Agreed Jeff. The all around, data access, communication, easy to use, caters to Palm strengths. OTOH because of its high level of minimum complexity, ...
There are so many Sony PDA fans on this site (that includes you too, Jeff, right?) that I just had to explain why hell will freeze over before I buy one. The...
I happen to think most of this is pretentious literary snobbery, but it's interesting reading. Weeks misses the point that what makes a story good is the...
From: Jeff Kirvin [mailto:jkirvin@...] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 3:08 PM ... I agree. IMHO, style adds a sort of texture to the story, but does...
Admittedly, I find a well plotted, poorly styled story more enjoyable than a well styled, poorly plotted story. That said, there is no reason not to have ...
Maybe I've been reading too much "No-style" writing how-to and advice, but I was rather under the impression that the quickest way to fail to have a good style...
Style is not something you can pour on like pancake syrup. (The simile just came to me-- I was not trying to be stylish. OK, so I'm a liar.) The article in the...
Wilddonkey@...
Dec 5, 2001 2:37 am
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... I still think this misses the point. Yardley is right about those books from 1951 in that they have a style -- sometimes slick, sometimes clunky -- that...
From the article in question: ""Poor Faulkner,' Hemingway once said. 'Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the...
Hi, I Just create a new polling in responding so many e-publishing companies have been closed down. Polling #27: Why is the market for e-books has simply not...
Thanks for both articles. I enjoyed reading them, and I confess to agreeing with them somewhat. Actually, the articles expressed something that I have felt...
You missed one important factor - E-books are too expensive. Publishers need to treat e-books like long distance companies treat consumers. Long distance...
If I may, I think we're getting caught up in the twists and turns of details and I understand that they're important but ... The business-to-business (B2B)...
Ayn Rand, Raymond Chandler, Harlan Ellison, Cornell Woolrich, Philip K. Dick, to name a few. ... ===== Mike Cane mikecane01@... (please note the zero-one...
There are arguments for and against the Post article. Most of the "authors" mentioned are producing temporary trash. Comic books without pictures for ...
... Tom> I reread "Moby Dick" every other year to remind myself that a good story and Tom> good writing are not mutually exclusive. (Confession: I do skip...
Laura Conrad
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Dec 6, 2001 2:09 pm
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... Agreed, but I don't think style necessariily begs that question. My favorite authors, whose I books I will now buy sight unseen, got to be my favorites by...
In a message dated 12/6/01 1:13:38 PM US Eastern Standard Time, ... For me, at least, it's not only too many choices, but also too many different formats to...
Has anyone read Patricia Cornwell? Worthwhile? What's her writing style? I happened to catch her on ABC's Primetime last night, claiming to have solved the...
Mike, ... She happens to be one of my favorite authors. I'm strongly biased in favor of books with strong female protagonists, as are all of hers that I've...
In addition to the refurbished TRGPro units for $99 that I mentioned earlier this week, Handera now has the 330 available refurbished for $229, a $70 savings...
http://www.tt-tec.com/html/Products/T111.htm -- this looks damned nice; best of all I've seen. ===== Mike Cane mikecane01@... (please note the zero-one...
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001 09:18:00 -0800 (PST), Mike Cane ... It looks like something for those who have "Blackberry envy". :-) PalmGear has the same product by the...
I tried the Visor one at PC Expo before it was out. I raved about it at PIC then. The m5xx one has a folding feature that makes it even better. ... ===== ...
On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 06:30:32 -0800 (PST), Dave P <dave_p_1@...> ... Yeah, I saw that, but don't have a V and don't have $89 ! I'm just looking for an...
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