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The point here, that ebook readers are most likely an interim device, is why I am not really wanting a Kindle (or a Sony-ereader now). If I had an iPhone, I think I might be using the ebook programs (I ride the bus on occasion and have seen people on multiple occasions using an iPod to read some book. I have never seen anyone using a Kindle).
The point at the end about books becoming "interactive" is also interesting. Does anyone remember those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books as a child? And with an entire generation growing up playing video games, that perhaps primes the audience to use interactive narratives? (Hmm, all those who write stories, have you ever experimented with "interactivity" in some way?)
Off the top of my head, one famous literary work that does have multiple endings is The French Lieutenant's Woman (which I heartily recommend, BTW). I think the idea appeals to me because it shows the arbitrariness of events, or something like that, the sense that there is no 'destiny' and that it is plausible for things to go either way.
The point at the end about books becoming "interactive" is also interesting. Does anyone remember those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books as a child? And with an entire generation growing up playing video games, that perhaps primes the audience to use interactive narratives? (Hmm, all those who write stories, have you ever experimented with "interactivity" in some way?)
Off the top of my head, one famous literary work that does have multiple endings is The French Lieutenant's Woman (which I heartily recommend, BTW). I think the idea appeals to me because it shows the arbitrariness of events, or something like that, the sense that there is no 'destiny' and that it is plausible for things to go either way.
