Tolkien on the Kindle

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Originally Posted by Gwathagor

It will change the way we read and, even more, the way we think. But books won't ever completely die out because they have substance and texture and smell, which is something the internet will never be able to replicate. People need that physical connection to the world.

Well, until the Kindle lets me pencil in comments and underlinings and stick sticky tabs with ideas on pages, I think I'll keep my old style paperbacks. (Not that I do this with hardcovers.)