> >To the left, I do sometimes listen to music while reading, and I find >that sometimes what I'm reading is so interesting that I start >ignoring the music, and sometimes the music is so compelling that I no >longer give the text my full attention. Some people have spoken of a >particular piece of music being a good "soundtrack" for a particular >written work, but I have not yet found such an example that works for >me. Steven King's Talisamn (Sp?) and the best of the doors double CD--- I don't read King, except for this novel, and I was in a remote place with limited choices, but the doors album fits absolutely perfectly. JAA p.s. I agree drop the youth fiction lines -- Department of Biological Sciences Palumbi Lab Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University Blinks Oceanview Blvd Pacific Grove, Ca 93950 jalipaz at stanford.edu phone: 831-655-6210 Often statistics are used as drunken men use lampposts... for support rather than illumination. Albert Einstein