysis demon you said hi!
HAHA. Ya fuck silverfish.
Funny about this comment thread; I just recently was reading about garden pests, clicked to read about those disgusting, creepy AF silverfish..... yuck.
I didn't realize they actually EAT PAPER...!!!!
CREEPER BUGS!!!! KILL 'EM ALL!!!!
Yep. Comic book and card collector's worst nightmare.
When the Hadron collider went online it all changed. They smashed the fabric of space time and we forked into a new timeline then everything got whacky.
Hard copies are the last line of defense, for sure. Not everyone needs a hard copy though. As long as there are enough hard copies to authenticate the electronic version, then we should be good. Just have to make sure the hard copies are in the right hands otherwise the authentication part is worthless.
Just finished a re-read of Vance Packard's "Hidden Persuaders" in ebook format. The last time I read it, it was the 1980(?) printing, in paperback. There were a few things in it that I was expecting to see that weren't there and now I'm not sure if I was thinking of a different book or if things were dropped out for some reason.
The weird thing is that the things I think were missing weren't very important overall, just three small things that certainly didn't affect the rest of the content. But it means I'm going to have to keep an eye out for an old copy of it (and good luck with me finding a paperback from the 80s!)
Oh, great! Thanks for finding that!
Literally this x 1,000,000.
Leave it to Leftists to mess with perfection for no reason.
and keep saying cunt every 5 minutes!!
Why? Is it because that would be the gayest ending ever?
I'm surprised in the end everyone wasn't black.
They all eat watermelon, fried chicken and drink grape drink happily ever after g.
I see they have made Estella Havisham a POC.
Not only is that blatant miscasting, but it's the wrong way to make her likable.
Cultural appropriation
in related news, i just ordered hard copies of older editions of 1984 and Animal Farm from a used book place (after not being able to find them locally)
Good choice. I've been considering starting my personal library back up that I used to have as a child, too.
Project Gutenberg is a good place to get books for free. I believe they are still free of fuckery, but who knows how long that will last. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1400 Dickens great expectations here.
Dickens also didn't write a Black Estrella. But, of course, pointing this out brands one as an Evil White Supremacist Racist.
Did you read the interview with the writer before it aired? Said "I've written it as Dickens always really intended but just couldn't get away with publicly in his day, so I've done him a favour" (Paraphrasing)
Beyond arrogant. Who does he think he is??
"Did you read the interview with the writer before it aired?"
I confess I did not. The thumbnail image and the sample text told me all I needed to know.
See also: Little Mermaid.
"Said "I've written it as Dickens always really intended but just couldn't get away with publicly in his day, so I've done him a favour" (Paraphrasing)
Jeez, that was really good of him, wasn't it? And what a talent! He can not only read minds, he can reach back over a century to read them! He knows what Dickens really meant!
Hey, I'm gonna put a rosy ending on Hamlet, and set it in the happy African nation of Wakanda. 'Cause I know that's what Shakespeare really intended, right?
"Beyond arrogant. Who does he think he is??"
Seems to be a characteristic of the left.
Regan and Goneril came from Malawi to overthrow the white supremacists Cordelia and Hamlet.
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped."
Only "South Park" is allowed to change stuff like this. ~{°¡°}~
Mark my words. You're going to see Lord of the Rings bullshit where you're supposed to sympathize with the orcs and hate the elves, men, and dwarves. These people will never stop.
It's OK guys; it's a "living novel", meant to change with the times & political whims.
My mum and nan were outraged from ep 1 when they all started using the C word every 5 minutes and featured black people in high status roles etc.
It's all woke nonsense designed to subvert and provoke.