I prefer the Odyssey myself, but I haven't read either in Greek yet.

Literature will never die out, but it might just become what it was in the first place: a past time for the educated elite. Perhaps the masses will move on to more simplified forms of entertainment like when the Romans became less interested in drama and much more interested in bloodsport.

It's sad to imagine children won't ever read 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, or Treasure Island, but will wait in line for hours to get the next Harry Potter (I like Harry Potter too but it's not literary brilliance).

I believe someone will always be driven to put words together to tell amazing stories as long as mankind remains. Anime and Manga were fun (at least for me anyway. I stopped both a couple of years ago), but they just will never compare to literature.