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“All this,” explained Hamlet, waving his hands at the fairly innocuous Swindon street, “would take millions of words to describe correctly!” “You’re right. It would. That’s the magic of the book imagino-transference technology,” I told him. “A few dozen words conjure up an entire picture. But in all honesty the reader does most of the work.” “The reader? What’s it got to do with him?” “Well, each interpretation of an event, setting, or character, is unique to each of those who read it because they clothe the author’s description with the memory of their own experiences. Every character they read is actually a complex amalgam of people that they’ve met, read, or seen before – far more real than it can ever be just from the text on the page. Because every reader’s experiences are different, each book is unique for each reader.” “So,” replied the Dane, thinking hard, “what you’re saying is that the more complex and apparently contradictory the character, the greater the possible interpretations?” “Yes. In fact, I’d argue that every time a book is read by the same person it is different again – because the reader’s experiences have changed, or he is in a different frame of mind.” “Well, that explains why no one can figure me out.” - Something Rotten (book 4 in the Thursday Next series) by Jasper Fforde

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every time a book is read it is something different