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Margaret Atwood's new work will not be published until 2114
http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...future-library
Margaret Atwood is the first contributor to the Future Library, which will compile 100 texts for publication in 2114. First few paragraphs of the story, via the Guardian: Quote:
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09-08-2014, 04:31 AM | #2 |
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Hmm. I don't know that I've ever read any of her works, but one thing is clear even if I do read her other works now I may have changed my tastes in reading material by time this one is available.
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First thing that came to my mind when I heard about this project: "Please, don't let Margaret Atwood contribute!" And then...
As a project, it sure makes you reflect about time, transcience and mortality, but as a reader and a fan I just want to cry |
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Her most well-known work is probably "The Handmaid's Tale", which won the Arthur C. Clarke award in 1987.
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Growing trees to print the books in a hundred years - what a boring short-term project. I think they should start by breeding the mussels which the authors must live on while they compose their stories and whose shells will eventually become the marble the texts will be chiselled in.
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It's kind of my thing to think about mortality and the inaccessible art of the future, and I never get tired of experiencing longing and resignation for what will never be mine to experience. What happens after life? Everything happens, only you're not there, you're dead.
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I find the whole idea of time capsules fascinating - I find it interesting to read books written a hundred years ago, and things were pretty different then, so I imagine that our world may be unfamiliar or strange to future generations. |
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A lot can happen. In might be illegal to cut down trees in Oslo in 100 years. Do they ever have forest fires there? The texts will get leaked on the internet long before then anyway.
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True. I remember when J.K. Rowling was still working on the Harry Potter books all sorts of things happened. Attempts at stealing books and such. And no doubt such happens with movies often as well. Rough cuts of the film and copies of the script make their way onto the net somehow or other. What I wonder is how can the author be sure the publisher will fulfill the contract? And there is the issue of royalties. Do they get paid in advance or do their heirs have to wait to collect them? And if they get paid in advance what happens if the books don't earn out?
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I find the whole thing a little odd, myself. Buy hey... whatever works for you. *shrug*
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100 years?
I don't think Skynet will let the stunt run that long. |
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But seriously, I have no idea if it would actually work or if the texts will appear too soon, in this lifetime, but I like the idea of mysterious texts buried underground to be discovered and read by future generations, and which reflect something about the ideas and writing of present-day authors. It's kind of strange and mysterious, which just about sums up a lot of what I love about good literature. |
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I dislike the artificiality of the 100 year term. A stand of pine forest takes about 30 years to be ready for harvest, not 100 years.
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Makes no difference. Books are for reading so if nobody can read the manuscript it might as well not exist. Besides, given the fate of many "literary" works acclaimed by the establishment a century ago, odds are that the next century will say "Margaret who?" and move on to the new, September 2114, release from James Patterson. |
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