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  1. Peder

    March 2014: March Macabre: Poe vs Dahl

    I'll try. At least Dahl will be new to me.
  2. Peder

    What I want in an E-reader

    I had a ghastly vision the other evening, as I looked up from my Kindle Fire and at my beautiful walls of books surrounding me. I could see the rows upon rows of books and shelves all gradually dissolving and sliding down the walls to the floor, where they evaporated into thin air in faint...
  3. Peder

    i carry your heart with me(i carry it in ------ by e.e.cummings

    With Valentine's day upon us, I thought I'd post this beautiful poem by e.e.cummings -- quite unlike anything I ever expected. I hope you all enjoy it, and its originality. i carry your heart with me(i carry it in i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without...
  4. Peder

    What I want in an E-reader

    Sorry. Didn't realize I was infringing. I have a reader Kindle also, if I feel Luddish. You don't? o_O
  5. Peder

    What I want in an E-reader

    I've heard it said here that diversity is what makes the world go round. So please don't take it amiss that I have totally the opposite feelings about my Kindle Fire. In addition to having (cheap) books It is a wonderful source of diversion. I spend countless hours playing chess against an...
  6. Peder

    Barbara Tuchman: The Guns of August

    Dollars to donuts the ethnic and religious hatred have not gone away. :(
  7. Peder

    Booker Prize goes Hollywood?

    Unfortunately, the number of slurs I have seen in this forum through the years directed against Americans, as Americans, suggests to me that there is yet another reason at work for opposing the inclusion of American writing. :( PS Wasn't this just a recent issue also?
  8. Peder

    Thomas Mann: The Magic Mountain

    Of the major books being discussed today, this one (Magic Mountain) I have at least read. :) Many, many years ago, maybe even as an older teenager, I read and enjoyed the whole thing. I probably missed many of the deeper parts of the philosophical discussion, but I stuck with the leisurely pace...
  9. Peder

    Hunting Down The Pleonasms and Other Writing Advice

    Not just you Dmitri. I always call English my second language. I learned American first. :D
  10. Peder

    February 2014: Romance: Maria V. Snyder: Poison Study

    Aha! I thought we were having an atmospheric disturbance. ("Frequency" I think)
  11. Peder

    February 2014: Romance: Maria V. Snyder: Poison Study

    Whaaa? I'm not in that game either. :confused:
  12. Peder

    February 2014: Romance: Maria V. Snyder: Poison Study

    I guess that fantasy is just not a large enough part of my reading for me to know what to expect.
  13. Peder

    February 2014: Romance: Maria V. Snyder: Poison Study

    Hi Sparhawk. I found the considerations you raise distracting and annoying at times. First, the story was told in modern-day, quite literate English, together with some truly elegant vocabulary (a "burgeoning" library for one example I can remember). So I wondered just what the time frame...
  14. Peder

    February 2014: Romance: Maria V. Snyder: Poison Study

    Oh, I don't mind the occasional romances I have read. And I have been pleasantly surprised, as with Anita Shreve and Wedding in December, or Jane Eyre, or Marguerite Duras' The Lover, and so on. Although they all offer more than plain swooning romance.
  15. Peder

    Interesting Facts about Books

    Zaky, that was very interesting. Much more interesting than most lists of facts. Especially interesting were Shakespeare's new words. English is a dynamic language and it was wonderful to see his contributions to its growth. The numerical data on books was also interesting and informative in...
  16. Peder

    February 2014: Romance: Maria V. Snyder: Poison Study

    All done and medium disappointed. Snyder crafted an intricate and largely unpredictable plot line but she seemed very challenged in terms of describing setting and characters, and two scenes where Yelena is "attacked" were so abysmally written, IMO, that they were embarrassing to read. Their...
  17. Peder

    13 Utterly Disappointing Facts About Books

    I'm probably in the minority, but I would suggest that at least it was reading. However, relevant to the discussion here, perhaps reading books is just not as appealing to non-readers as their alternative entertainments. Perhaps Ivanhoe and Tale of Two Cities just don't hack it anymore compared...
  18. Peder

    February 2014: Romance: Maria V. Snyder: Poison Study

    About 2/3 done and I'll agree with you. As the plot intricacy grows, the suspense grows too and the story becomes much more interesting. I should wrap it up in the next day or two. :)
  19. Peder

    Book for a non-Reader?

    Indeed! So, Cristina, how about a response? It might even turn into a lively discussion about reading.
  20. Peder

    Book for a non-Reader?

    On the flip side, I hope it wasn't DE-motivating for those who did respond. I thought our responses were pretty good in variety and quantity. It looked like a maximal and thoughtful effort to me to not even get a "thank you.". Something should have clicked.
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