From: Pete Dashwood on
Fred Mobach wrote:
> Pete Dashwood wrote:
>
>> Alistair wrote:
>>> On Feb 5, 10:32 am, "Pete Dashwood"
>>> <dashw...(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>>>> Sure. But don't try and rewrite Shakespeare in English, either.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I can't resist:
>>>
>>> 2 B / not 2 B?
>>
>> LOL!
>>
>> I guess it is only a matterof time before someone with more time on
>> their hands than they should have, produces a TXT version of the
>> works of Shakespeare.
>>
>> If it would get kids to read the original, I wouldn't complain. :-)
>
> If via
> lynx -dump
> to TXT reformatted HTML will do you can have a look at
> http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

When I was a teenager I had the Complete works of Shakespeare (and a few
others of my favourite authors, Kipling, Poe, and Edgar Rice Burroughs (many
people don't realize he wrote a lot more than "Tarzan") in book form, of
course, and spent many happy hours engrossed in them. Over the years, with
travelling and moving (not to mention pilferage from storage warehouses)
these have been lost and I keep thinking I must replace them, but never get
round to it. From time to time, I get the urge for Shakespeare and I
recently bought the RSC production of King Lear, on DVD. It came with a
bound transcript, and, although it is not my favourite Shakespeare play (and
is pretty heavy going in places) I did enjoy it.

Thank you so much for this link, Fred. I have bookmarked it and will be
using it.

Pete.
--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."


From: SkippyPB on
On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:31:28 -0800 (PST), Alistair
<alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>On Feb 6, 4:29�pm, SkippyPB <swieg...(a)Nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:19:22 -0800 (PST), Alistair
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <alist...(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> >On Feb 5, 10:42�pm, "Pete Dashwood"
>> ><dashw...(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>> >> Alistair wrote:
>> >> > On Feb 5, 10:32 am, "Pete Dashwood"
>> >> > <dashw...(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>> >> >> Sure. But don't try and rewrite Shakespeare in English, either.
>>
>> >> > I can't resist:
>>
>> >> > 2 B / not 2 B?
>>
>> >> LOL!
>>
>> >> I guess it is only a matterof time before someone with more time on their
>> >> hands than they should have, produces a TXT version of the works of
>> >> Shakespeare.
>>
>> >I should have added that if you gave an infinite number of monkeys
>> >typewriters they wouldn't be able to aspire to producing the complete
>> >works of shakespeare. Something to do with them having limitations
>> >such that they remain in �a permanent state of youth.
>>
>> I think it has to do with them not having opposable thumbs. �Nothing
>> to hit the spacebar with. �:)
>>
>
>teenagers or monkeys?

There's a difference?

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Steve
From: SkippyPB on
On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:05:03 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:

>Fred Mobach wrote:
>> Pete Dashwood wrote:
>>
>>> Alistair wrote:
>>>> On Feb 5, 10:32 am, "Pete Dashwood"
>>>> <dashw...(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>>>>> Sure. But don't try and rewrite Shakespeare in English, either.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I can't resist:
>>>>
>>>> 2 B / not 2 B?
>>>
>>> LOL!
>>>
>>> I guess it is only a matterof time before someone with more time on
>>> their hands than they should have, produces a TXT version of the
>>> works of Shakespeare.
>>>
>>> If it would get kids to read the original, I wouldn't complain. :-)
>>
>> If via
>> lynx -dump
>> to TXT reformatted HTML will do you can have a look at
>> http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
>
>When I was a teenager I had the Complete works of Shakespeare (and a few
>others of my favourite authors, Kipling, Poe, and Edgar Rice Burroughs (many
>people don't realize he wrote a lot more than "Tarzan") in book form, of
>course, and spent many happy hours engrossed in them. Over the years, with
>travelling and moving (not to mention pilferage from storage warehouses)
>these have been lost and I keep thinking I must replace them, but never get
>round to it. From time to time, I get the urge for Shakespeare and I
>recently bought the RSC production of King Lear, on DVD. It came with a
>bound transcript, and, although it is not my favourite Shakespeare play (and
>is pretty heavy going in places) I did enjoy it.
>
>Thank you so much for this link, Fred. I have bookmarked it and will be
>using it.
>
>Pete.

As a kid I wasn't into Shakespeare so much but I did read everything
Edgar Allen Poe wrote and I read a lot of non-Tarzan books that Edgar
Rice Burroughs wrote as well. I also, at age 10 or 11, read the
original Mary Shelley book Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Both had what I can only describe as a rich language. I admit I had
strange reading habits as a kid. No idea where they came from. I
also was into reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes' books
and a lot of science fiction by the authors of the day.

Regards,
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Steve
From: Pete Dashwood on
SkippyPB wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:05:03 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
> <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> Fred Mobach wrote:
>>> Pete Dashwood wrote:
>>>
>>>> Alistair wrote:
>>>>> On Feb 5, 10:32 am, "Pete Dashwood"
>>>>> <dashw...(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>>>>>> Sure. But don't try and rewrite Shakespeare in English, either.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't resist:
>>>>>
>>>>> 2 B / not 2 B?
>>>>
>>>> LOL!
>>>>
>>>> I guess it is only a matterof time before someone with more time on
>>>> their hands than they should have, produces a TXT version of the
>>>> works of Shakespeare.
>>>>
>>>> If it would get kids to read the original, I wouldn't complain. :-)
>>>
>>> If via
>>> lynx -dump
>>> to TXT reformatted HTML will do you can have a look at
>>> http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
>>
>> When I was a teenager I had the Complete works of Shakespeare (and a
>> few others of my favourite authors, Kipling, Poe, and Edgar Rice
>> Burroughs (many people don't realize he wrote a lot more than
>> "Tarzan") in book form, of course, and spent many happy hours
>> engrossed in them. Over the years, with travelling and moving (not
>> to mention pilferage from storage warehouses) these have been lost
>> and I keep thinking I must replace them, but never get round to it.
>> From time to time, I get the urge for Shakespeare and I recently
>> bought the RSC production of King Lear, on DVD. It came with a bound
>> transcript, and, although it is not my favourite Shakespeare play
>> (and is pretty heavy going in places) I did enjoy it.
>>
>> Thank you so much for this link, Fred. I have bookmarked it and will
>> be using it.
>>
>> Pete.
>
> As a kid I wasn't into Shakespeare so much but I did read everything
> Edgar Allen Poe wrote and I read a lot of non-Tarzan books that Edgar
> Rice Burroughs wrote as well. I also, at age 10 or 11, read the
> original Mary Shelley book Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula.
> Both had what I can only describe as a rich language. I admit I had
> strange reading habits as a kid. No idea where they came from. I
> also was into reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes' books
> and a lot of science fiction by the authors of the day.

Yep, all great stuff and I did the same at around the same age.

I wonder if what we read at an early age can shape us?

I guess it can if we agree with it or are delighted by it. Or maybe the rich
world of fiction is just a good escape for people at any age.

I'd like to think any flaws in my current character were not the result of
reading the authors you mention... :-)

Of course, if I can blame my faults on Poe or Shakespeare, that would be a
really good cop out... :-)

Pete.

--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."


From: Fred Mobach on
Pete Dashwood wrote:

> SkippyPB wrote:
>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 13:05:03 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
>> <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> When I was a teenager I had the Complete works of Shakespeare (and a
>>> few others of my favourite authors, Kipling, Poe, and Edgar Rice
>>> Burroughs (many people don't realize he wrote a lot more than
>>> "Tarzan") in book form, of course, and spent many happy hours
>>> engrossed in them. Over the years, with travelling and moving (not
>>> to mention pilferage from storage warehouses) these have been lost
>>> and I keep thinking I must replace them, but never get round to it.
>>> From time to time, I get the urge for Shakespeare and I recently
>>> bought the RSC production of King Lear, on DVD. It came with a bound
>>> transcript, and, although it is not my favourite Shakespeare play
>>> (and is pretty heavy going in places) I did enjoy it.
>>>
>>> Thank you so much for this link, Fred. I have bookmarked it and will
>>> be using it.
>>
>> As a kid I wasn't into Shakespeare so much but I did read everything
>> Edgar Allen Poe wrote and I read a lot of non-Tarzan books that Edgar
>> Rice Burroughs wrote as well. I also, at age 10 or 11, read the
>> original Mary Shelley book Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula.
>> Both had what I can only describe as a rich language. I admit I had
>> strange reading habits as a kid. No idea where they came from. I
>> also was into reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes' books
>> and a lot of science fiction by the authors of the day.
>
> Yep, all great stuff and I did the same at around the same age.
>
> I wonder if what we read at an early age can shape us?
>
> I guess it can if we agree with it or are delighted by it. Or maybe
> the rich world of fiction is just a good escape for people at any age.

At an early age most of the books I've read were about history. And
while books about ICT had been added to the list for professional use
and the fun of it history books are still a good escape for me. Not so
much fiction for me. But that's not always true, for example Eduard
Douwes Dekker (Multatuli) [1] wrote fiction about a now historical
period.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multatuli and for those who master
Dutch http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multatuli
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