Ah yes, advocates of the dead tree printing. Absolutely. IIRC Adv. 2 (Research Station Gamma) gives us the primary reason for continuing to support it. The old guy had quite an extensive dead tree library, and it functioned as a sort of secret archive, inaccessible by computer.
Remember ROLLERBALL? The 1975 version with James Caan, not that horrid remake. Books were being electronically scanned and 'summarized' for brevity. Also works well as a censorship system. The book leaves to scan...and disappears. Soviets used to do the same thing, going through their own archives and rewriting history when there was a leadership upheaval. There is a famous case of one Soviet official being wiped out of existence -- except for his hat.
What was that movie with, oh crap. Recognizing Sixties and Seventies obscure television actors and actresses...Christopher George! That's one of my skills...anyone want to try a CLASSIC TRAVELLER translation of that? He crashes on an opposite orbit Earth, where left handers predominate, a Soviet style rigid leadership and protocol, and history in the libraries starts with the revolution that brought them to power. Nothing else available to commoners.
You can get your product out to many more people these days if you have an electronic media. My first novel will be published soon, with very reasonable pricing, after which enough sales will permit me to produce a print version. i still do not feel a story is complete until I have a piece of printed paper in my hands.
