Posted on 25/11/03
The real horror of Stephen King
Perhaps you've heard: The novel is dead. The written word is obsolete. Gen Y'ers are immune to the charms of the printed page and in thrall to the demon High Tech. English professors across North America have noted -- sometimes in despair, but more recently, resignation -- that today's undergraduates simply can't process a written concept as readily as they can one that's illustrated by, say, a particularly salient clip from The Matrix: Revolutions.
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