1994: Do BOOKS have a FUTURE? | The Late Show | Predicting the Future | BBC Archive

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"What we really are is information publishers, we shouldn't be restricted to the book." - Peter Kindersley.

The Late Show's Tracey Macleod considers whether the growth in popularity of CD-Roms might spell the end of a culture based on the written word. In our increasingly multimedia future - where an entire encyclopedia can fit on a single disc - is there any room for the humble book? If books do persist into the 21st century, what will they look like?

Contributors include author Douglas Adams - the creator of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Peter Kindersley and Alan Buckingham from publisher Dorling Kindersley - Europe's biggest producer of interactive reference software, Andrew Rosenheim - the director of electronic publishing at Oxford University Press, Peter James - the author of the interactive novel Host, Greg Roach - whose latest release, Vortex, is an ambitious attempt to create a truly electronic novel, IT consultant Tony Feldman and multimedia consultant Steve Johnston and his 3-year old tech enthusiast son, Elliot.


Clip taken from The Late Show, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 29 November, 1994.





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