The Kind in Kindle
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I have never used Kindle, but I cannot wait for the time when that is the only way to read. Destroying the Amazon rain forests to produce the endless crap that makes up 99% of your average bookshop/newsagents is a sin of unforgivable proportions.
If only the Amazon Indians really knew why their homeland was being destroyed; how thoroughly needless it is. Actually, I pray they never know the true reasons their lives are being devastated. What a bummer that would be.
Ah, yes. That particular section of your land has been destroyed because some twenty-something idiot “celebrity” whose solitary brain cell died of loneliness years ago has had a book ghost-written about their utterly meaningless trek through a few years of paparazzi flash bulbs.
Tim-BERRRRRRRRR.
I want electronics to take over. I don’t want to see another newspaper or book printed. Newspapers are the worst. I wouldn’t mind if they actually conveyed news of real import. That anachronistic institution called the British Royal Family has just announced that Prince William is to marry his girlfriend (the future Queen Kate) next year. Yawn. Jeez, the poor creatures who will have to U-Haul their asses out of Tree Town because of that.
Tell me of such drivel on the TV, if you must. Please don’t chop a single frickin tree down to do it. It’s really not worth the sacrifice. (Don’t worry; I look at my own published works in the same way. What a waste of good wood.)
Oo, Mark, but there’s nothing like holding a real book in your hands.
Bollocks. In that case, I suppose it’s also fair game to blind bunny rabbits so I can safely gel my hair. You know what? Let the bunny keep its 20/20; I’ll use spit.
At the very least, with Kindle, you’ll have the perfect excuse not to ever lend your favourite book to that ignorant arse who then leaves town with it.
About the Author: I have two novels published hardback and paperback by Hodder & Stoughton - The Short Cut and Man On A Murder Cycle. I live on the Murcian coast of Spain with my beautiful wife and daughter. For the past five years I have been working in corporate intelligence for some of the largest companies in the world.
George Angus | Nov 22, 2010 | Reply
Hehe. I love it when you rant, Mark.
Personally, I love my kindle. It is a great way to read books.
Here’s a list of suggestions:
“Real” books published – only enough to put a copy in libraries.
You and I set up a “help growing operation” to sell hemp for hemp-paper books.
Only books that you and I publish allowed to be put on paper.
See, I’m full of solutions. Or something.
Cheers, ya crazy kid.
George
Mark | Nov 24, 2010 | Reply
What? I’m not ranting, am I?
Oh, the wondrous sense in your suggestions. Yep, I could just about handle the immorality of a few trees for me and you and no one else.
You speak to Barack; I’ll have a word with David.
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Tom Kinsolving | Aug 26, 2011 | Reply
HILARIOUS rant, Mark. You truly got the active voice and it’s not just edifying to hear but tickles like hell. I was actually “LOLing” here as I read it.
Thanks for the good read and the info.
Cheers.
Mark | Aug 27, 2011 | Reply
Hey Tom,
Are you trawling through all my previous posts?! Good luck with that, my friend. You still have a way to go. Thanks for your feedback.
Mark