Bookshops Closing

[JaBek1]

Alas! Sort of reminds me of that movie, "You've got mail."

Oh! What was that one movie? "Fahrenheit 451" or something like that?

I remember reading an old Sci-Fi paperback back when I was a kid. It was about a society in which most of the population was illiterate and those that could read were outcasts. They all flew around in helicopters, but all the gauges were marked with pictures. Wish I could remember the title of that book. It had to be from the late 50's.

[bykimbo]

Alas! Sort of reminds me of that movie, "You've got mail."

That connection I can see, but...

Oh! What was that one movie? "Fahrenheit 451" or something like that?

I remember reading an old Sci-Fi paperback back when I was a kid. It was about a society in which most of the population was illiterate and those that could read were outcasts. They all flew around in helicopters, but all the gauges were marked with pictures. Wish I could remember the title of that book. It had to be from the late 50's.

... that connection mystifies me. How does switching from one reading format to another, or adding an additional format to one's already wide range of choices, equate to growing illiteracy!?