What if there were no
more books?


Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 10:29
From: John D.
Subject: Re: thought for the day

I had a great deal of difficulty reading " The Rationale of Hypertext" on the screen, and ended up printing it out before I felt even remotely comfortable. I wanted the feel of a physical object in my hands, to experience its bulk and substance.

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Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 13:48
From: Debbie
Subject: The love of books

the only worry that I have is that multi-media will eliminate the need for exercising the imagination. Adding voices and pictures reduces my enjoyment when it comes to reading books. In fact, I won't even listen to books-on-tape. I hope that future books don't reduce the power of the images created in the mind!

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