For some reason, I
found myself laughing at the end of Time
Enough At Last. It wasn’t because it was funny; the show was actually very
tragic since half of the episode focused on the main character’s desperate journey
though an empty town. I guess I was just laughing at how impossibly unfortunate
the events were. If I could, I would make an adaptation of the show that would
make use of our current technology. I would also make the circumstances less
brutal for Henry Bemis, the main guy.
Bemis would still
be a bookworm. This time, however, everyone else wouldn’t condemn books as much
as they did in the original episode. They would just be busy with their new
smartphones and tablets. People would try to convince Bemis to use an iPad for
reading instead of sticking to books with yellowed pages. They’d chuck the
books away and shove an Android phone into his hands. Being the book lover that
he is, Bemis would shy away from all the confusing contraptions and just open
his book.
Then the nuclear
bomb would hit. Everyone would be dead except for Bemis who was reading a book
in his basement (which was actually an underground bomb shelter). He would
emerge from the basement unscathed and would look for survivors. He would never
find anyone alive, but he would stumble upon half a bookstore. Bemis would
venture in and discover bookshelves full of books. ‘At last,’ he would say, ‘I
could read without anyone bothering me and I have all the time I want.’
To his surprise,
the books wouldn’t full of words he could get lost in. They would be iPads and
iPhones disguised as books. A horrible act of book murder, Bemis would think. Then
again, he could still read things from those gadgets so it wouldn’t all that
bad. Trying out one of the smartphones, he would discover that it was all out
of battery. This would be the same for all the other devices. With nothing to
read and no one to talk to, Bemis would mumble famous book quotes to himself
until he goes completely insane.
Hannah Dungca
2013-14765
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