The five century reign of the book as the dominant media form ended over the past decade. There will be, there has been already, a reaction against the pretentions of the printed word. Linear narrative is tyranical. Linkless text is limited--incomplete. And print is environmentally wasteful--paper's made of trees, you know? Print is a reactionary medium.

Books may yet have a Renaissance. In the future, they may be seen in a different light. A future in which electricity is neither as reliable or cheap as we now take for granted is easily conceivable. It may even be probable. Books may have a Renaissance in the light of the sun.