tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post5820542864546843588..comments2023-03-22T03:46:05.342-07:00Comments on One Finger Typing: Slow reading: Tolstoy's War and PeaceSteve Masoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-76627145428957752142011-05-26T21:35:08.814-07:002011-05-26T21:35:08.814-07:00@Glenn: You're doing better than me on Proust....@Glenn: You're doing better than me on Proust. That's another one I never made it through ... maybe half through <em>Swann's Way</em>, maybe thirty years ago. Oddly enough, I just used the opening lines of that novel in a post published for my work today.<br /><br />I think that people who love <em>LoTR</em> are really into the long boring descriptive passages, and people who find Tolkien not so interesting aren't. I loved every word. Read the whole series, <em>The Hobbit</em> included, ten times or more before I graduated high school. Boy, I wish I still had that much time to read......Steve Masoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-60134767016125226402011-05-26T21:18:07.546-07:002011-05-26T21:18:07.546-07:00I've stalled about midway thru the second volu...I've stalled about midway thru the second volume of Proust. I'm going to get back to it. Not because I'm supposed to, but because it's fun. This past year I hadn't the concentration required tho. You have to be able to follow the thing for at least four pages (tight leading, small print) or you lose the train. <br /><br />The biggest book my mother read us was The Lord of the Rings. I remember her asking if she could skip some of the long boring descriptive passages. "NO!" my brother & I cried.Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-68652377585026783422011-05-26T20:42:50.474-07:002011-05-26T20:42:50.474-07:00@Lindy: Who told you that you write "ratty li...@Lindy: Who told you that you write "ratty little cop books"? That's downright untrue ... Anyway, variety is the spice of life, no?<br /><br />@Karen: Nope, didn't know that about your childhood. That's terrific. Maybe if I'd gotten Tolstoy instead of <em>The Little Engine that Could</em> and <em>The Dr. Seuss Sleep Book</em> (each a classic in its own right, mind you), I would have been able to tolerate Rushdie better than I do.Steve Masoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387484207819808962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-75004096636769053492011-05-26T20:36:47.774-07:002011-05-26T20:36:47.774-07:00Nice steve ..I think you know my childhood story w...Nice steve ..I think you know my childhood story w this one...this was what mom wanted to read when I was four,so she read it to us as our nighttime reading book, aloud, and that book of characters did fall out and we had to scramble to fig out what who was who...this may explain my patience w some really boring really fascinating books over the years on the side, like" gender and genius" ,a great example of the form...I've had alot of resistance w Rushdie 's language sometimes, and set his books away after 100 pgs, only to find later when I picked them up that they were brilliant...and readable ...I had to give in to the same sort of languorous process, then ended up being my favs...<br />Kkaren ganzhttp://kganz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5165118504093345923.post-51619088557347909312011-05-26T10:02:16.735-07:002011-05-26T10:02:16.735-07:00Steve -
It's an odd, weird, and just bizarre t...Steve -<br />It's an odd, weird, and just bizarre that you're stuck reading a ratty little cop book at the same time you're reading Tolstoy. Even weirder for the author of the ratty little cop book :)<br /><br />LindyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com