On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 19:05:57 GMT, dontno314 <dontno314@hushmail.com> wrote:
>BorkedBorg@13of9.com wrote:
>>On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 07:35:51 GMT, dontno314 <dontno314@hushmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>BorkedBorg@13of9.com wrote:
>>>>On Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:24:23 -0400, BillFrugge <pinback@darkstar.spc> wrote:
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>>>>>On 2019-07-15 07:26:42 +0000, dontno314 said:
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>>>>(Lotsa snippage)
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>>>>>As for writers, My preference is the works of Isaac Asimov. But I've
>>>>>also enjoyed reading a lot of the books by James P Hogan, Michael
>>>>>Crichton, and Frank Herbert. And I can't overlook Andre Norton, Murray
>>>>>Leinster, and Ursula K LeGuin.
>>>>
>>>>I grew up on Andre Norton, Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein
>>>>
>>>>It was years before I found out there was anybody else. LOL
>>>
>>>
>>>Read NIVEN "Known Space Series!"
>>
>>Oh Yes! And since then, dozens of others. All-time favourite: Frank
>>Herbert's Dune although I was far less impressed with the others in the
>>series. My latest discovery, made just a few years ago when I could still
>>read comfortably, was CJ Cherryh. Her Company Wars series was so reminiscent
>>of the books that got me reading when I was young.
>
>What's your problem with reading? Because of changes in my eye sight, I use a
>11" Android tablet with Kindle and change the font/size to read comfortably. I
>also use magnifiers to read paper text (and a 4x lit headset to read labels!).
>With 40' of books in my library, I am getting pissed at aging!
>
>Maybe I can make suggestions.
I read voraciously when I was younger. Now I pick up a book and within
minutes my eyelids are drooping. Maybe it's too much TV and computer.
I'm already wearing bifocals. I recently got rid of boxes and boxes of books
I'd gathered over the years. Lots of charities wanted them delivered. I gave
them to the first person who came, boxed them and carried them upstairs. Since
they've been gone I'm doing a lot less sneezing--they certainly collected
dust. LOL.
(I should do the same with my records. After CDs and USB sticks it's such a
PITA to have to get up every ten minutes to turn the record over.)
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