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| From | Don Kuenz <g@crcomp.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: How many books do tou read in parallel? |
| Date | 2016-10-14 00:26 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <20161013a@crcomp.net> (permalink) |
| References | <7b927fe3-a87b-4f02-ba5a-2c10430e98b1@googlegroups.com> <ntop6r$47i$1@dont-email.me> |
Wayne Brown <fwbrown@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Oct 2016 06:22:44 in article <7b927fe3-a87b-4f02-ba5a-2c10430e98b1@googlegroups.com> alal65536@gmail.com wrote:
>> How many books do you read in parallel? I am currently reading
>> two books in parallel, Half a War (Fiction - Fantasy), and Chronicles
>> (Non-Fiction - Economics). I find it easy and natural to juggle
>> two books, one fiction and one non-fiction.
>>
>> I remember when I was in University, I had taken seven courses my
>> final semester, so at that time I was reading up to seven textbooks,
>> not to mention recreational reading.
>
> I read mostly nonfiction, and may be reading about five or six at any
> given time. When I add fiction to the mix it's usually not more than
> one or two of those at once, and one of those usually ends up taking
> precedence so that I read it almost exclusively until it's finished.
It's about the same with me. My current reading list includes technical
tomes, such as the _Art of Electronics_, along with history and
religious books. (Thank you mcdowell_ag for reminding me about the
latter.)
My science fiction list includes _Brain_ (Cook) accompanied by _Atlas of
Human Anatomy_ (Netter) and _Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary_.
The accompaniment is there to help me grok concepts such as:
We don't take the superior temporal gyrus on this patient.
It takes days, if not weeks, for me to finish one science fiction novel.
Interesting short stories can and do interrupt any given novel.
Interruptions do not reflect on the quality of a novel. Because as soon
as a novel turns into a stinker it gets dropped faster than a campaign
promise the day after an election.
Thank you,
--
Don Kuenz KB7RPU
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
- Wordsworth
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