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"The Fatal Shore," although quite fantastic, isn't a novel.
I thought first of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series.
-jomo
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There are some things that can be done to enhance
reading from a monitor. The page size can be narrowed,
so that a line of type is only two or three phrases
long. It is difficult to return your eyes from the
extreme right to the extreme left without having to
search for the line you were on.
Another suggestion is to use a serif font for the
body text. We recognize familiar words by their
shape, and the top and bottom serifs (or "rails")
are more common in printed bodies of text, so the
"serifed" word-shapes are generally more familiar
and more quickly recognized/read.
Adjust the body type to a size that you are
comfortable with.
Personally, I enjoy screen-reading, be it on a
monitor or ebook. Anymore, I am annoyed by having
to manage a physical volume, especially if it is
large and/or heavy.
-jackotis
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Also known as "French mulberry."
-Jack Otis Moore
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I run and flap my arms and slowly, lumberingly take off.
Near the ground my control is clumsy, but with some
altitude I can soar and spiral wonderfully. Landing in
a tree is a real scratchy mess.
I love those dreams.
jackotis
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I have had a Sony PRS-505 for about two years now. I use it regularly and
like it a lot. It is light weight and the controls are conveniently placed
and easy to use, so that I can operate it with one hand if I choose. It
accommodates many file formats, and there is quite a lot of material available.
Text can be displayed in 3 sizes (I use the medium) and the screen is clean
and sharp. A full battery charge lasts a long time.
--jackotis
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It means the conveyance leaving the following day.
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The action verbs in both examples are past tense, and the
secondary verb infinitives are part of a descriptive phrase.
I played hard. Why? To impress the audience.
Sarah made some coffee. Why? To please the guests.
-jomo
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I agree completely - the reader makes all the difference.
Readers I have particularly enjoyed are Frederick Davidson
reading Robertson Davies' work, and Simon Vance reading
Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. Michael Chabon
reads his own work well.
It is probably true, that just as tastes differ in books,
the readers I enjoy listening to might send you snoring.
-jomo
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"Yet now" implies "despite previous reservations
or misgivings."
-jomo
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Lacking context, it sounds to me like "bygones" refers
to "the way things used to be."
-jomo
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