Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Reading electronically







Here is the big Christmas present from my Wife.

When I was shipping my things across from England to America, I worked out that I had sent over 45kgs of books.  I can't even think of how much the overall fedex bill was.


Now if I wanted too, I could put hundreds of these books onto a thin and very light piece of plastic!  The whole idea of reading on a regular basis has made me happy.  Instead of carrying around a thick book, I can easily slip the e-book device into a bag.

Amazon, and other sites have thousands of free books you can download to the Kindle, and so far I have enjoyed reading The Invisible Man; HG Wells.  I Loved the 'englishness' of the book.  There is violence featured, but it is sort of 'off-screen' to use a film term.  A couple of times a character will swear, but it is read like 'Griffen swore'.  Towards the end, when the Invisible Man has escaped, the other main characters are discussing how to catch him.  After a character suggested placing broken glass around a house, a policeman tells him that this idea is 'unsportsmanlike' Haha.

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