Jonathan Franzen: e-books are damaging society

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Franzen is one of our greatest living novelists (according to the article)?  Yikes!

Laura


-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Ryan <himself at richardryan.com>
>Sent: Jan 30, 2012 11:57 AM
>To: "Erik T. Burns" <eburns at gmail.com>
>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Jonathan Franzen: e-books are damaging society
>
>It's not so much him being on the lawn....it's the steaming piles he
>leaves behind.
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>On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Franzzzzen, get off my lawn.
>>
>> an alternative view:
>> http://technologizer.com/2012/01/23/why-history-needs-software-piracy/
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>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Chiang Wang <ooiioocc at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Jonathan Franzen has launched a passionate defence of the printed book,
>>> warning that our desire for
>>> the instant gratification of e-books is damaging for society.
>>>
>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/9047981/Jonathan-Franzen-e-books-are-damaging-society.html
>>
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>Richard Ryan
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