Underrated art form ...

... Hats and Rabbits: Reaching for the Skyrim.

... many novels of that time, as in today's era, stank on ice. But that is neither here nor there. The point is, today, we wish our kids would while away summer afternoons reading, instead of doing other things, like watching TV or (curse it all) playing (holds the words out at arm's-length, like a dead mouse) video games.

You do, of course, see what happens, here. It can amount to only one of two possible things: either our standards are sinking and sinking and sinking over time or we judge new things too harshly, too quickly.