Re: OT More pens (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues)
From: | Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, June 11, 2003, 8:36 |
Staving Stone Gordonssen:
>>Soon - hopefully - even paper documentation will also go into the trash
>>heap of history (or, better yet, the recycling bin or archives depending on
>>the
>>nature of the contents).
>
>I certainly hope not. I *LIKE* being able to hold a book in my hands and
>fall asleep with it at night.
>One of the big issues today is that, with the usage of computers to create
>dovcuments, there will be no rough drafts from which oine can learn the
>changes in an author's perspective as he/she developed a story.
>
As Terry Pratchett puts it, "Tough luck, literary historians of the future!
try getting a proper job!"
Pete