I am a big fan of books. This probably isn't surprising since I'm a librarian. However, the job of a most librarians these days has less to do with books and more to do with information. I also think the codex is one of the most perfect inventions ever. It hasn't been much imporoved upon in the past few hundred years.
The whole idea of a "book" is one I thought was pretty stable until last Saturday when I read the Invention of Hugo Cabret. Brian Selznick has exploded the entire notion of how one reads a book. The book is almost entirely made up of pictures. Yes, there are children's books like that but this is a book for young adults and the story is quite complicated. It's like reading a movie.
Watch the opening slide show to see. And then get the book.
I'm blogging 'cause it seems like everyone else is doing it.
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