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• Books: The alternative to television.
• The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper.
  "Too much emphasis is placed on the development of reading skills in elementary school....
• Reading Habits: Omnivorous, but usually includes lots of science and science fiction.
  The typical hacker household might subscribe to "Analog", "Scientific American", "Co-Evolution Quarterly", and "Smithsonian"....
• Contemporary society offers so many ways of learning that reading books is no longer very important.
• The following appeared in an article in a magazine for writers.
  "A recent study showed that in describing a typical day's conversation, people make an average of 23 references to watching television and only 1 reference to reading fiction....
• You may be redneck... if you own more television sets than books.
• A few books are alright, like wine, but too much can be bad. Books break down brains.
• You learn as much by writing as you do by reading.
• Life begins when you can spend your spare time programming instead of watching television.
  -- Cal Keega...