What About Books

[billy]

i think it's really important we transport ourselves out of reality. though i don't mean the way a junky does; I'm talking about a reality we can leave at any time with an interruption or want to. with films i'm so focused i can't hear people, i shit you not, i screen everything but the film out.

books on the other hand, i can lose myself in a book i like so deep yet i'm still aware of what's going on around me. those minutes i do lose myself refresh me. sadly i don't read as much as i used to. terry prattchet is one of those authors i'm able to escape in/to. and yes for some a period of escape is and having one can be one of the most important things we have. i look on it as a form of meditation; a battery charger. as for there being a number one book; i don't see why not, we have the best one in almost every walk of life. swimmer, boxer, actor, film; why not book? also a big thanks to you and others who are helping lift the place out of the pit of apathy. i think there's hope for us yet.

I missed the number 1 novel of all time. I was too busy trying to make sure I was reconciling myself with you folks, I missed the announcement. . . . But Q., is it so important that we transport out of reality? . . . I already have my response to your answer. But give it anyway, and knock me down, so I have to think again.

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Richard, aren't you the Canadian among us? You and WJames. Was it Mister Rodgers? Or Mr. Rogers? I get thew, I mean, them, confused.