Richard,

I remember reading an Isaac Asimov short story (I don't remember it's
title) about a future in which all "books" are audiorecordings (this was
probably written even before tape casettes), and one boy "rediscovers" the
little squiggles that are called "writing".

Yigal


At 08:55 AM 1/21/2003 -0500, Richard Rice wrote:
>Tonight's talk by Michael Linton is about Carson Holloway's book, All Shook
>Up, a book which "created a mild sensation when it appeared."
>But not here in Chattanooga, because it is not held by the UTC library. I
>am sure you can get a mild sensation by ordering it free on Interlibrary
>Loan: visit the Library this week for demonstration of their nifty new
>electronic machines, including "wireless" laptops. That figures, in an
>increasingly bookless library.
>
>Admittedly, I did not really expect to find an important new book at UTC;
>what really shakes me up is that the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Library
>does not have it either. That is surprizing!
>
>However, if your kids have learned, because of Harry Potter, to enjoy
>reading actual books (they're thigamajigs made out of paper bound together
>and feature real printed words which you can read off-line), then they
>might enjoy Barry Denenberg's All Shook Up! The life and Death of Elvis
>Presley (YB Pre) a juvenile book which the Hamilton Country Library does
>own. As the title suggests, Denenberg thinks the King is dead, so this is a
>biased book. I am sure when Elvis reappears here in Chattanooga, it will
>cause a mild sensation.
>
>Richard Rice
>
>aka Bad Doobie; Doobie Bad!
>
Dr. Yigal Levin
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga TN 37403-2598
U.S.A.