Scribbler Moon by Margaret Atwood

Scribbler Moon Reviews

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  Jenny (Reading Envy)

  And here is how I will live forever:
  
  This book is part of an art initiative conceived by Scottish artist Katie Paterson, who, along with top publishers and editors, will choose one renowned writer to contribute a new story each year to the Future Libray. The art initiative is a literary time capsule, with a plan for 100 authors to submit 100 original works over the next 100 years. The material will remain unpublished and unread until 2114, held in trust in a special room of the new Deichman Library in Oslo.
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  Kathleen Dixon

  I'm so delighted by this time capsule idea that I have to mark thus book 'to read', despite knowing I'm never going to. But maybe my great-grandchildren (or their children or grandchildren) will look at my Goodreads data on occasion and they'll be looking out for the opening of the Future Library and will then read this on my behalf.
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  Disney Princess Recovery

  How I will read this book:
  
  I will sit in a chair and my glasses will be the thickness of double pane upstate winter windows, x49. I'll fish for my teeth with one hand, but won't find them because I'll be too blind to see that they are right next to me, on the other side, next to the lamp that I never turn on because it makes no difference anyhow. I'll berate myself for not having learned Braille, and then finally call the nice neighbor boy next door whom I've hired to read to me when I can't find my teeth* and my glasses no longer work. In this era, I won't need to dial or text; I'll simply think his name, and he'll show up at my door because that's how phone calls will work in 2114.
  Can't wait.
  
  *I'm not sure why I need my teeth, but I do.
  
  **taking every vitamin in my cabinet to ensure this comes true. Not sure what the purpose of Turmeric is, but in it goes.
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  Netti

  Of course, I won't be reading this story collection - as I would have to live to 150. But I want to give it 5 stars just due to the brillant idea. And because somebody gave it ONE star - perhaps out of spite because they can't read it?
  Imagine the fervent readers awaiting eagerly the opening in 2114 when they finally can find out what their favourite authors of the 70s, 80s, 90s ... have contributed!
  Imagine we could read today something completely new and unknown by George Orwell... Agatha Christie... Douglas Adams... Tolkien... or whatever your preferential poison might be...