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

James Nicoll wrote:

Default User wrote:

Tony Nance wrote:
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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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For me, there's a big difference between the desktop monitor and my
e-reader on the iPad. Although no longer a productive member of
society, I still spend a good bit of the day using the desktop for
various things.
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I wasn't sure how I'd feel about e-books when I first tried, but I was
quickly won over any that's pretty much my only reading method. I never
had big stacks of unread books, and now I never run into the problem of
running out. As long as I have internet, the library and book sellers
are always open.
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I have the e-reader set to dark mode, which I find very soothing, and I
can adjust the font size to the point where I don't need to bother with
reading glasses.

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I have a vast ebook library and I do most of my reading using my
e-reader (or tablet, for pdfs) but the sensation of reading words
on screen is for reasons I don't understand less pleasing than
words on paper.

Although most stories are uploaded via audio format these days, only
paperbacks are eyeball-worthy. AI's response to a recent request by me:
in the style of a Shakespeare sonnet say: "stories in my library appear
in both paperback and epub format."

    Fair library of mine, where tales do dwell,
    In volumes bound with paper, soft and bright,
    And in the realm of e-readers, stories tell
    Their digital charm, in epub's gentle light.

    The paperback's tactile touch doth please mine eyes,
    As pages turned with fingers, a delight,
    Yet epub's convenience, in its digital guise,
    Doth offer ease, and a most wondrous sight.

    Thus, in my library, both forms do stand,
    A testament to choice, and reader's hand,
    For some, the feel of paper doth entice,
    While others prefer the digital device.

    And so, my library doth cater to all,
    In paperback and epub, stories do enthrall.

Danke,

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