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Re: e-book flood

2008-10-13T04:49:27Z

"Al Smith" <inva...@address.com> wrote
Nah...audiobooks just engage the theta brainwaves...no beta activity. You
need to *read* to engage those waves. I find myself falling asleep when I
*listen* to a book.
;^)
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Re: e-book flood

2008-10-13T01:07:05Z

Are you kidding? An accurate speech to text engine? That's more
advanced than anything we have today. I'd take one.
I've long advocated computers that give feedback to the user,
letting the user know what is going on, and interacting with the
user. I like the "working" computer of Trek. It would be great to

Re: Top 20 Cthulhu Mythos Writings (Was: Re: BIOGRAPHY II

2008-10-12T22:45:05Z

"rancartwright" <demari...@hotmail.com> wrote
Myself, I've gone back to rereading a few classics of late. Just
finished THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, currently rereading THE HOUSE
OF THE SEVEN GABLES.
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I will probably go that route myself considering the copy of HP Lovecraft's

Re: Top 20 Cthulhu Mythos Writings (Was: Re: BIOGRAPHY II

2008-10-12T22:24:35Z

Interesting.
Myself, I've gone back to rereading a few classics of late. Just
finished THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, currently rereading THE HOUSE
OF THE SEVEN GABLES.

Re: HP Lovecraft FilmFest

2008-10-12T20:44:36Z

Hey Robert
I saw your trailer, but didn't realize it was yours. I hope you make
it out next year! I still need your autograph for my "Lurker in the
Lobby" (first edition) collection!
I don't know if I'll have time to do my usual wrap up this year, so
here's just the highlights:
"Alien Raiders" is a great Delta Green-esque feature; see it on video

Re: Top 20 Cthulhu Mythos Writings (Was: Re: BIOGRAPHY II

2008-10-12T20:00:49Z

< SO much to read and so many authors to discover. >
Me: Absolutely! I've just started the OUTLANDERS series now, with
40-some books awaiting my attention, and then there's also the
DEATHLANDS series of which it grew out of, with twice as many books.
And that's just me NEW reading plan, aside from all the other things

Re: e-book flood

2008-10-12T20:09:41Z

"james ambuehl" <jamesambu...@webtv.net> wrote
It amuses me to think that in the next big quake (here in SF), they will
find me buried beneath my collection of books. I think that is appropriate.
Just stick a tombstone in me...I'm done!
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Re: e-book flood

2008-10-12T19:49:58Z

Books will NEVER be obsolete in THIS household! In fact, I'm still
(happily) wall-to-wall with them! ;-)
-- Jim
"When the Big Sleep ends, the Nightmares begin!" -- HARDBOILED CTHULHU:
TWO-FISTED TALES OF TENTACLED TERROR, edited by James Ambuehl and out
now from Elder Signs Press! Available from Clarkesworld Books,

Re: e-book flood

2008-10-12T19:48:22Z

< Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. We're headed for a Star Trek
future, where we all read from little tablets, and where printed books
are heirlooms. >
Me: Well, at least it's more plausible than that old dictaphone
computer Commander Adama had on the classic BATTLESTAR GALACTICA where
he spoke into the dinky little microphone and the words appeared on the

Re: e-book flood

2008-10-12T19:36:59Z

"Al Smith" <inva...@address.com> wrote
Thankfully, I won't be around for the end of the world.
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Re: e-book flood

2008-10-12T19:16:22Z

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. We're headed for a Star Trek
future, where we all read from little tablets, and where printed
books are heirlooms.
-Al-

Re: e-book flood

2008-10-12T19:00:42Z

"Al Smith" <inva...@address.com> wrote
I absolutely detest reading from the monitor. After reading the posts on
newsgroups, I need to get away from the PC for a while...very taxing on the
eyes.
And Goddess help us! When we don't have books to hold in our ravenous little
hands anymore...to touch and smell and excitedly turn the pages in

Re: Top 20 Cthulhu Mythos Writings (Was: Re: BIOGRAPHY II

2008-10-12T18:51:28Z

"james ambuehl" <jamesambu...@webtv.net> wrote
I do not dismiss the writings out of hand...I just have very broad reading
interests and do not focus on *weird* fiction. I find myself far more
enthralled with the real life story of HP Lovecraft than I am with his
tales...though they certainly are fascinating reading...very atmospheric.

Top 20 Cthulhu Mythos Writings (Was: Re: BIOGRAPHY II

2008-10-12T17:10:07Z

Hi Shemakhan,
Don't dismiss the Cthulhu Mythos writings out of hand, like some do.
Like anything else, their quality is often subjective, less so to some
people than others (I've hardly met a Mythos tale I didn't find some
worth out of, myself, for instance) but there are some very decent
Cthulhoid writers and books out there. DEAD BUT DREAMING, for instance,

Re: e-book flood

2008-10-12T17:20:41Z

It's very seldom that I read a paper book these days. I find them
harder to read than an electronic book. With my old Palm III, I can
turn a page at the touch of a button, and the lines of text are very
short, making scanning across them effortless. At night, I turn on
the back light and read in a dark room. What could be better for