tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post7840764379687204310..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: Kindle and Ebooks revisitedBookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-61961295608798960882009-12-02T15:30:53.228+00:002009-12-02T15:30:53.228+00:00I'm reading War & Peace on my iPod. The wo...I'm reading War & Peace on my iPod. The words are the same on screen as on paper. The fact that there are boring passages doesn't change. And with the iPod I can crank up some heavy techno music to ease the pain.<br /><br />I still read a 'proper' book in bed though. My iPod is only for journeys or when I'm out and about and made to wait.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03090703038979793132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-64208262620618829942009-11-29T13:57:13.472+00:002009-11-29T13:57:13.472+00:00I just finished MELMOTH THE WANDERER on a PDA. Pai...I just finished MELMOTH THE WANDERER on a PDA. Pain to read, but it was a lot easier than lugging around a 600 page book. I agree, the small display made Maturin's terse verbiage worse.<br />On a brighter note, Sony is pushing both their 300 and 600 series Reader to compete with the Kindle. The 900 series Daily Reader with a 7" screen and Wifi ability will be out in January.Tim Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191899859528990414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-15039264437534343312009-11-26T19:36:51.336+00:002009-11-26T19:36:51.336+00:00Funny you should mention Droogs--in Clockwork Oran...Funny you should mention Droogs--in Clockwork Orange they end up at a house full of books and it gets very nasty. Burgess was on to something there. BonkyBonkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-44429887754638606662009-11-26T19:19:21.628+00:002009-11-26T19:19:21.628+00:00Reassuring words there Edwin. Must look out for Cy...Reassuring words there Edwin. Must look out for Cyril 'Smarty Boots' Huxley parody. I like his Brian Howard spoof "Where Engels Fears to Tread" and his book collector maniac Edax. <br /><br />Talking of Horace we had a van driver the immortal Bill Selwyn who used to read Horace sitting in the van while we were out buying --got a feeling it was in Latin too. He also used to read Orison Swett Marden - why I am not sure.Bookridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-21294958818338785982009-11-26T16:08:48.620+00:002009-11-26T16:08:48.620+00:00Or perhaps one should say 'mirabile dictu'...Or perhaps one should say 'mirabile dictu'Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-69981141003443112902009-11-26T16:07:25.027+00:002009-11-26T16:07:25.027+00:00I've passed on your debate with Selena to seve...I've passed on your debate with Selena to several others, all find it fascinating.<br /><br />Wouldn't worry about <br /><br />'Somehow I can't see today's eight year olds growing up interested in Horace's Odes or Boswell and Johnson or even Edgar Allan Poe. '<br /><br />'Twas ever thus surely! And your Twilight foray shows that nothing much changes.<br /><br />Re Horace, there's a parody of Huxley by Cyril Connolly in which a guest at a Huxleyite residence finds a copy of the odes by his bed, 'apparently a first edition'. Wonderful.Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.com