Electronic media

@clonelord #dtcv
I think shy boy is ok but unlike N. Katherine Hayles, I much prefer an old fashion book in my hand as nothing beats the feeling of a hardcover or even paperback in you hands and the texture of the paper. When she mentions that source code should be taken into consideration as part of the art, well code is not really art, it allows the art to happen through construct but is not actually art. Electronic literature has its place and works to help with stimulating people but, having a book in your hand and reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer a great classic should not be read electronically as it takes away from the timeliness of the story. You can’t fold a page in electronic format like you can with a book it is just not the same. Reading a good book can bring you so much imagination, inspire you to other bonds, and make you act and think on things that you dare not even think of before. Electronic literature can do the same but having a book in your hand like the preachers of old holding a bible just wouldn’t be the same as a preacher now in days holding his cellphone or other electronic device trying to preach about the lord. It just doesn’t have the same impact as a real book does, nor does it stir the masses like holding a real book does. I don’t have a problem with electronic literature but it is not the same as a good book.