tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post5739698709395039090..comments2023-11-22T13:50:02.214-05:00Comments on Fiction Forge Indy: I should check Wikipedia...Heather McGrailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06977311711658865833noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post-84140981658232982742013-05-21T00:08:57.298-04:002013-05-21T00:08:57.298-04:00What is this "technology" you speak of? ...What is this "technology" you speak of? Although, I suppose even a clay tablet with a wooden stylus was considered revolutionary in it's time. Technically, I suppose you could say we're still using the same tech. It's just a great deal more shiny now.Michael T. Moirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325137778499445522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post-32850590435414084682013-05-18T09:42:46.761-04:002013-05-18T09:42:46.761-04:00I'm afraid the days of library sleuthing is ov...I'm afraid the days of library sleuthing is over, Heather. Old documents, paintings, and even textiles and stone relics are getting transferred digitally once they are discovered or reexamined. We now conduct extensive research all over the world in our pajamas. Randy Wiremanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705280558479129739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post-21106353266684564932013-05-17T08:41:57.758-04:002013-05-17T08:41:57.758-04:00Interesting you should say this because I'm ta...Interesting you should say this because I'm taking applications for flying monkeys now. <br />Traditional research is certainly dying. I remember the card catalogs and microfilms, but more importantly, I remember the satisfaction of finding information after searching for it for hours. It's like a treasure hunt certainly. <br />Those movies like Indiana Jones and--to a lesser extent--National Treasure glorify and romanticize that quest for knowledge as a literal treasure hunt. I love this idea, but will the movies with a rugged professor running through a library looking for pieces to a puzzle become obsolete?Heather McGrailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06977311711658865833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post-18104415541402774702013-05-16T13:04:49.696-04:002013-05-16T13:04:49.696-04:00I think that's why goddess made libraries! An...I think that's why goddess made libraries! And archival collections! Oh, and microfiche...anybody remember that stuff? Of course that was also in the days before best selling authors and their staffs of flying monkeys churned out two or three poorly crafted page turners a year...David M. Hasslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00902975745598197198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post-60783806833685627022013-05-16T12:47:00.511-04:002013-05-16T12:47:00.511-04:00Yes, yes. While I'm writing, I usually open t...Yes, yes. While I'm writing, I usually open tons of windows, different google searches for random things that I'm looking at while I'm writing. What did writers do before Google? <br />I've been writing mostly during this time of the Internets, this webbing. Before it caught us all up (I'm not really a luddite or a technophobe), but I suspect it was easier to write fiction in a world in which you really could make everything up.Heather McGrailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06977311711658865833noreply@blogger.com