Q: Is the end of books the end of reading? A (Simon Mawar): Not until you can plug your brain into a USB port and download War and Peace direct into your cerebrum. There’ll be a Microsoft application that will claim to do it within five years – but every now and again it’ll lock your brain up and you’ll have to reboot and reinstall everything, starting with The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Thomas the Tank Engine.
— http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/31/hay-festival-author-questions
