[asdff]

Reference material is one thing. But literature is pretty timeless. And there are used bookstores and public libraries.

[pixl97]

You might underestimate the amount of pulp paperbacks that have been printed over the years. Quite often these are just a single step above AI slop.

[asdff]

Sure, and it infests the little free 'libraries' you see scattered around the neighborhood and often the shelves in the Goodwill, but a good used bookstore and a good public library system will do a bit of filtering on that. These places aren't firehoses.