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Some of us SciFi readers hide what we read not through embarrassment, but because of people saying "oh you're reading science fiction. You're one of THOSE people.
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I have 3 daughters and trying to find positive role-models was a struggle. When "Voyger" and "DS9" were on television they were in High School and I got them watching the shows for the strong female characters. One day I asked daughter2of3 if any of her friends teased her for watching these shows. She thought for a moment and said: "Everyone I know watches Star Trek. But only some of them admit it."
PRO:
- No more crappy Book Club books. No more drooling over collectible acid-free editions.
- No more worrying about my paper-books deteriorating on the shelf or in a box. Amazon maintains my Kindle books and I can burn an occasional DVD with my epubs.
- Addiction. It is easier to horde ebooks and not be visible.
The addiction comment needs some background:
My family would tease me because I usually had a few DVD/BluRay disks still in shrink wrap or a un-read book or un-opened video game on the shelf.
"These are my rainy-day books/games/movies." I would explain. "This way - I always have something fun to do if I run out of other things."
Someone once told me that real alcoholics always have a bottle with some booze in it that they never drink. If they did - then they would be out and that terrifies them. I suspect - I am kind of the same way.
With ebooks - I can have a few dozen titles sitting around awaiting my "rainy day". It will probably never come - and I am OK with that.