Kindle: others' opinions? Since I don't buy many books, my principal interest would be those available for free online, as from Google's new book collection -- just discovered that many of P O'B's books are in there for free! -- but I wonder if a Kindle + lifetime wireless is worth the cost over a sunk-cost 17" MacBook Pro + ATT cellular broadband?
Anyone? Patrick Moore, dreaming of lobscous for dinner (washed down by grog). On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a couple of friends who love those books. I keep meaning to > check them out. > > I've noticed lots of Riv enthusiast like John McPhee. Coming Into the > Country is one of my favorite books. > > This has really been a year of nonfiction for me with some of my > favorite reads being Columbine, The Big Short, and Just Kids. I read a > book by John Zerzan--Running on Emptiness--which was interesting and > thought provoking but ultimately left me thinking he's insane. Derrick > Jensen is better at that kind of writing/thinking. > > Finally, and very un-Rivishly, I made the jump to the Kindle and have > to admit that I like it a lot. > > Riv content... none other than the use of the word Riv and the fact > that McPhee has been mentioned multiple times in the RR. > > --mike > > > > On Dec 26, 11:58 am, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: >> Grant should add these to the Riv catalogue -- best historical novels >> I've come across: the Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin Royal Navy series, >> about 2 dozen spanning the years 1803 to about 1815 and the career of >> the former from his first command to his appointment as a low level >> Admiral. No steel, but wool and wood and linen in plenty and a very >> sophisticated "learn the ropes" technology to keep a sailing ship >> moving across the globe by wind alone. The movie was well done, tho' >> it is a pastiche of several of the novels. In particular, Crowe and >> Bettany are well cast -- tho' Crowe should be taller and fatter. And >> the music is wonderful. >> >> I hear he has the jargon down right, and he does have the period >> grammar down, all the way to the proper use of the conditional: "If he >> don't come, he doesn't signify." >> >> Move over, Jane Austen. >> >> Riv content: obvious, to me anyway. I am now about 6/24. >> >> -- >> Patrick Moore >> Albuquerque, NM >> For professional resumes, contact >> Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
