Comments on: Margaret Atwood’s Long Pen http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/margaret-atwoods-long-pen/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tui http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/margaret-atwoods-long-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-474567 Tui Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:06:07 +0000 http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/maggie-and-the-long-pen/#comment-474567 Geesh Margaret, I'll drive to your house with your new book (and I don't live in Toronto) to get a signed copy, if that would make it easier for you. This Long Pen thing, I dunno...it seems kind of Wizard of Ozish to me. Is that really you behind that curtain? Geesh Margaret, I’ll drive to your house with your new book (and I don’t live in Toronto) to get a signed copy, if that would make it easier for you. This Long Pen thing, I dunno…it seems kind of Wizard of Ozish to me. Is that really you behind that curtain?

]]> By: Thomas http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/margaret-atwoods-long-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-282716 Thomas Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:00:13 +0000 http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/maggie-and-the-long-pen/#comment-282716 Who is going to pay to have that machine installed in their bookstore? For Margaret Atwood? Who is going to pay to have that machine installed in their bookstore? For Margaret Atwood?

]]> By: e http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/margaret-atwoods-long-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-161176 e Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:23:50 +0000 http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/maggie-and-the-long-pen/#comment-161176 Anything that gets people off planes helps the environment. Anything that gets people off planes helps the environment.

]]> By: Bern Nunan http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/margaret-atwoods-long-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-79793 Bern Nunan Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:53:54 +0000 http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/maggie-and-the-long-pen/#comment-79793 The Long Pen is NOT the same thing as having the writer in front of you. It is too reminiscent of the sort of futuristic hollowing out of society as described in The Handmaiden"s Tale. The Long Pen is NOT the same thing as having the writer in front of you. It is too reminiscent of the sort of futuristic hollowing out of society as described in The Handmaiden”s Tale.

]]> By: Jim Munroe http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/margaret-atwoods-long-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-47558 Jim Munroe Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:47:50 +0000 http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/maggie-and-the-long-pen/#comment-47558 I love this thing, mainly because it confirms my suspicion that Maggie is seriously in the closet about being a science fiction author -- you can say you write "speculative fiction" and not SF all you want, but when you CREATE A ROBOT to write for you you are seriously geeking out! But generally, asking someone for their autograph is all about the personal interaction: it used to weird me out (I'm a SF novelist too) because it seems fairly silly but I came to realize that it's proof of a meaningful moment when you met someone you admire. I love this thing, mainly because it confirms my suspicion that Maggie is seriously in the closet about being a science fiction author — you can say you write “speculative fiction” and not SF all you want, but when you CREATE A ROBOT to write for you you are seriously geeking out!

But generally, asking someone for their autograph is all about the personal interaction: it used to weird me out (I’m a SF novelist too) because it seems fairly silly but I came to realize that it’s proof of a meaningful moment when you met someone you admire.

]]> By: mr bill http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/margaret-atwoods-long-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-46864 mr bill Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:58:14 +0000 http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/maggie-and-the-long-pen/#comment-46864 This is the dumbest idea since the autopen. As much as I love Margaret's work (I've been reading her stuff since before she got internationally famous), this is incredibly selfish. If you don't want to do a book tour, don't do it. If you do, just suck it up and whip out the pen. The value of the book on both an emotional and collector's level is severely diminished by this. I'd rather have a presigned, anonymous autographed copy than this. Sorry for the rant, Rannie, but it just sticks in my craw... This is the dumbest idea since the autopen. As much as I love Margaret’s work (I’ve been reading her stuff since before she got internationally famous), this is incredibly selfish. If you don’t want to do a book tour, don’t do it. If you do, just suck it up and whip out the pen. The value of the book on both an emotional and collector’s level is severely diminished by this. I’d rather have a presigned, anonymous autographed copy than this. Sorry for the rant, Rannie, but it just sticks in my craw…

]]> By: Eva http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/margaret-atwoods-long-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-46817 Eva Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:21:53 +0000 http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/maggie-and-the-long-pen/#comment-46817 But then you can't have your picture taken with the author, and actually see them in the flesh. It's not the same thing! It's still better than anonymous presigned copies. But then you can’t have your picture taken with the author, and actually see them in the flesh. It’s not the same thing! It’s still better than anonymous presigned copies.

]]> By: Ryan Waddell http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/margaret-atwoods-long-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-46815 Ryan Waddell Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:10:52 +0000 http://www.photojunkie.ca/archive/2006/06/maggie-and-the-long-pen/#comment-46815 I'm not sure what I think of it. Is it really "autographed by the author" if the author wasn't really holding the pen that made the autograph? It's all very meta. I’m not sure what I think of it. Is it really “autographed by the author” if the author wasn’t really holding the pen that made the autograph? It’s all very meta.

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