Comments on: Where e-books won’t cut the mustard

By: igorsk

igorsk — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:50:24 +0000

Love that series, not in a small part for the wonderful music of Taku Iwasaki. And yes, do watch the OVA series, it’s a great Bond-esque action.
There is actually another book-related series, which just finished airing in Japan, called Library Wars. Its world is sort of a cross between Fahrenheit 451 and 1984, where books have been banned and undercover librarians who fight against information control are called “book soldiers”. It is made by Production I.G. which brought us Ghost in the Shell.

By: pond

pond — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:57:33 +0000

On the other hand, these sisters could use the Kindle’s linux OS and wireless capabilities to hack into ATM’s, control robots (which I’ve heard are everywhere in Japan), control the computers onboard all modern cars, control nav systems of airplanes, etc, etc…

Admittedly, this is not so visually cool as folding/cutting paper sheets!

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:18:11 +0000

This series will be banned in a few years for being EI^2 = Ecologically Incorrect and Electronically Incorrect.

Just worry about the day when kids can’t do paper mache! Ha!

By: Colin

Colin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:19:53 +0000

I had a physics teacher in high school who would throw a dictionary at students who fell asleep in his class (which was rare because of how great a teacher he was). I don’t think throwing a portable e-book reading device would be worth sacrificing for the sake of a student’s attention. Thus ebooks are cheapening the education system!

By: Chris Meadows

Chris Meadows — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:09:10 +0000

Just FYI, R.O.D. the TV series is the sequel to the three-episode Read or Die OAV series released by AD Vision. A lot of the stuff in the TV series makes more sense for having seen the OAVs first.

And yes, good point about the paper mastery. Though it’s worth noting that the much-vaunted “paperless office” never happened, so it’s still doubtful that an e-bookized world would have any shortage of paper for them to use.