What Do You Call Books?

"The world doesn't need another book."

 

That's like saying the world doesn't need another child in the world.  Books are thought of as immortal but really that only happens if the books are hugely popular.  We study Shakespeare, and their are people who read it for fun and search for old books of Shakespeare's ilk.  I commend you because you're something of a linguist as well.  Face it, we don't talk like we use to.  We don't write like we use to.  In fact writing has changed so much in the last decade to compete with other forms of entertainment that the difference is instantly noticeable. 

 

"Call me Ishmael." -- How many of you truly understand that when this was written "Ishmael" meant something equivalent to, well, think of the worst word that you should never ever say, ever.  That's what Ishmael meant during that time. 

 

Today Ishmael sounds like any other name to me.  The ancient library of Alexandria had plenty of scrolls (books they'd be called now-a-days).  Where are they now?  Buried?  Bottom of the ocean?  Dust?

 

So the world doesn't need another book.  Heck, the world doesn't need another person either.  I prefer to say, "There are many like it, but this one is mine!"