I thought the comparison of books to the movie of the Shrinking Man was interesting because books are becoming smaller in the same manner that the man shrunk. As time passes, books have gone from large stone engravings to "invisable" megabytes, which seems incredible.
I thought it was a little disappointing that David felt that no more beautiful libraries would ever be built because I enjoy spending time surrounding by all diferent types of stories written by all different types of people. I read constantly and love going to the library.
I'm a real "book nerd" as my boyfriend calls me! But I don't think he's being insulting :)