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   Message 966 of 2,235   
   Kirby Cook to palmer.william   
   Re: Umberto Eco - Will books become obso   
   06 Jan 04 06:24:35   
   
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   From: kirby_cook@yahoo.com   
      
   palmer.william wrote:   
   >  "Mike Williams"  wrote in message   
   >  news:3fce7699$0$20488$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...   
   >  > Will the new electronic media make books obsolete? Will the Web make   
   >  > literature obsolete? Will the new hypertextual civilisation eliminate the   
   >  > very idea of authorship?   
   >  > - Umberto Eco   
   >   
   	While the internet and its search engines have provided a glimpse of a   
   tool without parallel for research and information exchange, I confess I   
   don't like reading a screen, much.  I do love having and reading the   
   printed page.  ...Well, for one thing, there is no... repose, in a screen.   
      
   Kirby   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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