Hello, Kay;

15 May 05 16:47, Kay Shapero wrote to Robert Bull:

 RB>> That's numerous recharges to wade through blockbuster 19th
 RB>> century novels, but at least it makes use of time waiting in line

 KS> How many hours in a row do you *want* to spend wading through such?  I
 KS> figure an hour or two at most before I go do something else (and I

Valid point, and a reason why I rarely attempt to read 19th century novels.  
I read the Kalevala a bit like that, reading three sections or so at a 
time, then changing to something else so it didn't get stale.

 KS> suspect I may never finish War and Peace - I'm only a bit further than
 KS> I was when last I wrote, and I don't entirely care what happens to any
 KS> of 'em any more.)  Of course I may read faster than you do, too.

I think ANNA KARENINA is supposed to be a better book, but I've never tried 
to read W&P.  Slow books that are too big are apt lose one's attention.  
Did see a bit of one of the W&P films, on TV.

 RB>> wish Palm had made extended-liffe battery packs, or something...

 KS> They have - or at least I found a link to a place on line that was
 KS> sold out of 'em... :(

What does that tell you  :-(

 RB>> Did you ever read that Bob Shaw story

 KS> Nope.  And now I suspect I don't have to.  :)

There's more to it than that joke  :-)

 RB>> Never read Dunsany.  Suppose I ought to keep a look out for him.

 KS> He's one of those writers whose work one tends to either love or hate.
 KS> Your best bet to find out which camp you fall into is probably to read
 KS> one of his short story collections (though not Fifty One Tales, which

OK, thanks.  Still working on furry fandom?

     Regards,

              Robert.

CBIP:  BEGINNING THE WORLD  by  Karen Armstrong
     How the nun who flew the coop came to terms with life outside the 
     cloister.  Very readable and interesting Part 2 of an autobiography.

Just finished:  THE BLIND MAN OF SEVILLE  by  Robert Wilson
     Ultimately, very clever - but too complicated, like most thrillers - 
     and a thoroughly nasty portrait of a monster, but not the monster you 
     expected on starting the book.

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