It's people who like me who like printed media :) I love the ability to get academic/technical data in digital form, and the speed with which it can be screened through. But once screened through I like to go through it in printed fashion. And reading for pleasure must be printed, bound media if at all possible. If I hit the lotto, perhaps the first thing I would buy is a set of Steinbeck first editions. Especially The Grapes of Wrath. Gotta love a book that got attacked from the left, right and center as propaganda of whatever they didn't like. And featured a character who is often compared to Jeebus and liked to fool around (the Preacher Jim Casy). After that it would be Travels With Charley because Steinbeck tells stories so well. And it contains a bunch of extremely useful advice, including but not limited to: how to wash your clothes while driving, how having a fishing rod legitimizes your presence anywhere (these days smoking a cigarette outside does that pretty well, too), and countless other ways in which a Nobel Laureate can wander the country undetected and mostly self sufficiently. All of which apply even more so to the common man.
If I hit the lotto, perhaps the first thing I would buy is a set of Steinbeck first editions. Especially The Grapes of Wrath. Gotta love a book that got attacked from the left, right and center as propaganda of whatever they didn't like. And featured a character who is often compared to Jeebus and liked to fool around (the Preacher Jim Casy). After that it would be Travels With Charley because Steinbeck tells stories so well. And it contains a bunch of extremely useful advice, including but not limited to: how to wash your clothes while driving, how having a fishing rod legitimizes your presence anywhere (these days smoking a cigarette outside does that pretty well, too), and countless other ways in which a Nobel Laureate can wander the country undetected and mostly self sufficiently. All of which apply even more so to the common man.
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