tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5869915896139629666..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: We are living in happiness and with a sense of constancy as if in an Indian Summer - Stifter, cultural prophetAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-28606218654471198982013-03-05T08:43:54.717-06:002013-03-05T08:43:54.717-06:00The last couple of Kipling collections I read were...The last couple of Kipling collections I read were from Google books, so I am trying. They had the old illustrations, which was very nice. Still, I was (merely) reading short stories on the computer. A novel would be a challenge - new habits, new strategies.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-49733354935847633732013-03-05T00:44:23.412-06:002013-03-05T00:44:23.412-06:00Yes, it's exactly like The Road, inside my com...Yes, it's exactly like The Road, inside my comfortable middle-class house.<br /><br />I hadn't thought of the computer; I've got my e-reader with me here in France and there's a lifetime of (free, out-of-copyright) books on it. I could go that direction as well.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251983804060081813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-34465531992217789402013-03-04T14:37:04.162-06:002013-03-04T14:37:04.162-06:00It's like an apocalyptic fantasy scenario, isn...It's like an apocalyptic fantasy scenario, isn't it?<br /><br />My great adaptation would be learning to read longer texts on my computer.<br /><br />This Herman Broch book, as you might guess, is esoteric enough that I needed a public <i>university</i> library.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71700629043568987322013-03-04T14:25:01.678-06:002013-03-04T14:25:01.678-06:00I could not possibly adapt, not for things that ar...I could not possibly adapt, not for things that are new to me. I would say perhaps 97% of what I read comes from libraries; I have not got the space nor the budget to adapt. I would have to start re-reading. Which, I suppose, is a project of a different sort. But aieee!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251983804060081813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-11465106748918670642013-03-03T18:02:23.319-06:002013-03-03T18:02:23.319-06:00I would be sunk without libraries. No, I would ad...I would be sunk without libraries. No, I would adapt, but it would be hard.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-16891801861362813652013-03-03T14:27:09.647-06:002013-03-03T14:27:09.647-06:00I don't have that one! And I live in a state t...I don't have that one! And I live in a state that doesn't believe in public libraries. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-9494248753424277872013-03-02T20:03:36.608-06:002013-03-02T20:03:36.608-06:00Hugo von Hofmannsthal and His Time! I used an exc...<i>Hugo von Hofmannsthal and His Time</i>! I used an exclamation point because it is such a good book. That's the Broch, the only Broch I have read. Short, dense, intense. It is about one-third Hofmannsthal and two-thirds His Time.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-74711990022179273262013-03-02T19:54:30.945-06:002013-03-02T19:54:30.945-06:00What's on the agenda from Herman Broch? Maybe ...What's on the agenda from Herman Broch? Maybe I can read along for once. I just couldn't bring myself to read Indian Summer. At least not yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com