#121

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Southern Ohio
(07-17-2016, 09:15 PM)DapperDragon Wrote: I've personally almost completely switched over to eBooks. I love the convenience of having a book with me everywhere.

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#122

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Austin, TX
(07-17-2016, 09:15 PM)DapperDragon Wrote: I've personally almost completely switched over to eBooks. I love the convenience of having a book with me everywhere.

I read A LOT. My wife purchased an e-reader for me some years ago due to my "library" overrunning our house and at first I very much disliked it.

Now, nearly 100% of all works of fiction live there. All non-fiction, educational and tech publications are still books.

I travel quite a bit so the Kindle helps with that too and it also supports my reading idiosyncrasies quite well [cross references, vague and ancillary recollections etc.].

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#123

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San Diego, Cal., USA
(07-18-2016, 02:24 PM)kwsher Wrote:
(07-17-2016, 09:15 PM)DapperDragon Wrote: I've personally almost completely switched over to eBooks. I love the convenience of having a book with me everywhere.

I read A LOT. My wife purchased an e-reader for me some years ago due to my "library" overrunning our house and at first I very much disliked it.

Now, nearly 100% of all works of fiction live there. All non-fiction, educational and tech publications are still books.

I travel quite a bit so the Kindle helps with that too and it also supports my reading idiosyncrasies quite well [cross references, vague and ancillary recollections etc.].

Well, because it's for travel and work, Kevin, I might forgive you. Tongue

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#124

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Austin, TX
(07-18-2016, 03:47 PM)Freddy Wrote:
(07-18-2016, 02:24 PM)kwsher Wrote:
(07-17-2016, 09:15 PM)DapperDragon Wrote: I've personally almost completely switched over to eBooks. I love the convenience of having a book with me everywhere.

I read A LOT. My wife purchased an e-reader for me some years ago due to my "library" overrunning our house and at first I very much disliked it.

Now, nearly 100% of all works of fiction live there. All non-fiction, educational and tech publications are still books.

I travel quite a bit so the Kindle helps with that too and it also supports my reading idiosyncrasies quite well [cross references, vague and ancillary recollections etc.].

Well, because it's for travel and work, Kevin, I might forgive you. Tongue

Sometimes it's hard for me even to forgive myself Smile I never would have thought that I would use an e-reader as much as I do.

Not only the tactile sensation of reading a book but the smell too.

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#126

That Bald Guy with the Big Beard
Bishop, CA
I just finished "Mostly Harmless" by Douglas Adams. The fifth book in the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. I have 1, 3, 4, and 5. I'm missing book two, though. Gonna have to get that ASAP...


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#127

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(07-19-2016, 03:17 PM)BadDad Wrote: I just finished "Mostly Harmless" by Douglas Adams. The fifth book in the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. I have 1, 3, 4, and 5. I'm missing book two, though. Gonna have to get that ASAP...


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Okay, I have to ask, Chris, how can book 5 of a series be part of a trilogy? Huh
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That Bald Guy with the Big Beard
Bishop, CA
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(07-19-2016, 04:04 PM)Freddy Wrote:
(07-19-2016, 03:17 PM)BadDad Wrote: I just finished "Mostly Harmless" by Douglas Adams. The fifth book in the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. I have 1, 3, 4, and 5. I'm missing book two, though. Gonna have to get that ASAP...


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Okay, I have to ask, Chris, how can book 5 of a series be part of a trilogy?  Huh

It's a comedy series...and it is that kind of subtle humour that makes it interesting to me...

It started as a scripted radio program, then became a scripted TV program in the UK. Then it became a book, then a trilogy. Then it became 4 books, then they were compiled into 1 larger book. Then it became a 5-book series...

Its all very interesting...or not...but it is very funny...

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#129

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(07-19-2016, 04:08 PM)BadDad Wrote:
(07-19-2016, 04:04 PM)Freddy Wrote:
(07-19-2016, 03:17 PM)BadDad Wrote: I just finished "Mostly Harmless" by Douglas Adams. The fifth book in the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. I have 1, 3, 4, and 5. I'm missing book two, though. Gonna have to get that ASAP...


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Okay, I have to ask, Chris, how can book 5 of a series be part of a trilogy?  Huh

It's a comedy series...and it is that kind of subtle humour that makes it interesting to me...

Got it. I have seen the original, know it's hugely popular and tried reading a few pages. It just wasn't for me. No wonder I didn't get the reference. Tongue

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#130

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(07-19-2016, 03:17 PM)BadDad Wrote: I just finished "Mostly Harmless" by Douglas Adams. The fifth book in the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. I have 1, 3, 4, and 5. I'm missing book two, though. Gonna have to get that ASAP...


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Book two has so many references that show up in the other books you will need to read that one.

This is one of my top book series.  I have read it a number of times and will have to pull it out and read it again.

Favorite all time line when Arthur is dealing with the local council that is trying to tear down his house.

“But Mr Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last nine months.”
“Oh yes, well as soon as I heard I went straight round to see them, yesterday afternoon. You hadn’t exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them, had you? I mean, like actually telling anybody or anything.”
“But the plans were on display …”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard’.”

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