#971: Alternative Literature explain

[Cueball and a friend stand in front of Cueball’s bookcase. His friend flips through a number of them.]

Friend: All your books are full of blank pages.

Cueball: Not true. That one has some ink on page 78.

Friend: A smudge.

Cueball: So?

Friend: There are no words. You’re not reading. There’s no story there.

Cueball: Maybe not for you. When I look at those books, I think about all kinds of stories.

Cueball: Reading is about more than what’s on the page. Holding a book prompts my mind to enrich itself. Frankly, I suspect the book isn’t even necessary.

Cueball: The whole industry is evil. Greedy publishers and rich authors try to convince us our brains need their words. But I refuse to be a sucker.

Friend: Who sold you all these blank books?