While I prefer film, books can stand the test of time, unlike television which requires a power source. All you need for a book is a light and the education to understand what it's saying.
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Areed. Also, books require more imagination, while films imagine it for you.
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Visuals can extend the story in ways text cannot, though. I, for one, could not imagine reading this and having the same feeling as watching it.