一旦印刷文字成为过去,我们的思维方式可能也会改变。当彼得·詹姆斯1993年以两张软盘的形式出版小说《宿主》时,他完全没有预料到随之而来的“尖酸反对”。新闻记者和作家同侪对此恶评如潮;一名记者甚至拖了一台个人电脑和一台发电机到沙滩上,以展示这种荒谬的新式阅读方式。詹姆斯在接受pop.edit.lit.网站采访时说:“我成了世界诸多报纸的头版新闻,他们指责是我‘害死’ Once the printed text has passed, our way of thinking may change as well. When Peter James published his novel The Host in two floppy disks in 1993, he did not expect the ensuing ”bitter opposition.“ Journalists and writers have been appalled by this; one journalist even dragged a personal computer and a generator onto the beach to demonstrate this ridiculous new way of reading. In an interview with pop.edit.lit, James said: ”I became the front page news for many newspapers around the world, accusing me of killing me