I just found this book: "The Great Planet Robbery" by Craig DiLouie. The primise of the book looks interesting but I was really impressed by the fact that the book has a trailer! See it here:
http://www.greatplanetrobbery.com/trailer.htm
I find that often after reading books, I want confirmation of the images conjoured up in my mind of the heroes, villians, landscapes, vehicles featured in them. After finishing the Ringworld series, I spent a quite a few hours searching through the DeviantArt archives, looking at various renderings of ringworlds and ringworld creatures. I did a few google searches after finishing Frederick Poul's Gateway series, and after reading Anne Proulx' "That Old Ace in the Hole", I spent hours pouring over google's sattelite maps of the Texas Panhandle, looking for aerial photos of hog farms.
I don't know if I'll read DiLouie's book--I'd be more likely to read it if I could find it in audiobook format--but I do really appreciate the trailer idea. How about a trailer for Joseph Conrad's Nostromo?
My four and five year olds both gave up the training wheels on their bicycles this week. I'm tempted to put the training wheels back on the four year old's bicycle. Without the extra wheels to slow him down he's become a speed demon, often racing past his 7 year old brother while peddling madly.
I found this blog yesterday and I really like the author's use of an analogy to describe the difficulties faced by the music industry as they attempt to regulate distribution of MP3s.
http://www.greatplanetrobbery.com/trailer.htm
I find that often after reading books, I want confirmation of the images conjoured up in my mind of the heroes, villians, landscapes, vehicles featured in them. After finishing the Ringworld series, I spent a quite a few hours searching through the DeviantArt archives, looking at various renderings of ringworlds and ringworld creatures. I did a few google searches after finishing Frederick Poul's Gateway series, and after reading Anne Proulx' "That Old Ace in the Hole", I spent hours pouring over google's sattelite maps of the Texas Panhandle, looking for aerial photos of hog farms.
I don't know if I'll read DiLouie's book--I'd be more likely to read it if I could find it in audiobook format--but I do really appreciate the trailer idea. How about a trailer for Joseph Conrad's Nostromo?
My four and five year olds both gave up the training wheels on their bicycles this week. I'm tempted to put the training wheels back on the four year old's bicycle. Without the extra wheels to slow him down he's become a speed demon, often racing past his 7 year old brother while peddling madly.
I found this blog yesterday and I really like the author's use of an analogy to describe the difficulties faced by the music industry as they attempt to regulate distribution of MP3s.
Now, I will argue that any artist, musician, director, writer, or whomever should have the right to produce a work and make a profit from that work. But, they have to be aware of and deal with the side effects of the distribution medium. An artist can create an oil painting on canvas and sell it. A musician can charge at the door for a performance. But once they step into any digital medium, they are now dealing with licenses. Not a product, not a measurable time period of entertainment, but a license.
What’s the problem with that? Well, imagine a company selling SuperBalls. Imagine that company marketing two types of balls: one for bouncing, and one for rolling. The two are identical except for the license that accompanies them. If you bought the SuperBall Roller, you’re only allowed to roll the ball. If you bought the SuperBall Bouncer, your license is only for bouncing. Now imagine that company attempting to enforce those licenses upon every 5-year-old kid who owns a SuperBall. Sounds like a ridiculous expectation of the company, right?
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