Tolkien on the Kindle

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Ibrîniðilpathânezel

And I find it funny that here I am, one of the oldest people hereabouts, and yet one who has happily embraced technology...

*giggles*

What's even funnier is that I, being one of the youngest (or the youngest?) member, barely know of the latest inventions and innovations!

I totally agree about what you said about the materials. However, people can still respect books a bit more. I have an old book that I found lying in this place where people drop off books that they don't need anymore. I read and liked very much. It was very old and tattered when I picked it up, and it survived many a story with me. I can't count how many pages fell out! But it is still intact (with the hale of tape) and legible. I can see the majority of my classmates simply throwing that old fossil into the recycling bin.

Note, that I don't mean anybody specifically when I say "people", and especially not any of us Tolkien fans (who could be such and not respect books?!). This is just the general trend of attitude that I noticed amongst people of aproximately my age, give or take 5 or so years.

Originally Posted by Brooke

the books did get more respect then me. The fact that I was shorter then them, didn't help earn me any respect....

I'm sorry about that. As much as I respect books, I respect people more. Especially peole like you!