[h2]"We have too many cellphones. We've got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now," he said.[/h2]
Quote of the year.
In other words:
"Because I'm a technophobe, I let my book be uploaded for free instead of charging for it and making a boatload of cash and only now am I actually smart enough to make money off of it."
Oh and as a bonus, idocy.
"My view is good publishing is format-neutral, and so long as [b]publishers control copyright and suppress piracy[/b], then e-books are a good thing for publishers and authors in general."
WELL DONE SUPPRESSING PIRACY WHEN YOUR BOOK IS FREE ON THE FIRST RESULT ON GOOGLE. From a goddamned french educational website, too.
My respect has greatly increased for Ray Bradbury and I don't see him to be an insane old Luddite hardly at all!
[QUOTE]Fahrenheit 451, first published in 1953, describes a dystopian future in which the US has outlawed reading and firemen burn books.[/QUOTE]
What an obnoxious and overdone sounding premise.
[sp]Yes I've known of that book for years, and yes I know in 1953 it was original, but it looks so silly now[/sp]
Shouldn't the name of the book be changed based on what temperature the latest Kindle burns at?
Ray Bradbury has always been kind of crazy. Seems like he's just gotten more and more obsessed with the things he fears as time has passed, though.
[QUOTE=The Baconator;33508403]What an obnoxious and overdone sounding premise.
[sp]Yes I've known of that book for years, and yes I know in 1953 it was original, but it looks so silly now[/sp][/QUOTE]
People like you are incapable of understanding literature.
[QUOTE=The Baconator;33508403]What an obnoxious and overdone sounding premise.
[sp]Yes I've known of that book for years, and yes I know in 1953 it was original, but it looks so silly now[/sp][/QUOTE]
[url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunny]You don't say?[/url]
[QUOTE=Worldwaker;33508276]In other words:
"Because I'm a technophobe, I let my book be uploaded for free instead of charging for it and making a boatload of cash and only now am I actually smart enough to make money off of it."
Oh and as a bonus, idocy.
"My view is good publishing is format-neutral, and so long as [b]publishers control copyright and suppress piracy[/b], then e-books are a good thing for publishers and authors in general."
WELL DONE SUPPRESSING PIRACY WHEN YOUR BOOK IS FREE ON THE FIRST RESULT ON GOOGLE. From a goddamned french educational website, too.[/QUOTE]
You do know that he is like super loaded right? Bunch of TV Shows and has been writing for over half a century.
Now my computer's gonna get incinerated
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