When books were great

[mraltariel]

Never one to jump on a bandwagon, here's this completely original idea.

This graph quite clearly shows why books were brilliant from about 1920 to 1950, and why they are now all comparatively rubbish.

Comments

[mraltariel]

But both are good :-)

[steepholm]

You're right. Books were great then. And they're not now. Boo.

[mraltariel]

:-) Heh.

I notice that the huge upsurge starts with the publication of "A Study in Scarlet" and peaks with the publication of the "Casebook" in 1927. I'm just saying.

[gair]

The graph for 'queer' tells an at-first-similar (MASSIVE SPIKE in 1900), but later
more optimistic story (graph starts to curve up again around 1985). Your mission is to RECLAIM ADVENTURE!

[mraltariel]

I CAN! I CAN!

[vudehalf]

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