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“One of the questions I hear most often regarding my plan to read the OED from cover to cover is "Why don't you just read it on the computer?" I usually respond as if the questions was "Why don't you just slump yourself on the couch and watch TV for the year?" which is not quite an appropriate reponse. It is not so much that I am anicomputer; I am resolutely and stubbornly pro-book.”
― Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
― Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
“. . .what does the computer know of the comforting weight of a book in one's lap? Or of the excitement that comes from finding a set of books, dusty and tucked away in the back corner of some store? The computer can only reproduce the information in a book, and never the joyful experience of reading it.”
― Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
― Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
“Telephone books are, like dictionaries, already out of date the moment they are printed....”
― The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads
― The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads
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