Recent content by Del

Does anyone know where I could find essays by Richard Hofstadter available on the internet? I searched google but couldn't find any.

I want to read Roy's "The God of Small Things" too, but I don't think I'm on the literary level to appreciate it either. What do you suggest I read to work up to it?

Between Butler's and Lang's translations, which is the better translation? These are my only two options (besides a few older ones). :(

I actually love to read and that's why I want to be able to read much faster. The faster you read, the more books you can read. You don't watch movies with a lower FPS to enjoy them more, do you?

Many people read in the thousands of words a minute, so it's not that fast in comparison. Supposedly reading faster also increases your retention as a result of higher concentration. I want to read faster so I can read novels like War and Peace and The Brothers Karamazov in fewer sittings.

You shouldn't vocalize words in your mind. This is what all the speedreading material I've read says, but how do you learn not to do this and actually understand what you're reading? I read at a moderate pace -- 500 words/m -- but I would really like to read much faster. I think vocalizing words...