Book lovers
By Mark Graham
@marky7 (563)
Independence, Louisiana
April 4, 2016 9:37am CST
After reading all the responses to a few of my discussions I have realized a new discussion of sorts. What would the world do if there were no books. I remember the book 'The Time Machine' do you think the world would be like that. A world of non-thinkers.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
4 Apr 16
I can't imagine a world without nooks. Here is a quote by Cicero.
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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@kaka135 (14916)
• Malaysia
4 Apr 16
If there were no books, people would be telling stories to others, and they would tell the same stories to others based on their memories, which might be different from the original ones.
There were really no books before the papers or other forms of "books" were invented, I don't think there were no-thinkers. There were still great thinkers in those time.
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@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
4 Apr 16
I wouldn't say a world of non thinkers cause even back in the Stone Age our ancestors managed pretty well without books. They managed to discover fire, hunt in groups, and form communities. I think it is human nature to think.
Although I do think that books really widened our horizons and improved our creativity. And I think a world without books is a tad bit greyer.
@marky7 (563)
• Independence, Louisiana
4 Apr 16
@flapiz Actually the copy I bought was in the children's section in a bookstore and it was very cheap and I have read it before and it is a book that is a book you will want to read again and again even though it is science fiction in a way and I am not really into science fiction but there is something about time travel.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Apr 16
We are well on our way to a world of non-thinkers.
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@LeaPea2417 (36451)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Apr 16
The world would be dismal without books and a lot more uneducated.
@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
13 Apr 16
There is a book series like that. It is called Matched. In it people weren't allowed books, music, or anything. And the book series Witch and Wizard also talked about a world without books and music. It's scary to think about.
@marky7 (563)
• Independence, Louisiana
15 Apr 16
I will have to look for these books are they in bookstores or just online.
@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
5 Apr 16
What an interesting supposition. I can't imagine a world without books. But then again, before there were books, there were stories. There were the real life stories and the imagined stories and the purely fantasy stories. I don't think that would change. We would just be a people who sat and talked to one another more. To tell the stories. :)
