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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I think it's because reading requires patience, and with long books, determination. Both are traits I'm seeing less and less, to be honest. Nowadays, a computer game is said to have "good value" when it has 10 hours of play time. You can finish that in one day. How long would a book be that you can read in 10 hours straight; 200 pages, for a casual reader? That's not a book, just a nice introduction  |
200 pages is almost two hours' reading for me.
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Ever played Planescape Torment? If so, you'll know what I mean if I say: "You've just played a novel." If not, then get it at Gog.com and go play it. It's more like an interactive book than a game.
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I've enjoyed some choose-your-own-adventure books but they're definitely a different kind of reading from linear reading. Better jump-around-between-sections technology is not the same kind of change or improvement as more accessible fonts (size change; ability to swap between serif or sans) or the ability to carry hundreds of books at once.