Re: (review) The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold

On 4/2/25 12:02 AM, Titus G wrote:

On 2/04/25 10:13, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

In article <vshkjo$1pkr$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

On 4/1/2025 2:27 PM, Tony Nance wrote:

On 3/27/25 9:39 AM, James Nicoll wrote:

The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Efforts to decontaminate a radioactive zone on Barrayar produce
an entirely unexpected discovery.
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https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/yonder-stands-your-orphan

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I spend enough of my work time reading a screen that I don't enjoy
reading for pleasure on one. But works like this one -- not available on
paper to this point -- make me sorely tempted to put up with it anyway.
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Tony

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Ebooks are slowly killing all of the deadtree reprints.  I hate ebooks.
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Lynn
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Well, you could always print it out yourself.  Of course then it
wouldn't be "well bound" :-)

 Today I bought my seventh new Kindle, (three were for gifts), and the
only possible superior benefit of a dead tree book compared to an ebook
that I can think of is the cover staring back at you from the bookcase.
This 7 inch 300ppi power off screen shows the book cover but not in colour.
With regard to Tony's original point, I occasionally read short stories
on the PC screen which I find tiring but the Paperwhite Kindles screen
is clearer than real paper for me and not tiring. But I usually read
first and read the screen later in the day.

Yeah, I'm sure I'll give e-reading a more serious attempt at some point. Sounds like a worthy project to spend time on in retirement.[1]
Tony
[1] Not planning on retiring any time soon, but I have started a wishlist of projects. Some will be fun, and some have been added by my wife. :)