Comments on: Review: Taking Comfort by Roger Morris

by: Kathryn Koromilas’ This Absurd Life » Blog Archive » Friday’s Five Minute Interview: Roger Morris

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:52:47 +0000

[…] There’s one less person with a bad neck. And if I wasn’t writing it I would be even more anxious. Therefore the sum total of anxiety in the world would be higher. I don’t know if reading the book will make people more or less anxious though. Kathryn? […]

by: kathryn

Sat, 27 May 2006 15:30:04 +0000

Hi Lee. Yeah, and I was just thinking about the next time I take a long trip. I always take a number of books with me because I never know what mood I’ll be in and what I’ll want to read. Of course, books are heavy and there’re only so many you can carry around with you. So a eBook reader might be just the thing. The same reasoning behind my buying an MP3 player: lots of choice, easy to carry.

by: Lee

Sat, 27 May 2006 13:34:40 +0000

Kathryn, I absolutely agree. And in fact, I’m already looking forward to buying one, though I still love my books. The book is one type of environment; an ereader or something similar will be another, and forms of literature will probably develop to embrace it.

by: kathryn

Sat, 27 May 2006 09:55:04 +0000

Hi Martyn. Yes, I think that is quite true for many of us. I guess that’s because we’ve grown up with books and have forged strong connections with the feeling of a page, the smell, etc. Still, we quickly adapt to new technologies. I remember with great regret losing the big colourful covers of LP records for the shiny compact disc. And now I’m already addicted to my MP3 player and having many tunes available quickly. Increased mobility and easy access to everything determines our needs and portable readers, for example, may satisfy that need. As far as a real emotional connection to the new technology goes, I imagine the next generation that grows up with portable readers may feel the same way we feel about books and paper. What do you think?

by: Martyn

Sat, 27 May 2006 01:14:10 +0000

I think that review sums up why inventions such as portable digital readers no matter how sophisticated they get will never replace the classic book format. Reading a book is so much more than just the words on the page.

by: kathryn

Fri, 26 May 2006 07:51:12 +0000

Thanks, femme.

by: femme au foyer

Fri, 26 May 2006 07:16:02 +0000

excellent review, Kathryn. I’m about half way through and I’e only just found the blue ribbon. I was very pleased to find it as I’d been using the cover as a page marker but the further you get into a book, the thicker the wad of pages to hold back and the cover starts straining… So you can imagine my relief at finding the page marker

by: kathryn

Thu, 25 May 2006 19:34:12 +0000

Thanks, Roger!

by: roger

Thu, 25 May 2006 11:31:08 +0000

I hope you had as much fun writing your review as I had reading it! Thanks so much Kathryn! Very clever, very funny.