Comments on: Crystal balls http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/crystal-balls/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Jim Donahue http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/crystal-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-19279 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:27:14 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/crystal-balls/#comment-19279 Michael– If you're interested, I posted some postcards from the 1939 World's Fair here: http://bit.ly/bj9Kx0

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/crystal-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-19277 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:52:21 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/crystal-balls/#comment-19277 I saw the IDEO video earlier today and was pretty amazed. I like the idea of interactive books with subjects like science or history – that could be pretty cool.

But the Alice one was very video game and it kinda defeats the purpose of a book and using ones own imagination.

I think I'd get so sidetracked by "unlocking" all the cool new features that I'd forget what I was even reading.

]]> By: M.A.Leslie http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/crystal-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-19275 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:04:23 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/crystal-balls/#comment-19275 I am a strong believer that fiction that predicts alternate future worlds has actually influenced the inventors of today and inspired them to invent some of the items we use today.

Obviously the ideas and engineering that the inventor use in our time is original but I think that some of their inspiration has to come from books that they read as kids. Maybe I am completely off base but I have read about fictional camera type telephones and now we can reach anybody we want with a few clicks of a mouse.

]]> By: Joelle http://www.dystel.com/blog/2010/09/crystal-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-19271 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:37:23 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2010/09/crystal-balls/#comment-19271 No wonder you signed me and my book set in the future! Ummm…no one who knows you could ever mistake you for a technophobe.

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