[j. d. worthington]

This is going to sound strange coming from someone who is a reforming technophobe, but... no, it wouldn't be better. It would be disastrous. It wouldn't stop them from writing, but a lot of research tools would no longer be available, or would take much, much longer to track down; there wouldn't be the support networking that can keep ideas in ferment (critiques, suggestions for story ideas or ways to take an already developing tale, just good, old-fashioned moral support for those times when energy flags, etc.); and it would take much longer for manuscripts to reach their destination, be proofed, get their corrections made, etc., etc., etc.... all the steps toward going from a first draft to finished product would take much longer and be much more frustrating. (There might be some rise in quality here and there, true. But overall, I'd say that the majority would simply go on writing as they always have, without using that extra time for more thought in their writing.)

And as for sf book writers -- it would be especially detrimental, as keeping up with the latest scientific information is often what inspires or helps direct them in their writing....