Conn Iggulden, THE DOUBLE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS

Conn Iggulden, THE DOUBLE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS

Conn: My dad grew up in an era before television was even invented. We do go back a long way. My grandfather, he grew up near a horse on the Charge of the Light Brigade. He went to see Wild Bill Hickok’s Wild West show. Talk about dating, that goes back a fair bit. The point of these things is that when we went outside, we had adventures and had memories and did things and made things and crafted things that have stayed with us for the rest of our life, even if it was being chased across a park by a man I'd angered. This sort of thing, you don't get it if you're sitting inside watching fourteen episodes of Teen Titans or getting to a new high score on Crossy Road or becoming a famous screenname on Call of Duty. It’s not good for you. It’s not good for you in the same way. We’re not looking to supplant the internet or to replace it. It’s too entrenched in many ways now. I hope that these are things that will be in addition to, that people will read and do them and want to know them and want to learn them and want to learn the skills. I think it’s useful.