With the future of reading heading squarely in the direction of electronic devices, what to do with the old timey book form?
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As the tablet wars continue, and devices intended exclusively for reading are traded in for multimedia entertainment systems, what will the future of reading look like?
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So, if the Kobo reader isn't quite the future of reading devices, it's certainly firmly entrenched in the present, with enough likeable qualities at a price point that few could argue with, to keep it on our list of readers we wouldn't mind spending a night at home curled up with on the sofa, reading Wuthering Heights while our significant other plays Red Dead Redemption.
But what does this mean for the future of e-reading?
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Today, debates about fiction's future usually center on the technologies of reading.
My goal was to bring the opportunity of a better future to the girls by creating an after-school reading program just for them.
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Human-enhancement researchers at the University of Reading, for their part, are considering future technologies, such as embedded devices that enhance the senses or add new ones, and implants that improve memory or allow messages to be sent or devices to be controlled using thought alone.
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Reading between the lines of these wildly disparate valuations, one could almost imagine a future without buildings.
The advent of reading comics digitally, especially on tablets, has been seen by some as the future of the comics industry, as print readership continues to decline.
Oliver points to research showing that video gamers are more likely to be better lucid dreamers, and sees an opportunity for a future form of social media that employes a growing use of brain-reading gadgets like the Zeo, Muse and others.
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Set a billion years into the future, the Numenera mythology is not your typical fantasy or science fiction setting, though Cook says the blend of magic and machinery should be familiar to readers of far-future fantasy such as one might encounter reading Gene Wolfe.
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