Of such an example is the internet.

Materials and information is easily accessible through this new medium and quite effectively so too. And with relation, even books can be read online, through the internet.

Again, I feel that this is a case of pros and cons.

The reason for the adverse use of the internet mainly voices down to the flexiblity and the connectivity of this medium; more than half of the world's population is technology based.

But I personally feel that print media, or in this case, books, will be hard to replace. I'm sure many of us would rather hold a physical, conventional copy of a book then to read it online. Thus it would be hard to adapt and change.

Books are an awesome way to communicate ideas and convey stories and I don't see a medium that can successfully overtake its role in a long time to come.

Some things will change and develop but for me, a decent book in my hands will beat staring into the digital screen hands down.

Cheers,
Kenneth

The internet is an exciting catalyst. I agree Mr. Coelho. And it also introduces us to new ways to express our thoughts, particularly in a non-linear way. Hyperlinks provide that new dimension to storeytelling. Additionally, Web 2.0 applications that provide menas for User Provided Content create opportunity for something more significant: Community Created Content. We may indeed create a truly new way to build a history of ‘tribes’ that are not all of the same village.

Still, returning to the traditional definition of book, I think there is something particularly unique about them that is unique, and will ultimately transcend new technological ways to express them.

A book in its usual form creates a tangible sense of reality that I find nowhere else. When I put down a novel part way through, even if it is a work written years ago, and read by thousnds before myself, it is as if the world is suspended and waiting for me to return. I think of those characters as waiting, currently in whatever state or dilema in which I left them. I truly believe that this immersive, almost transportive state that a book can impart is unique to its form.

It is the reason I believe the book will endure.

Thank you Mr. Coelho for your contribution to the nobility of your craft.

horas atrás mediei uma mesa com Fernando Morais e ele disse que era seu aniversário…pois então meus parabens ! onde quer que vc esteja planetária criatura. Gostei também da reportagem que meu querido amigo Ricardinho Franca Cruz fez com vc na Rolling Stone brazuca desse mês. A propósito ele me passou o seu recado e eu te respondo : também lhe quero bem e qualquer informação que vc tenha recebido nesses anos de que eu estaria chateado por conta de uma adaptação dos seus livros pra histórias em quadrinhos não procede. Nunca tive nada com isso . Nem sei de adaptações e nem participei de nenhuma conversa sobre isso. A única da qual participei há tantos anos foi aquela do Diario de um Mago para a Tv Manchete que você dizia gostar mas depois foi a Portugal pedir para o Doc dar uma olhada…águas passadas e o futuro lhe pertence! abraço

Ricardo Soares