tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post4073078902643724733..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Almost Paradise: Ali Bacon finds something missing on her desert island Katherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-54739015912839554372018-01-22T13:42:33.560+00:002018-01-22T13:42:33.560+00:00Hah - I like your thinking Susan, or maybe I don&#...Hah - I like your thinking Susan, or maybe I don't! I suppose I was thinking of earthly (metaphorical paradises - is there are plural?) rather than the original. So now I'm thinking of the Garden of Eden - how would that have worked out if Adam and Eve had books as a distraction from sin? <br />AliBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611113709872287863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-92076510161704840912018-01-22T09:53:16.282+00:002018-01-22T09:53:16.282+00:00I shall be checking out some of those books.
But t...I shall be checking out some of those books.<br />But this raises a chilling question -- when and if we get to Paradise, will there be books?<br />I'd always assumed there would be. Would have to be. But... but...<br />After all, novel-reading has often been thought to be trivial and sinful. Reading books that lead to free-thinking and forbidden knowledge likewise.<br />So maybe there are no books in Heaven? Maybe not even the Bible, since it has caused more than enough upset.<br />Are all the libraries in Hell? In which case...Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com