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Post by william on May 4, 2021 14:12:55 GMT -5
I wish I could make the changeover, for convenience purposes, but at the end of the day, I just like paper books more. I agree. I like the feel and the smell of a book. And like John, my best books are well notated in the margins. Oh--and some folks actually collect books (like me). But I also admit to being a bit of a dinosaur....
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 4, 2021 15:06:14 GMT -5
They say parchment manuscripts are going to the next big thing. I'll stick with cuneiform clay tablets, thank you.
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Post by dingobob on May 4, 2021 17:19:49 GMT -5
Been tackling Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series. My rules have been that I have to find them at brick and mortar stores, so I've been working at it for a while.
He is absolutely insane but also the type of writer that only occurs once in a generation.
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Post by instymp on May 4, 2021 17:58:46 GMT -5
Just finished Jack Carr's The devils hand.
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Post by dingobob on May 4, 2021 21:05:07 GMT -5
They say parchment manuscripts are going to the next big thing. I'll stick with cuneiform clay tablets, thank you. If you ask me, this whole "reading" thing is overrated. If we can just read everything, we won't have to memorize!
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 4, 2021 22:35:45 GMT -5
They say parchment manuscripts are going to the next big thing. I'll stick with cuneiform clay tablets, thank you. If you ask me, this whole "reading" thing is overrated. If we can just read everything, we won't have to memorize! Touché!
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Post by Plainsman on May 5, 2021 17:05:11 GMT -5
Ogham stones for me!
Question: If you were going on a long camping, or plain ol' road trip, what books would you take with you? (I camp in a small fiberglass travel trailer, so I have room for a few.)
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Post by instymp on May 5, 2021 17:25:26 GMT -5
Ogham stones for me! Question: If you were going on a long camping, or plain ol' road trip, what books would you take with you? (I camp in a small fiberglass travel trailer, so I have room for a few.) Something I haven't read before.
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Post by dingobob on May 5, 2021 17:46:58 GMT -5
Ogham stones for me! Question: If you were going on a long camping, or plain ol' road trip, what books would you take with you? (I camp in a small fiberglass travel trailer, so I have room for a few.) Lonesome Dove is a favorite. Patrick McManus is a humorist who writes short, mostly true stories, and I really enjoy his stuff. Would be great camping reading. Maybe a bit of light poetry like Brendan Kennelly or Frost?
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Post by fadingdaylight on May 5, 2021 18:36:53 GMT -5
Ogham stones for me! Question: If you were going on a long camping, or plain ol' road trip, what books would you take with you? (I camp in a small fiberglass travel trailer, so I have room for a few.) In no particular order: Tao Te Ching Into the Wild Meditations, which I think you've got covered And personally, Ian Irvine's A View From The Mirror quartet
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 5, 2021 23:20:43 GMT -5
_Into the Wild_ was very good, but might not be my first choice of recommendation for that particular trip.
_King Leopold's Ghost_, Adam Hochschild, nonfiction
Novels that I have recommended a few times:
_Foucault's Pendulum_, Umberto Eco _Geek Love_ Katherine Dunn _Anathem_, Neal Stephenson
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Post by Plainsman on May 6, 2021 7:25:12 GMT -5
Let's have a hand for LEOPOLD'S GHOST!
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Post by Plainsman on May 6, 2021 8:39:11 GMT -5
Kinda fun to think about, maybe. But such what-if questions related to books are made moot by smart phones and iPads. I have hundreds of books on my iPhone alone— a true traveling library. Nevertheless I still like the "real thing" and always carry a few hard books along on a road trip. Some of the Peterson field guides always get toted along. Lying on the bunk at night with the woods-sounds outside and the overhead LED reading light on, a real book just seems so much more appropriate and pleasing.
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 6, 2021 9:49:14 GMT -5
Agreed that the overall experience of paper is different, paper probably more appropriate in that setting. One e-book benefit is that I don't need to carry a dictionary, too. I always read with a dictionary, nerdiness be damned.
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Post by toshtego on May 6, 2021 19:10:44 GMT -5
They say parchment manuscripts are going to the next big thing. I'll stick with cuneiform clay tablets, thank you. I had a similar thought about the technology. Nothing beats sitting around the fire at night listening to the blind elder recount the tale.
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Post by toshtego on May 6, 2021 19:11:54 GMT -5
I wish I could make the changeover, for convenience purposes, but at the end of the day, I just like paper books more. I agree. I like the feel and the smell of a book. And like John, my best books are well notated in the margins. Oh--and some folks actually collect books (like me). But I also admit to being a bit of a dinosaur.... I want to feel the paper. Enjoy the type face. Admire the binding. Smell the mold.
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Post by Plainsman on May 6, 2021 19:54:13 GMT -5
My little land yacht has an awning on its side that allows me to sit in a comfortable chair and do what one does in a comfortable chair. Reading a hardcopy book is one of those cherished activities. I can watch the dogs play, or feed a small fire. During the day it is a fine place to enjoy the pleasures of a real book. The chair also has a fold up table that can hold pipe supplies or a welcome toddy. Life is good on the road!
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 6, 2021 20:32:24 GMT -5
Some of life's greatest pleasures are the simplest. Enjoy!
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Post by Gypo on May 12, 2021 14:44:14 GMT -5
Impossible Beyond This Point. My brother lent it to me 100 pages in and enjoying it very much.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 15, 2021 23:05:12 GMT -5
Just finished the three books of The Archers Tale by Bernard Cornwell and filling in with Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon. Boy, some people are really stupid and others just very unlucky.
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Post by trailboss on May 16, 2021 0:05:38 GMT -5
Just finished the three books of The Archers Tale by Bernard Cornwell and filling in with Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon. Boy, some people are really stupid and others just very unlucky. I perused that book while at the Grand Canyon, and it is a thick book.😵 A sad one was when a fighter pilot from Luke AFB lost sight of his toddler for a minute and she fell over into the canyon. What a horiffic thing to happen.😢
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Post by trailboss on May 16, 2021 0:05:57 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on May 16, 2021 14:42:57 GMT -5
You sure have been padding your post count lately. I understand that is normal for Arizona, but really, do you have to be so obvious about it? 😜🤠
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Post by trailboss on May 16, 2021 16:11:11 GMT -5
You sure have been padding your post count lately. I understand that is normal for Arizona, but really, do you have to be so obvious about it? 😜🤠 Since you been gone, I have done whatever I can to catch your raggedy butt driven post count, Ron!
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Post by Ronv69 on May 17, 2021 23:30:50 GMT -5
Just finished the three books of The Archers Tale by Bernard Cornwell and filling in with Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon. Boy, some people are really stupid and others just very unlucky. I perused that book while at the Grand Canyon, and it is a thick book.😵 A sad one was when a fighter pilot from Luke AFB lost sight of his toddler for a minute and she fell over into the canyon. What a horiffic thing to happen.😢 I looked at it while there too, but it was like $49 or close. I got it on Kindle for cheap.
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 18, 2021 4:01:26 GMT -5
It sounds quite morbid, so I checked my library. No dice.
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Post by dingobob on May 18, 2021 6:55:30 GMT -5
We got hired to do edit a novel set in ancient Greece, so I'm going to spend the day in research with one of my assistant editors while the younger folks tackle the first two chapters for copy.
The author sent about 20 books over for us to look at. We can probably tackle 10 between us today.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 18, 2021 8:02:38 GMT -5
We got hired to do edit a novel set in ancient Greece, so I'm going to spend the day in research with one of my assistant editors while the younger folks tackle the first two chapters for copy. The author sent about 20 books over for us to look at. We can probably tackle 10 between us today. Sounds like a great job! 😁 🤠
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Post by Ronv69 on May 18, 2021 8:03:52 GMT -5
It sounds quite morbid, so I checked my library. No dice. It doesn't go out of the way to be morbid, but it is real.
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 18, 2021 10:19:43 GMT -5
It sounds quite morbid, so I checked my library. No dice. It doesn't go out of the way to be morbid, but it is real. That's about what I imagined. I don't know what it says about me, but I like that sort of thing. Documentation of tragedy fascinates me.
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