Comments on: Level 26: CSI creator’s new “digi-novel” http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/20/level-26-csi-creators-new-digi-novel/ Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada's magazine of book news and reviews Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Finn Harvor http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/20/level-26-csi-creators-new-digi-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-193044 Finn Harvor Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:54:24 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/?p=5616#comment-193044 Zuiker himself comments: "Zuiker imagines a world five years from now in which every TV show has a microsite that will continue to give viewers an experience beyond the one-hour show, engaging them 24/7, he said." It seems that this idea is more a platform (quote, unquote) to promote episodic TV programs, not re-invent or do anything particularly new with the novel itself. Zuiker himself comments: “Zuiker imagines a world five years from now in which every TV show has a microsite that will continue to give viewers an experience beyond the one-hour show, engaging them 24/7, he said.”

It seems that this idea is more a platform (quote, unquote) to promote episodic TV programs, not re-invent or do anything particularly new with the novel itself.

]]> By: YM http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/20/level-26-csi-creators-new-digi-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-193039 YM Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:47:31 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/?p=5616#comment-193039 Zuicker doesn't realize (or is deluding himself) that fewer people are watching the inane boob tube and the ones that are still watching are not readers; they are passive receptors and they are not going to engage in any type of reading—especially the type of tricks he’s offering. CSI is a show you watch a few times and then it becomes repetitive junk. These days people are “selective” in their entertainment. If you are going to spend an hour or so (or maybe more) on an entertainment, you want to get something out of it. Zuicker doesn’t realize (or is deluding himself) that fewer people are watching the inane boob tube and the ones that are still watching are not readers; they are passive receptors and they are not going to engage in any type of reading—especially the type of tricks he’s offering. CSI is a show you watch a few times and then it becomes repetitive junk. These days people are “selective” in their entertainment. If you are going to spend an hour or so (or maybe more) on an entertainment, you want to get something out of it.

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