Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (review) The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 13:26:04 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 13:26:04 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="26536"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) In article , Default User wrote: >Tony Nance wrote: > >> I spend enough of my work time reading a screen that I don't enjoy >> reading for pleasure on one. But works like this one -- not available >> on paper to this point -- make me sorely tempted to put up with it >> anyway. > >For me, there's a big difference between the desktop monitor and my >e-reader on the iPad. Although no longer a productive member of >society, I still spend a good bit of the day using the desktop for >various things. > >I wasn't sure how I'd feel about e-books when I first tried, but I was >quickly won over any that's pretty much my only reading method. I never >had big stacks of unread books, and now I never run into the problem of >running out. As long as I have internet, the library and book sellers >are always open. > >I have the e-reader set to dark mode, which I find very soothing, and I >can adjust the font size to the point where I don't need to bother with >reading glasses. I have a vast ebook library and I do most of my reading using my e-reader (or tablet, for pdfs) but the sensation of reading words on screen is for reasons I don't understand less pleasing than words on paper. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll