For decades, urban book aficionados have hoped that maybe, just maybe, that mysterious stranger reading the literary gem on the subway seat across from them could be a kindred spirit. If only there could be a conversation starter, "the two of you might stroll off like French lovers thrown together by capricious fate, scampering to take cover from the christening rain," as Vanity Fair culture critic James Wolcott mused. Ebooks will effectively end this. Click here. (From Bratprince: I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the fact that people cannot see what I am reading on my Kindle....especially on planes. I loathe talking to people I don't know on planes. I don't want to know them. I want to get on the plane...go to where I am going and get off...undisturbed except during the "what can I get you to drink phase". Viva La Kindle. Some people want to look at the Kindle because they haven't seen one. I give them a VERY brief overview and then inform them that I am literally engrossed in my book and don't wish to chat).
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