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"It seems to me the book has not just aesthetic values-- the charming little clothy box of the thing, the smell of the glue, even the print, which has its own beauty. But there's something about the sensation of ink on paper that is in some sense a thing, a phenomenon rather than an epiphenomenon. I can't break the association of electric trash with the computer screen. Words on the screen give the sense of being just another passing electronic wriggle."

—John Hoyer Updike (b. 1932) American writer, Rabbit, Run, Rabbit at Rest

 

World News From BBC

Can science be kick started?  Wed, 22 May 2013 23:29:32 GMT
Is it possible to kick-start science? 
Why has the UK gone up in people's estimations?  Thu, 23 May 2013 02:18:56 GMT
What has caused the world's opinion of Britain to improve? 
In pictures: Masseurs of Mumbai  Thu, 23 May 2013 01:33:23 GMT
The lives of the male masseurs of Mumbai 
How the men from the ministry saved England's heritage  Thu, 23 May 2013 03:11:39 GMT
How England saved its heritage from ruin 
VIDEO: US showman's unbelievable oddballs  Wed, 22 May 2013 23:03:31 GMT
The connoisseur of the weird and strange long before reality TV 
Europe's push against tax fraud gains momentum  Wed, 22 May 2013 12:53:07 GMT
EU push against tax fraud gains momentum, says Gavin Hewitt 
Hezbollah plunges deeper into Syrian conflict  Wed, 22 May 2013 15:16:51 GMT
Hezbollah plunges deeper into Syrian conflict, says Jim Muir