Credo che sia molto meglio non leggere affatto, piuttosto che leggere Dan Brown, Giorgio Faletti e Paulo Coelho.
Discutevano perché amavano le discussioni, amavano la rapida corsa della mente libera lungo i sentieri delle possibilità, amavano mettere in dubbio ciò che non veniva mai messo in dubbio.
Erano intelligenti, le loro menti erano già disciplinate alla chiarezza della scienza, e avevano sedici anni.
— Ursula K. LeGuin -
I reietti dell’altro pianeta -un’ambigua utopia (The Dispossessed - 1974) pag. 36
The Big Sexy Problem with Superheroines and Their ‘Liberated Sexuality’
Everyone also agreed the Ewoks should all die.
— John Scalzi - The Ghost Brigades -pg 64
Ci troviamo alla fine di una storia durata ben sei secoli, la storia del libro a stampa, e gli sviluppi non devono spaventarci ma renderci consapevoli di nuove sfide.
All at once I liked him, his firm grace with others, his unlikely modesty, the exotic parties he attended.
The desire to befriend him came over me suddenly and certainly, and, as I debated and decided not to shake his hand again, I thought how suddenness and certainty had attended all my childhood friendships, until that long, miserable moment of puberty during which I’d been afraid to befriend boys and seemingly unable to befriend girls.
If you’ve never programmed a computer, you should.
There’s nothing like it in the whole world. When you program a computer, it does *exactly* what you tell it to do. It’s like designing a machine — any machine, like a car, like a faucet, like a gas-hinge for a door — using math and instructions.
It’s awesome in the truest sense: it can fill you with awe.
—
Cory Doctorow
Little Brother
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