An interesting discussion topic, surely: today on Radio 3 at 12:15 and on listen again for 7 days.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vf567
The discussion takes place as part of Free Thinking – A Festival of Ideas 2010, the theme of which this year is, The Pursuit of Happiness.
An earlier discussion in the festival asked the question, is the book dead?