tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post8760656881674496435..comments2024-03-28T01:35:06.113-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Low Tech Books Still Offer More Than High-Tech ReplacementsSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-88565773099771226972007-02-21T16:52:00.000-06:002007-02-21T16:52:00.000-06:00I haven't read many of the famous Russian authors,...I haven't read many of the famous Russian authors, Nick. I find the short stories to be more digestable than the long novels and much of my problem has been that I haven't found the translations that make them read right to "my ear."Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-63026772526806295682007-02-21T06:33:00.000-06:002007-02-21T06:33:00.000-06:00I am sure works by Chekhov et al must lose an awfu...I am sure works by Chekhov et al must lose an awful lot in the translation process, or maybe it's just me, because I feel the same about Tolstoy and Dostoyevski(sp)<BR/>Having said that I greatly admire Solcheneskin(spelling not even remotely correct) A day in the life of Ivan Denisovitch really brought home to me the misey of the Stalags. The Russians who had languished there for decades helped Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-49713305611235147032007-02-19T08:09:00.000-06:002007-02-19T08:09:00.000-06:00Hello Lee...Isn't that Chekhov link great? I've r...Hello Lee...Isn't that Chekhov link great? I've read more of his work off that link than I have in real books myself. I would prefer to have a book with all those stories in it but since I don't have one, I'm grateful for the new technology that makes them available to me this way.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-38261300885684730982007-02-19T02:36:00.000-06:002007-02-19T02:36:00.000-06:00Hi Sam, I'm not into predictions, because 99% of t...Hi Sam, I'm not into predictions, because 99% of the time, mine seem to be wrong, but I'm definitely grateful for your Chekhov link, since I've decided to read as many of his stories as I can. I love books, but I love written words more - and personally don't care in which form I read them. Nor do I see this whole debate as an either/or issue.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com