tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612091642455651407.post5793815701746131050..comments2023-11-05T01:46:56.818-08:00Comments on Cranium Creek: Not Reading Enough?Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05318927628939059697noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612091642455651407.post-56787764288075843452008-07-10T06:55:00.000-07:002008-07-10T06:55:00.000-07:00I think the internets have been a great boon to re...I think the internets have been a great boon to reading but quite possibly a threat to book publishing and certainly a threat to book stores. <BR/><BR/>Via the web, we have access to countless discussions and summaries and criticisms, and this can lead us to books if/when we wish to follow up. <BR/><BR/>I still read a fair number of old-fashioned books (about as many as ever), and I'm led to most of them through the web. But I also pick up a lot of "Cliff's Notes" versions on the web.<BR/><BR/>I wonder about the long-term fate of books as we understand them. I also wonder about the long-term fate of literacy, but these don't have to be the same thing.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10523307255698594696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8612091642455651407.post-4859487591361823172008-07-09T19:21:00.000-07:002008-07-09T19:21:00.000-07:00I should read more than I do--something I'm trying...I should read more than I do--something I'm trying to make up for right now. It's my job, after all--I teach composition, literature and creative writing, and reading is a fundamental part of that.<BR/><BR/>If I factor in my internet time, I read even more than I did when I was younger. I'm more varied now. Problem is, for the sake of my career, I should be reading more specifically than I do.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192537713607428731noreply@blogger.com