This is very true for me. If I wanted to throw myself into a weird or surreal story - grabbing a book was often the only place I could get that hit as a teenage

This is very true for me. If I wanted to throw myself into a weird or surreal story - grabbing a book was often the only place I could get that hit as a teenager in the 90s - we didn't even have a vcr for ages, so the only other places were live TV or radio (or the theatre too I guess). now there are so many places to scratch the exact itch of today's interest. Books are still great, but as an adult with less free time - I find myself falling for the quick hits more readily.