Thread: Ebook archive in case of the apocalypse?
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Old 08-20-2010, 12:13 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by ardeegee View Post
The people will be too busy trying to not die to worry about pampering books. If the power grid goes out, or WWIII happens, the majority of paper books will be moldy, sodden lumps or ashes within one or two generations. Anyone who thinks that, post-apocalypse, digital books will disappear and paper books will be alive and well either isn't thinking or is pushing an emotional argument.
Have you read Earth Abides by George R. Stewart?
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