Without a grasp of subtle nuance, delicate sensitivity, quality and value, we may linger, hold back from our fullest potential. In H. G. Well s novel, The Time Machine, the main character returns to the future taking with him three books from his library in Victorian London to rebuild the world. A printed word is patient. A book never forces us. It will wait, sometimes for generations.
Books provide a living forum for new expression.
The printed word is not drowned out by fear, control or judgment. It remains, quietly confident on the page, offering its message for those who are open. This is another unique gift of print, and books. In the small press world I know there lives today a vital vibrant scrappiness. In H. G. Well s novel, The Time Machine, the main character returns to the future taking with him three books from his library in Victorian London to rebuild the world.