ubernoir wrote:
i love books

plus i love that he wrote "books are not going to disappear in a Gotterdammerung of pixellation." That made me laugh "Gotterdammerung of pixellation" what a great expression!

That is a pretty good line. I don't think books will suffer the way newspapers and magazines have. Amazon's Kindle has been heavily advertised this year, but I still don't know anyone who uses one. There's a lot to be said for saving bookshelf (and closet) space, but on the other hand, there's no telling how many conversations have resulted from guests scanning my bookshelf or vice versa.

These readers remind me of the Star Trek episode Court Martial, in which Kirk's attorney had books stacked all over his office.

This is the only episode of the original series in which anything like a personal computer is seen. Throughout Star Trek's three-year run, terminals are used which access large mainframes; stand-alone PCs or laptops are never shown. When Captain Kirk first meets his attorney Samuel T. Cogley, Mr. Cogley shows Kirk the computer on the desk – which he turns on, says it is like the one in his office, and then quickly turns off, stating he prefers to use books instead; that computer also seems to resemble the terminal in the Enterprise briefing room.

Elisha Cook Jr. was perfect for that role.