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strip for April / 16 / 2008 [ transcription instructions ]
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1: ARTHUR: In our continuing point-counterpoint on eBooks, we've invited a Douglas fir tree to argue FOR eBooks.
2: Tree: Fir: But...I'm against 'em.
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1: ARTHUR: What? No no no...eBooks have no paper, no print, no trucks to haul 'em to stores. You love that!
2: Tree: Fir: Look, I enjoy reading long-form stories on a screen about as much as I like watching 'The Matrix' on my iPod Nano. ...which is to say, not at all.
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1: Tree: Fir: Screens are great for reading short packets of information: email, blogs, news...but there's not an e-ink made that makes me want to curl up and read 'Anna Karenina'.
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1: Tree: Fir: Heck, I'll go one step further... ...if it saves someone from having to read a novel on a screen, I'll volunteer to BECOME a book for 'em!
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  Tree: Fir (realization)  
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1: Tree: Fir: ...provided it's not another dang Danielle Steel novel.
2: Tree: Fir: We GET it, Danielle. "...Love always finds a way."

 

 

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