I read about twenty pages of The Confusion today at lunch. In the passage from about page 175 to 195 one of our protagonists survives a daring plan to steal silver from a ship just arrived from the Americas in the Spanish harbor where it will unload the following morning. One of the cabal is a dutch former ship captain who is conflicted about the plan's morality. The others have just barely convinced him that it is okay, since the booty is not rightly the Spaniards' either as they have used slaves to gain it.
I just discovered that one of the things pirated on the internet is Audio books. They have those at the public library, right? So I'm just saving myself a trip. Doing my part to protect air quality in the city.
Of course, public lending libraries are kind of a raw deal to authors. I like to think that my city taxes go there, that I really am paying for books I borrow, but I'm not sure if the authors get paid for library copies. Guilt over this issue is a big contributing factor in my choice to slide over to buying hardbacks instead of waiting for mass market editions.
Posted to Books at July 20, 2004 11:46 PMRationalizing why it is okay for me to take something is a slippery slope. The fact that I have to rationalize in the first place is a big red flag.
I'm so good at rationalizing that it scares me.
Posted by: Susan McJilton at July 21, 2004 10:03 AM