On 4 Mar, 02:02, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > "If the novel goes the way of live theater – a medium appealing to > only a small, relatively rarefied segment of the population – what, if > anything, will be lost? What can a novel do for us that other art > forms can’t?” > > http://siobhancurious.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/encountering-the-other... > > What do you think?
I don't think it's likely to go away. In fact, the newer concepts of e-books are more likely to fade away than pen-on-paper due to the potential for electronic sabotage. Whilst Great Libraries (like Alexandria) may burn and destroy many instances of great works, the concept of writing won't fade unless the entire species is wiped out, as even most illiterates know about writing and, given a crises, may re-develop it, as illiteratacy doesn't, of necessity, imply uneducability or lack of intelligence. Heck, we still have The Epic of Gilgamesh (an example of a very old 'novel') written in cuneiform on clay tablets, and that's lasted for thousands of years. Even human extinction may not wipe out literature from the Earth, as it may pave the way for other species to evolve and create their own. It would be interesting to hear the tales written by intellectual insects: The Story of the Lazy Bee; The Emperor Moth's Post-Pupate Clothes; 50 Ways to Kill You Lover by B. Widow and P. Mantis. The list goes on... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
