One for the books, those amazing artifacts!
“The book itself is a curious artifact, not
showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat
little device, compact, often very pleasant to look at and handle, that can
last decades, even centuries. It doesn't have to be plugged in, activated, or
performed by a machine; all it needs is light, a human eye, and a human mind.
It is not one of a kind, and it is not ephemeral. It lasts. It is reliable. If
a book told you something when you were fifteen, it will tell it to you again
when you're fifty, though you may understand it so differently that it seems
you're reading a whole new book."
(Staying Awake: Notes on the alleged decline of reading, Harper's Magazine, February 2008)”
Ursula K. Le Guin
(Staying Awake: Notes on the alleged decline of reading, Harper's Magazine, February 2008)”
Ursula K. Le Guin
Art by Book Reformulations by Su Blackwell
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