"I spent all afternoon in the library. There were no books in it, for nearly half a century is not printed. And I expected so much after that was to microfilm the Library of Prometheus. Did not exist. Could no longer browse the shelves, weigh hefty tomes in hand, savoring fine volume, which predicted the duration of your reading pleasure. The library reminded an electronic laboratory. The books were small crystals aggregate content, and were read using an Opton. It even looked like a book, though only one page between the covers. Touching this sheet appeared by order of the text pages, one after another. But, as I said the robot vendor, Opton were used very little. The public preferred the lectones, reading aloud, and it was possible to choose the voice, rhythm and modulation choice. Only pages were printed on plastic, mimicking the role, some scientific publications highly regarded audience. Therefore I could fit in a pocket all my shopping, but it was three hundred titles. "
Excerpted from the science fiction novel by Stanislaw Lem: Return of the stars.
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