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Old 08-21-2008, 07:24 PM   #6
BookishDreamer
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You could always write one like this...

After the holocaust, technology and literature is almost completely lost.

But in the dark recesses of a bomb shelter is found a Sony Reader and a stack of SD cards with Gutenberg and technical libraries on them. They immediately set themselves to find a way to generate electricity to power it, and then assemble a team of writers to transcribe the contents as fast as possible and disseminate it everywhere. (Think of the battles for priorities and access!) Out of that one device, the world is reconstructed faster than would ever have been possible without it.

So.... e-books save the world! Yay!
Oh, a post-apocalyptic scenario, books, and the rebirth of technology. I'd read it.

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