Sur Novembre 26, 1864, Lewis Carroll a donné mon parent, Alice Pleasance Liddell, un livre qu'il avait écrit pour elle. Il a appelé le livre Adventures Underground Alice après les titres envisagent tels que Golden House d'Alice, Alice Parmi les Elfes, Alice Parmi les Gobelins, et Les agissements de Alice in Wonderland. Carroll avait passé plus de deux ans à écrire et d'illustrer le livre pour Alice. Elle se composait de quatre-vingt douze pages couvertes de son écriture d'impression comme ainsi que trente-sept de ses propres dessins à la plume. Le livre donné à Alice Liddell allait changer sa vie pour toujours.
It all began (as Carroll reminded his followers on a number of occasions) because of a 10-year-old girl who had encouraged Carroll’s storytelling for years, and in particular a story he told about Alice in Wonderland during a summer day’s picnic on July 4, 1862. Alice was continuously insistent that Carroll write the story down for her, which he eventually did and ultimately presented to her as an early Christmas gift. The book would also change Carroll’s life forever, mais il ne aurait jamais passé si une jeune fille ne avait pas inspiré l'auteur de livres aux enfants inédits pour écrire le livre de tous les temps des plus grands enfants.
Il ya plus de 20,000 livres, films, opéras, pièces de théâtre et des jeux vidéo basés sur Lewis Carroll Alice au pays des merveilles et A travers le miroir et ce qu'Alice y trouva. On estime que plus de 8 milliard de personnes ont lu ou vu des présentations de la “Alice” livres. Lewis Carroll est juste derrière la Bible et Shakespeare dans le nombre de citations du “Alice” livres qui apparaissent dans le discours publiée. En plus des nouvelles adaptations de Alice au pays des merveilles, La vie de Carroll et de Liddell continuent d'inspirer de nombreux nouveaux livres, œuvres d'art, and film projects. And all because of “un livre donné.”
If the book given to Alice in 1864 was given today, just imagine the variety of different ways a creative chap like Lewis Carroll might have presented it to his Alice. Quantum leaps in technology have completely changed the way we write, illustrate, publish, market, promote and consume books. I find myself (like Alice) constantly curious and excited about discovering all the new products in the digital books wonderland, while at the same time overwhelmed by all the new found freedoms the technology revolution promises to offer me. Is the device simple stupid enough for me to connect with quickly in my already complicated life? Is it time to buy this tablet or this e-reader? Will I look out of date to my bridge pals when the new updated version is released in 6 months time? I also wonder whether any of us will recognize the content of yesterday’s “livre” once the revolution settles down. Will writing for Google become such an integral part of the book marketing culture that creative processes are dramatically changed?
Between you and me, I yearn for some form of consolidation in all the craziness that would enable me to feel I can comment intelligently on what appears to be the longer term trends in the publishing model. One thing I know for sure: an entertainment business career which kept me moving through the theatrical, télévision, vidéo, DVD, pay on demand and pay television formats taught me that we don’t stop watching great movies. As a passionate movie lover, I would argue that the changing technology enabled me to watch more great and even not so great movies than ever before, since I was able to do it more often thanks to a variety of formats that accommodated my ever-changing hectic lifestyle. En outre, those great movies that made that unforgettable connection and changed my life forever, I not only watched again and again, but I insisted on owning them in every possible format I could fit onto the living room shelf.
And so I don’t believe that passionate readers, like passionate movie lovers, will ever disappear. The way readers read will of course continue to evolve and change, but certain things about the cultural experience will not. Par exemple, everything will still begin with the written word, and if that written word is to survive the test of time and change lives forever (like the book given to my relative in 1864), it will happen because of rare talent and creativity and innovative thinking in an age that is redefining how we shall read.
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C.M. Rubin has more than two decades of professional experience in development, commercialisation, and art direction for a diverse range of media businesses. She is the author of the widely read on-line series, La recherche globale pour l'éducation, et est également l'auteur de trois livres à succès, Y compris The Real Alice au pays des merveilles.
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