Memorandum
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 22:29:42 -0000
| From: | Henry van Eyken |
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vaneyken@sympatico.ca Reply-To: unrev-II@onelist.com |
| To: | unrev-II@onelist.com |
| Subject: | Closing the book on books |
Many wonder whether there will be any books printed and bound by 2010. But, I guess, that by now many must begin to wonder whether there will be any books written at all by 2020. In principle, all that is needed is a master editor serving up properly arranged strings of links to keep his readership on the straight and narrow.
When we were younger, we didn't dare spend $5 on a book we wouldn't read cover to cover. Now, one may spend $50 on a book and pick out 5 or 10% for the gist of it, knowing that the gist of it is all we will ever be able to remember anyway. Why should we bother keep on buying books at all? Sacrilegious thought!
I know, the new reading won't immediately make great literature as we know it, but the adapting mind has done wonders over short periods of time ...
Sincerely,
Henry
Henry van Eyken
vaneyken@sympatico.ca
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