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rcurl
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books
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Apr 1 03:49 UTC 1994 |
Writing often comes in Books.
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gerund
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response 1 of 45:
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Apr 1 03:50 UTC 1994 |
That's quite true. So tell me is this a book discussion item?
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rcurl
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response 2 of 45:
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Apr 1 04:14 UTC 1994 |
Strange that there is no books conference. music, arts, movies,
writing, but no books. I like books. I went to the Nineteenth Michigan
Antiquarian Book and Paper Show in Lansing, last Sunday, and there
were a lot of books there. I went with a small list of wants, such
as _Polly and Eleanor_ by Lillian Roy, the second in the Polly Brewster
series but, no luck. I did discover that my Mickey Mouse Pop Up, which
I was given as a child, belongs in a safe-deposit box. That's what
sometimes happens to books if you keep them long enough, but how to you
know which ones to keep that long? I did buy one book - from the
dealer of _84 Charing Cross, EH?_, a Munising shop, Eh? Robert's Rules
of Order - 1885 edition - ex libra Chase Salmon Osborn, governor of
Michigan in 1911-12. Interesting man, Osborn: born in a log cabin,
editor and publisher, prospector and businessman in Sault Ste Marie,
UM regent, married his adopted daughter. Also the "born" in Fiborn
Quarry, a Michigan ghost town, where I've spent hundreds of hours over
the last 19 years, and one reason I am so familiar with Robert's
Rules of Order. So I have the Gov's personal, signed, copy in hand,
and can imagine him using it, when he fought for warnings at Grade
Crossing as the Commissioner of Railroads, or plundered the natural
resources of the UP with little regard to other values. Old books
can carry many associations, and thoughts. What about yours?
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gerund
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response 3 of 45:
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Apr 1 04:36 UTC 1994 |
I'd love to see a book conference. I remember M-Net had a Literature conf, but
I don't call M-Net anymore. I've loved reading and books since I was in grade
school. Lately I haven't had any time to set aside to read, but I'm making
a deliberate effort to set some time aside now. There's so much I'd love to
read right now that I can't think of where to start. Perhaps I'll start with
Bruce Catton's trilogy on the Civil War. I've had all three volumes in my
collection for a while, but I've never taken the time to read them. The Civil
War has always been a fascinating subject to me.
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vishnu
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response 4 of 45:
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Apr 1 06:56 UTC 1994 |
Books=Good.
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remmers
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response 5 of 45:
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Apr 1 12:16 UTC 1994 |
(New conferences can be proposed in the Coop conference.)
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rcurl
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response 6 of 45:
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Apr 1 18:16 UTC 1994 |
I didn't want to propose a new conference until a body of followers
of just a books item develops. Tell us, One, why Books=Good?
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vishnu
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response 7 of 45:
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Apr 1 19:00 UTC 1994 |
Books=Good.
<it's a great escape..>
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davel
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response 8 of 45:
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Apr 1 19:51 UTC 1994 |
I have a feeling that it will (after an initial burst) become another
low-activity one, but I'm for it.
(Re #2: Rane, I don't read the SF conference, but I thought it tended
to focus on books - within that area, of course.)
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anne
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response 9 of 45:
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Apr 1 19:53 UTC 1994 |
Books are wonderful. They are the ultimate portable entertainment!
tv are hard to take along with you, now a book, just grab one and within
a few pages you are in another world!
Books=Wonderful!!!
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jdg
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response 10 of 45:
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Apr 2 00:40 UTC 1994 |
I would participate in such a conference.
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danr
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response 11 of 45:
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Apr 2 01:26 UTC 1994 |
We do have a books item in the arts conference.
I, too, like old books, but I can hardly claim to be knowlegeable about
them. I've often thought it would be neat to learn bookbinding, but
I've had to put that somewhat far down the list of things I'd like
to learn.
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jdg
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response 12 of 45:
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Apr 2 02:35 UTC 1994 |
My cousin taught bookbinding in NYC for more than 40 years. It's a shame,
but I never learned it. My mother took a class in it here in Ann Arbor
around 15 years ago.
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vishnu
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response 13 of 45:
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Apr 2 02:35 UTC 1994 |
Charles Dodgson=Good
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omni
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response 14 of 45:
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Apr 2 06:18 UTC 1994 |
I too, have felt that a books conf was long overdue, simply because of
the diversity of topics available and the discussion there of.
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rcurl
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response 15 of 45:
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Apr 2 06:53 UTC 1994 |
There seems to be some interest in a books conference. I'd sure put
it in my .cflist. We could bring this item, and maybe the one in arts,
over to nucleate it. All in favor (of whatever it takes to be in favor
of) say BOOKS.
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vishnu
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response 16 of 45:
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Apr 2 14:07 UTC 1994 |
BOOOKS
er,
BOOKS
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cerebus
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response 17 of 45:
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Apr 3 17:22 UTC 1994 |
Cerebus gets up drunkenly from #tavern and utters
BOOKS
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rcurl
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response 18 of 45:
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Apr 3 18:48 UTC 1994 |
Well, we've had three calls for BOOKS, so I'll check on setting up
a new BOOKS conference. Think, danr, we could have an on-line
book-binding course, the instructions being posted at about the rate
at which you should finish each step. I've had journals bound, but not
recently, as I don't know of anyone still learning, and willing to
"practice" on my stuff for not too high a fee.
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rcurl
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response 19 of 45:
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Apr 3 19:44 UTC 1994 |
The book item in arts is about books one has read or is reading. That
would be a natural item for a books conference. I'd prefer that such
a conference be set up with an initial set of items. So far, ones
mentioned (or likely to be of interest) are: an introduction,
announcements (including, or separately, upcoming book fairs), books
I have read or am reading, bookbinding...what else, of a general nature?
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cerebus
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response 20 of 45:
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Apr 3 20:57 UTC 1994 |
Perhaps a listing of books by the same author, or in the same
series for those who have only read some of them?
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remmers
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response 21 of 45:
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Apr 3 21:09 UTC 1994 |
Since a books conference would overlap with territory currently covered
by the writing and arts conferences, I think it's appropriate to get
reaction from the fw's and participants of those conferences on the
concept. So I'm glad you raised the concept here.
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gerund
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response 22 of 45:
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Apr 4 05:23 UTC 1994 |
AS I beleive I said way back up there, I'm for a Book Conf.
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omni
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response 23 of 45:
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Apr 4 07:38 UTC 1994 |
Speaking as 1/4 of the arts conf, I support a books conf.
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remmers
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response 24 of 45:
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Apr 4 11:31 UTC 1994 |
For it to actually happen, somebody should make a proposal in coop.
(Maybe after the restart of coop slated for later this week.)
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