tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post2469942484544918852..comments2023-10-11T14:18:03.816+01:00Comments on Works Well: RoW gets a trailer - sort ofRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-75763043656843531862011-11-28T16:19:04.948+00:002011-11-28T16:19:04.948+00:00EB: As I mention to The Crow, there are two other ...EB: As I mention to The Crow, there are two other brief references to cassoulet and the PCF activist (whom Jana unkindly calls "the Commie") but one if not both occur in the midst of the book's climactic scene and (it's a poor thing but mine own) providing the quote with some context would undermine that which I have striven for. However, take a look at my comment to Julia below.<br /><br />Julia: I hesitate to embark on this comment since I fear it would be akin to teaching my grannie (granddaughter, in your case) to suck eggs. The good news is that MSW doc files, as RoW, can be transferred to a Kindle on a copy - paste exercise via the PC. The bad news is the Kindle cannot then open them. Instead the doc is sent to Amazon as an attachment to an email which carries the user's unique Kindle address and is bounced back five minutes later, as a .azw download to the Kindle.<br /><br />Alternatively, the doc file can be converted to a .txt file on the PC and then copy/pasted to the Kindle from the cable-linked PC. This I do not recommend. Because RoW is set in France there are many italicised French words which will lose their italics, making the MS harder to read.<br /><br />Alternatively, the MS can be read as a doc on the PC. This is hard work.<br /><br />Obviously the answer is to go the conversion route via Amazon since this takes advantage of the Kindle's user-friendliness. HOWEVER one-third the way into Chapter 10 (set entirely in the USA and therefore of particular interest to you since it is an obvious accumulation point of US booboos), and within the word nematode the text becomes greyed out - but still readable - for 27 Kindle pages. Why? I haven't the foggiest.<br /><br />OK Prague Polymath, it's decision time for you.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-7006595203985432012011-11-28T15:26:15.646+00:002011-11-28T15:26:15.646+00:00When will it be ready for a Kindle download? I'...When will it be ready for a Kindle download? I'm ready for the next installment please!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-54960187984974482432011-11-28T11:01:52.310+00:002011-11-28T11:01:52.310+00:00So we don't actually get to read the argument ...So we don't actually get to read the argument itself?earlybirdhttp://mangetoutetc.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-63894544959175107512011-11-28T06:36:27.473+00:002011-11-28T06:36:27.473+00:00The Crow: It's only a trailer. There are two m...The Crow: It's only a trailer. There are two more references in the novel to the lefty and her cassoulet but they are both buried in the grand denouement which would be like telling you that the butler did it.<br /><br />RW (zS): For me Milton is either a poet or a form of disinfectant. So you're ahead of me.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-760842867202965582011-11-27T15:35:51.190+00:002011-11-27T15:35:51.190+00:00Ah! Now we need music ... I'm thinking some Li...Ah! Now we need music ... I'm thinking some Little Milton in the background!Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-75762964249226365412011-11-26T20:16:44.270+00:002011-11-26T20:16:44.270+00:00MORE! Don't stop there!MORE! Don't stop there!The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.com