tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post8912258114832132111..comments2024-03-28T08:30:37.763-04:00Comments on Dystel & Goderich Literary Management: FAHRENHEIT 451 reduxDGLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594925221862242748noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-75789163746761095772010-09-08T04:31:01.568-04:002010-09-08T04:31:01.568-04:00I don't think they are burning books to destro...I don't think they are burning books to destroy Islam. I don't think anyone can think that. <br /><br />If I went out and torched every copy of Nigella Lawson's <i>Nigella Bites</i> I wouldn't expect to find out that suddenly people completely forget how to Cook. Young professionals freeze suddenly, confused as to why they have diced chalots and tomatoes on their chopping board, or why there's a knife in their hand, or what that hot box in the kitchen is.<br /><br />Having said that, these people are so batsh!t crazy there's a chance that is EXACTLY what they believeHillsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333788288049781211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-8430098358505791782010-09-07T23:54:50.273-04:002010-09-07T23:54:50.273-04:00school notes, yes
books, no... unless I need to ke...school notes, yes<br />books, no... unless I need to keep warm in the coming ice age ;)Lynda R Young as Elle Cardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975442291393246148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-58897612683051353262010-09-07T22:57:55.893-04:002010-09-07T22:57:55.893-04:00Through reading the blog and comments that follow,...Through reading the blog and comments that follow, I recall a quote from my all-time favorite movie, V for Vendetta. "We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world." <br /><br />Case in point, you can burn the book or as many copies as you have. The idea still remains. Burning the book does not kill the idea, or story or the lessons contained within. It matters not the media, nor the method of destruction, the very act is a useless waste of resources and fails to its very core.<br /><br />We, as authors, take our passion seriously and it is hard for me to even think of burning a book. I find it totally absurd. I do, however, respect the right to protest. Even the ignorant deserve a voice…unfortunately.Kim Mullicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08379949268188977298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-57998121343297569352010-09-07T18:20:28.745-04:002010-09-07T18:20:28.745-04:00I loved the XKCD comic about book burning a few we...I loved the XKCD comic about book burning a few weeks back.<br /><br />Is it ever "ok" (i.e. acceptable) to burn a book? If I'm freezing to death, sure.<br /><br />There was one book I bought a copy of, read, and then destroyed, because it was actually physically dangerous. (It urged readers to do things that could kill them and never warned the readers that this stuff was dangerous, and it sounded innocent to anyone that didn't know what was involved.) <br /><br />I didn't want to give that book away and be responsible for someone else's death. I didn't want to throw it in the trash (where it belonged) because I didn't someone else to find it. I didn't want it on my shelves, where someone might think I endorsed the ideas. So, I shredded it.<br /><br />Did I hold a party and invite people to the shredding? No. Will I name the title or author in this post? No. I wish I could have thought of something else to do, but I didn't know what else I could ethically do. It was like trying to get rid of a gun.Touch of Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551995840395409781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-43714468293154843432010-09-07T18:12:11.348-04:002010-09-07T18:12:11.348-04:00I'd burn a book if I was freezing to death... ...I'd burn a book if I was freezing to death... even then I might let my fingers go a little frost-bitten before I lit the match.<br /><br />I find it odd that someone could hate a book so much that they would burn it. They're so terrified by the ideas in those pages that they have to get rid of them. But ideas outlive their corporal forms and burning books is nothing more than showmanship in the end.Lisa Galekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02438927319122874125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-28737419281237135732010-09-07T18:11:20.618-04:002010-09-07T18:11:20.618-04:00Seriously, you'd think people would have learn...Seriously, you'd think people would have learned by now that if you want a book to go unread you don't even tell anyone about it let alone burn it!Liesl Shurtliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064620851881036609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-66071330237026488902010-09-07T17:00:42.574-04:002010-09-07T17:00:42.574-04:00If I had a physical book, I'd be happy to sell...If I had a physical book, I'd be happy to sell 100 copies -- at discount even -- to a cult just so they COULD burn them on national news.<br /><br />Think of the PUBLICITY. What a sales bump that would be.<br /><br />That's another drawback to ebooks. Burning a hundred digital copies on a Kindle doesn't have the same flair (flare?). The Kindle just sort of melts quietly into a puddle.<br /><br />It won't be long before a good old-fashioned book burning is passe. <br /><br />Seriously, you can burn things in effigy (people, national spirit, ideas), but the things themselves will go on. No radical group can squelch majority opinion -- at least not for long.Phoenix Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290349031002504007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-78158272533355750952010-09-07T16:35:51.153-04:002010-09-07T16:35:51.153-04:00Quoting from a friend's facebook comment (beca...Quoting from a friend's facebook comment (because that idiot is about 5 miles from where I live and I'd just joked about the third thing we have --after the gators and "don't taze me bro" --that made national news). Anyway she said, "Pointing out to non-Gainesvillians, the whole "Burn a Koran Day" thing is 30 people from the same Westboro supporting, koolaidy church. All their publicity stunts (including sending little kids to school in "Islam is of the Devil" shirts) tend to be geared towards selling their leader's book about Islam (although it's clear he's never studied any religious text, Bible included)."<br /><br />And she's right. And it made national news immediately after the city denied them a burn permit. So I'm waiting to see if they do it anyway and get arrested or if they find a spot outside of town burn ordinances or if they give up because all they wanted was the publicity of the moment.<br /><br />But now that that's out of the way: My first thought on book burning is: NOOOOOOOOO!<br /><br />Second thought is: Well, if they legally buy all the books they plan on burning, well, they have every right to do it.ClothDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542830590515695754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-50589427240823469092010-09-07T16:02:20.779-04:002010-09-07T16:02:20.779-04:00The only way I can see burning a book being accept...The only way I can see burning a book being acceptable is if you have to do it for survival purposes. Say, if the Ice Age comes and you have a choice between burning books and freezing to death.<br /><br />Aside from that, though? Not so much.Angela Korra'tihttp://www.angelakorrati.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-51996786123989502512010-09-07T15:44:12.716-04:002010-09-07T15:44:12.716-04:00It seems to me that most people assume if a book i...It seems to me that most people assume if a book is worth burning, then it's worth reading. People who try to make a stand this way just end up having it blow up in their faces.Emily Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478461123707071108noreply@blogger.com