Books smell. Musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer is ... it has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last then the getting of knowledge should be tangible, it should be smelly.
Giles to Miss Callendar, on books vs computers
from "I, Robot ... you, Jane", Buffy The Vampire Slayer by Joss Whedon
Before modification by aragornital at 29/01/2012 09:12:45 AM
I wouild add Dubrovsky by Alexander Pushkin and Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol. And may be Nedorosol (i have no idea how it translates) by Denis Fonvizin. Well, the are some more, but I can't recall now...
