> If that exists, why would anyone buy the book? Because (if the book affords it), reading can be a form of psychic traveling. A reader enters an altered stat

> If that exists, why would anyone buy the book? Because (if the book affords it), reading can be a form of psychic traveling. A reader enters an altered state of consciousness, lives in the world of the book, and comes back changed. A summary of the information and 'plot points' would seem like a replacement only for those who have never really been absorbed in reading a book.