ABSTRACT
As we approach the year 2000, an era in the history of mankind draws to its close: the reading of books appears to have become unfashionable. New media replace the means by which God had set down his Revelation and people once expressed their thoughts, their poetry, their sciences as well as the memory of their heroes (or those whom they [misjtook for them). The magic of reading seems to yield to the fascination of screens. The world of fantasy, once created and made accessible by books, is in danger of drowning in a flood of images. 1
