Well as the title clearly states, it's about time that I got to this. A good portion of me is fairly upset over having put this off, but no use in crying over spilled milk, am I right?
As for Materiality, well it's something I have discussed with others and including amongst my family for a long time. I come from a long line of readers, my middle name is the maiden name of my great aunt who owned a shop previously owned by Edgar Allen Poe (condiluted? Yes! But still very awesome) In my opinion, one cannot beat the old fashioned book. Plain and simple, printed multiple times, probably to the point where the ink on one page is faded, etc. I believe that when we hold the physical page upon which something was printed, we take it in very differently than we do from a screen. Some would argue the case of a tactile sensation, others a visual, I personally believe it is related to our olfactory sense. Without a doubt there is a smell to every single book, newspaper, even magazine we read. If you want to go to those 3500 year old clay tablets, I'm willing to bet they have a smell too.
We are literally losing a method of observing the reality of text when it's presented in digital form via netbooks, iPods, computers, any digital media. Don't get me wrong I'm all for them, especially considering I'm a game animation major and the computer is my medium, but as far as reading goes, I want it to tickle all the pinpricks of reality it can...so far I haven't tasted a book, but I'll get back to you on that one.
You seem to have a visceral/tactile connection to books. Think that's a throwback to being read to as a child (making an assumption here...)? Or, is it something you worked your way toward?
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