On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 05:04:47PM -0400, Thomas Yan <tyan at twcny.rr.com> wrote: > Gaertk at aol.com writes: > > Be patient, Brust is worth the wait. [...] > -snip- > > How many books do you all read anyway? I guess I average about one > book per week, including rereading books. In 1999, I read about 80 > books, but that was unusually high for me. I tend to consume about 1 book per day, with some days where I don't read at all, and books longer than 500 pages sometimes taking two days. It probably averages out to 10-20 books per month. Speaking of which, since the readalong got me rereading Brust in general, and since I just finished Teckla.... Steve, I'm curious how much you agree with Kelly vs Vlad in terms of the "movement". In particular, Vlad is pretty harsh with some of his accusations, and there seems to be some truth to his comments about the "movement" not caring about individuals -- especially when viewed together with historical implementations of similar philosophies. (Plus, I'd like to share a chuckle at the exchange between Noish-pa and Vlad: "What is the word?" "Friends? Compatriots?" clearly a reference to "Comrades!") (Hmm. I wonder, would it be abusing the authorial metaphor too much if the list collectively came up with some interview questions for Vlad the next time he's caught with a tape recorder?) -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org)