tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post4577812265893639086..comments2023-07-03T09:22:01.637+01:00Comments on tasting rhubarb: Summer readingJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-64012249028831731612010-06-24T10:56:56.712+01:002010-06-24T10:56:56.712+01:00Yes, this would certainly the perfect thing to rea...Yes, this would certainly the perfect thing to read on an e-reader!<br /><br />I haven't yet had any covetous feelings towards such a thing. But clearly they will become increasingly useful for some kinds of reading, while I don't see how they could ever rival printed books for other kinds.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-29880408590694292312010-06-23T22:25:00.682+01:002010-06-23T22:25:00.682+01:00This is one instance where ebooks are tempting. U...This is one instance where ebooks are tempting. Usually there's nothing like the sensation of a solid book in your hand...but if I traveled a lot, I'd be tempted to get a Kindle or other ebook device in order to carry a whole pile of "books" in my purse. <br /><br />It sounds like this one book is itself quite a pile.Loriannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610684937868696220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-9296844981896075382010-06-23T15:12:00.767+01:002010-06-23T15:12:00.767+01:00Pedophilia, yikes! Of course, this was an age wher...Pedophilia, yikes! Of course, this was an age where child-brides were the norm. But we bring our own moral norms as readers, just as the writer brings hers. To bridge the ages through a text cannot mean to ignore such issues, or the reader/writer relationship has no meaning beyond a dry academic exercise, I think. Well, we shall see.<br /><br />Tyler, hello! Yes, that would be a solution, but it's a very lovely book and the price was commensurate with the size - more than twice the usual price of a paperback :-(Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-91513762869464843512010-06-23T14:52:32.771+01:002010-06-23T14:52:32.771+01:00Well, back in '63, I found myself in a similar...Well, back in '63, I found myself in a similar situation, with Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged".<br /><br />I tore the paperback book in half.Tylerhttp://ora2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-33605179951580563192010-06-23T14:52:28.723+01:002010-06-23T14:52:28.723+01:00Haven't heard of that translator. I haven'...Haven't heard of that translator. I haven't read the Genji in 25 years -- maybe I'm due for a re-read. I seem to remember Genji's pedophilia making me twitchy.Davehttp://www.vianegativa.usnoreply@blogger.com