false 216136 5 What hath the inexpensive personal computer, the portable cassette player, and the CD-ROM wrought? Are books as we know them dead? And does--or should--it matter if they are? Birkerts, a renowned critic, examines the practice of reading with an eye to what the future will bring. 209246 1994 The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age total:117|5:24|4:53|3:29|2:11|1:0| 117 441 223 25 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 10:30:22 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 10:44:33 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 07:25:33 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 07:18:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Mar 01 12:52:36 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 01 12:53:29 -0800 2007 3 0 false false Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 16:58:17 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 09:58:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 06:36:27 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 06:47:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 12 08:53:49 -0800 2008 Sun May 25 20:44:19 -0700 2008 However, I was struck by the core argument of his book ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 13 06:44:27 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 06:45:34 -0700 2009 his positions on digitization (no surprise to those who know me), he
has some beautiful passages on readings and the life of a reader.

I particular like his description of how reading gives one the
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It's a well-written and interesting collection of essays on books and reading, but it is very self-indulgent at times and gets painfully autobiographical.

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