![The above is from a post on Reddit [well, /r/books]. It got me thinking about Rob [Fleming in the book, Gordon in the film - why they felt the need to change the characters surname, I’ll never know]
I think Rob would definitely have been - shall we say, somewhat resistant, to the notion of digital music [in the modern sense of the word - CDs are digital forms of music, and Championship Vinyl, at least in the film, sold ‘em. I’m referring to MP3s, AACs, online streaming services etc, etc.] to put it mildly, but I wonder if he’d have mellowed over the years. Remember the novel came out in 1995, the film 2000, so book Rob is now 17 years older, his movie counterpart, 12 years older.
If anything, I think Rob would probably have been more receptive to the notion of eBooks, than digital music. That’s based soely on the description / shots of his apartment, which while showing the odd book, clearly show a metric shit tonne of vinly records.
As someone who has a wall of DVDs and Blu-Rays that fill up the wall to the right of his desk - believe me, I can sympathise. If there was a quick, convenient, and cheap, way to digitalise ‘em, I’d seriously consider it.
But there aint, so they’re staying. Same with my favourite physical books. I know the “anti” crowd seem to think eReaders come with their own little Guy Montag accessory, who collects and burns all the physical books a person owns, but - returning to the real world, obviously that’s not the case.
I know from my own experience, whilst I’ve greatly reduced the number of physical books I own [along with DVDs - both numbered into the 1000s], I still own a fair few hundred which - when I can get my tush down to the Holy Land¹ shall soon be housed in a couple of new bookcases.
Anyways, just a thought. I also kinda - kinda, wish Hornby would write a follow-up to High Fidelity. Juliet, Naked, [which I initially wasn’t too impressed with, but grew to love on subsequent re-reads] covers the same kinda ground, but an actual follow-up would be cool.
Then again - how many times have authors / film makers gone back and produced a follow-up to a much loved work, and right royally fucked it up?
Perhaps it’s best he hasn’t.
¹Ikea, obviously.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxxtrfBCg1qlxk3do1_500.jpg)
The above is from a post on Reddit [well, /r/books]. It got me thinking about Rob [Fleming in the book, Gordon in the film - why they felt the need to change the characters surname, I’ll never know]
I think Rob would definitely have been - shall we say, somewhat resistant, to the notion of digital music [in the modern sense of the word - CDs are digital forms of music, and Championship Vinyl, at least in the film, sold ‘em. I’m referring to MP3s, AACs, online streaming services etc, etc.] to put it mildly, but I wonder if he’d have mellowed over the years. Remember the novel came out in 1995, the film 2000, so book Rob is now 17 years older, his movie counterpart, 12 years older.
If anything, I think Rob would probably have been more receptive to the notion of eBooks, than digital music. That’s based soely on the description / shots of his apartment, which while showing the odd book, clearly show a metric shit tonne of vinly records.
As someone who has a wall of DVDs and Blu-Rays that fill up the wall to the right of his desk - believe me, I can sympathise. If there was a quick, convenient, and cheap, way to digitalise ‘em, I’d seriously consider it.
But there aint, so they’re staying. Same with my favourite physical books. I know the “anti” crowd seem to think eReaders come with their own little Guy Montag accessory, who collects and burns all the physical books a person owns, but - returning to the real world, obviously that’s not the case.
I know from my own experience, whilst I’ve greatly reduced the number of physical books I own [along with DVDs - both numbered into the 1000s], I still own a fair few hundred which - when I can get my tush down to the Holy Land¹ shall soon be housed in a couple of new bookcases.
Anyways, just a thought. I also kinda - kinda, wish Hornby would write a follow-up to High Fidelity. Juliet, Naked, [which I initially wasn’t too impressed with, but grew to love on subsequent re-reads] covers the same kinda ground, but an actual follow-up would be cool.
Then again - how many times have authors / film makers gone back and produced a follow-up to a much loved work, and right royally fucked it up?
Perhaps it’s best he hasn’t.
¹Ikea, obviously.
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