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mstephen51
Nov 8, 2012, 2:58:34 PM11/8/12
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Just started re-reading Liz Williams _Nine Layers of Sky_. I liked this
book enormously when I first read it, but every page comes as a surprise
to me now. I've no doubt that I've forgotten hundreds, maybe thousands,
of books I considered mediocre, but I remember many books in fair detail
that I read 50 years ago, even if I didn't like them much.
Are any of the other older readers experiencing this?
Is this a huge money saving opportunity?
MarkS
book enormously when I first read it, but every page comes as a surprise
to me now. I've no doubt that I've forgotten hundreds, maybe thousands,
of books I considered mediocre, but I remember many books in fair detail
that I read 50 years ago, even if I didn't like them much.
Are any of the other older readers experiencing this?
Is this a huge money saving opportunity?
MarkS
jack....@gmail.com
Nov 9, 2012, 11:26:36 AM11/9/12
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On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:58:34 -0500, mstephen51 <mste...@rcn.com>
wrote:
>Just started re-reading Liz Williams _Nine Layers of Sky_. I liked this
>book enormously when I first read it, but every page comes as a surprise
>to me now. I've no doubt that I've forgotten hundreds, maybe thousands,
>of books I considered mediocre, but I remember many books in fair detail
>that I read 50 years ago, even if I didn't like them much.
>
>Are any of the other older readers experiencing this?
John Varley's _Titan_ was mentioned recently. I've (mercifully,
deliberately?) forgotten most of the third book, as it really went off
the rails of what I'd thought the story to be. But I also don't
recall what would have been happening in the middle book; I'm
interpolating more of the first, with depressing twists.
>Is this a huge money saving opportunity?
Is it a spoiler when the ending comes rushing back to your memory a
few pages early?
--
-Jack
wrote:
>Just started re-reading Liz Williams _Nine Layers of Sky_. I liked this
>book enormously when I first read it, but every page comes as a surprise
>to me now. I've no doubt that I've forgotten hundreds, maybe thousands,
>of books I considered mediocre, but I remember many books in fair detail
>that I read 50 years ago, even if I didn't like them much.
>
>Are any of the other older readers experiencing this?
deliberately?) forgotten most of the third book, as it really went off
the rails of what I'd thought the story to be. But I also don't
recall what would have been happening in the middle book; I'm
interpolating more of the first, with depressing twists.
>Is this a huge money saving opportunity?
few pages early?
--
-Jack
jack....@gmail.com
Nov 9, 2012, 8:13:28 AM11/9/12
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mstephen51 wrote:
>Just started re-reading Liz Williams _Nine Layers of Sky_. I liked this
>book enormously when I first read it, but every page comes as a surprise
>to me now. I've no doubt that I've forgotten hundreds, maybe thousands,
>of books I considered mediocre, but I remember many books in fair detail
>that I read 50 years ago, even if I didn't like them much.
>
>Are any of the other older readers experiencing this?
>Just started re-reading Liz Williams _Nine Layers of Sky_. I liked this
>book enormously when I first read it, but every page comes as a surprise
>to me now. I've no doubt that I've forgotten hundreds, maybe thousands,
>of books I considered mediocre, but I remember many books in fair detail
>that I read 50 years ago, even if I didn't like them much.
>
>Are any of the other older readers experiencing this?
John Varley's _Titan_ was mentioned recently. I've (mercifully,
deliberately?) forgotten most of the third book, as it really went off
the rails of what I'd thought the story to be. But I also don't
recall what would have been happening in the middle book; I'm
interpolating more of the first, with depressing twists.
deliberately?) forgotten most of the third book, as it really went off
the rails of what I'd thought the story to be. But I also don't
recall what would have been happening in the middle book; I'm
interpolating more of the first, with depressing twists.
>Is this a huge money saving opportunity?
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