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Reply to Where to Start with Kazuo Ishiguro by edward_radical
As a huge fan of the movie of Remains of the Day, I didn't want to read this book, but wanted to read more by this author. I chose "When we were orphans." I have been struggling through it, and thank you for giving me a reason to ditch it.
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Reply to comment by AggravatingStudy2084 in My thoughts on “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” by AggravatingStudy2084
Dark, but interesting!
duckfat01 t1_j6mzo3p wrote
I think we forget that classics become classics because people enjoy reading them! They aren't just academic tomes chosen by professors to uplift and frustrate scholars. For example, I love Dickens's sense of humour and his skill with words. (Charles, not Emily, with a nod to William Styron).
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Reply to comment by zguyny in I just finishes Of Mice and Men! by VravoBince
Check out the version that was made in 1992 with Gary Sinise and John Malkovitch. It's a very good adaption, and I use it to lure non-readers to Steinbeck.
duckfat01 t1_j6mifru wrote
Reply to comment by VravoBince in I just finishes Of Mice and Men! by VravoBince
Seconding this recommendation. It's a really good adaptation!
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Reply to comment by PlaidBastard in If objects in space are far away, does light get scattered enough that it would look “low resolution” by the time it reaches us? by hau2mk7pkmxmh3u
The smallest size that can be resolved by an optical system is given by the size of the Airy disc. This is aa property of the system, and is one measure of the quality of the system. Mirror systems will have smaller Airy discs than lens systems because they have no chromatic aberration, and large diameter optics generally have smaller Airy discs than small optics, for example.
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Reply to LPT: If you have young children you should teach them your phone number as early as 4 years old. However long it takes- using picture cards or any other learning tricks, you should make them memorize it. That way if they ever get lost etc., they can ask a store employee to call you. by v-shizzle
I used the tune of the ABC song to teach my kids my phone number when they were tiny. They are now in their 20s and still sing it to themselves when they write it down.