tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32431787192490561492011-04-21T22:20:17.425-07:00Chris Meadenoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3243178719249056149.post-25324135426768640302008-02-03T05:54:00.000-08:002008-05-21T05:32:36.113-07:00<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SyxuyllqmW0"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SyxuyllqmW0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Books are what a society carries its words in<br />and words have been written on stone, silk, slate, parchment,<br />wax, clay, screen <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/SAs6DjK4jnI/AAAAAAAAAto/9WqSwykCXrc/s1600-h/skin.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/SAs6DjK4jnI/AAAAAAAAAto/9WqSwykCXrc/s200/skin.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191306828129537650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />rolled into scrolls, collected in codexes,<br />laid out in rows, listed in indexes,<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />chained up in libraries, then, eventually, lent out for free,<br />once for the few, now, if they can read them,<br />for virtually anybody.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/SAjNTFs1aGI/AAAAAAAAAtY/j9Dv2eGwRYg/s1600-h/Library+art.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/SAjNTFs1aGI/AAAAAAAAAtY/j9Dv2eGwRYg/s320/Library+art.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190624298375932002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pages of paper are perfect for turning,<br />though also quite handy for tearing and burning.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/SAjIvVs1aEI/AAAAAAAAAtI/iVPOBkPK-to/s1600-h/250px-1933-may-10-berlin-book-burning.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/SAjIvVs1aEI/AAAAAAAAAtI/iVPOBkPK-to/s320/250px-1933-may-10-berlin-book-burning.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190619286149097538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Once copied on vellum by medieval monks,<br />then bound into volumes of handleable chunks<br /><br />then printed with Gutenberg's movable type<br />now scanned and instantly Googlable, ripe<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/R6bNin-yjKI/AAAAAAAAAl8/qD7kplknKA4/s1600-h/IMG_5844.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/R6bNin-yjKI/AAAAAAAAAl8/qD7kplknKA4/s320/IMG_5844.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163040017558441122" border="0" /></a><br /><br />for downloading to snazzy devices,<br />in reader responsive, low-priced, byte-sized slices,<br /><br />Blistering broadside, poem, pamphlet and chapbook,<br />novels, blogs, diaries, essays, entries on Facebook -<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/SAjTK1s1aHI/AAAAAAAAAtg/y3QNDxUvRyQ/s1600-h/-1.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/SAjTK1s1aHI/AAAAAAAAAtg/y3QNDxUvRyQ/s320/-1.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190630753711777906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />words: written in silence, muttered in monasteries<br />have been sung, shouted, acted - now by digital industries<br />broadcast and mixed for our burgeoning multiculture,<br />but circled by many a gloom-laden vulture<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/SAjJ3ls1aFI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/CJF_As-rQdU/s1600-h/Arcimboldo_Librarian_Stokholm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/SAjJ3ls1aFI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/CJF_As-rQdU/s320/Arcimboldo_Librarian_Stokholm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190620527394646098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />crying "R.I.P. books: doomed to extinction<br />by some blinking e-inky, i-evil invention".<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/R6XM2n-yjCI/AAAAAAAAAko/NmfULriuork/s1600-h/libhead.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Yr8tgaVwBz0/R6XM2n-yjCI/AAAAAAAAAko/NmfULriuork/s400/libhead.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162757786667486242" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The word spreads and changes; that's my belief.<br />What next for the book? The future lies overleaf.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3243178719249056149-2532413542676864030?l=futureofthebookasong.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Meadenoreply@blogger.com5