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Originally Posted by kfarmer
Except the opinion was showing itself (between, say, you and bookbinder) to be that the be-all-and-end-all of reading were ordered glyphs, and nothing more, and that those who somehow felt something more for their common, smudgey cardboard and pulp were less for it, particularly in the imagination department.
Excuse me for feeling not a little insulted about that.
I don't care for cooing doves, but I do recommend being surrounded by trees when you read Tolkien.  |
Kfarmer, perhaps I didn't express myself very well. I certainly didn't mean to communicate what you received, namely that this is the be-all-and-end-all of reading and that other viewpoints were less for it. That's not what I meant! Come, let me buy you an eBeer.
