We're In A Psuedoscientific Technobabble.

The Fun One Can Have Writing Books About Books Is Limitless, To Be Honest.

Humans Like Stories. Humans Need Stories. Stories Are Good. Stories Work. Story Clarifies And Captures The Essence Of The Human Spirit. Story, In All Its Forms—of Life, Of Love, Of Knowledge—has Traced The Upward Surge Of Mankind. And Story, You Mark My Words, Will Be With The Last Human To Draw Breath.

If The Real World Were A Book, It Would Never Find A Publisher. Overlong, Detailed To The Point Of Distraction-and Ultimately, Without A Major Resolution.

The Industrial Age Had Only Just Begun; The Planet Had Reached Its Best Before Date.

Books" - Snell Smiled - "are A Kind Of Magic.