It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.
It breaks my heart that we are always being nudged toward the most recently published books, when so many worthy books have gone unexplored.
Books are magic: you never know where they're going to end up.
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.
Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.
I do think that books are invaluable as a reservoir of what we call the human space. And this is why I think that, even if they're threatened, the work that they do has an incalculable merit.
Oftentimes when you see adaptations of books you like, you're let down. As an author, you assume that they are going to suck. A little bit of hope is dangerous.
The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.
Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.
Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.