NP--On the Waiting List--Cyclops

[Joe Allonby]

The kindle is addictive. You get free internet (whispernet) service
but that comes with a button that deducts money straight from your
bank account. Shop in the kindle store! The "free samples" stop at
exactly the point where you say "What? What?" and then he hit that
button.

Greatest invention ever.


On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:49 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just yesterday started Franzen's "Freedom" on my new (Xmas gift)
> Kindle.  Love the Kindle.  Freedom is my first Franzen read, because
> I've been wary of "The Corrections" (described as a study in extreme
> family disfunction).  I probably shouldn't have been wary, since
> disfunction is the lot of all.  Anyway, Freedom starts out with a wry
> narrator, nimbly describing people & situations with succint and
> simple means.  So far, so good...
>
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:59 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I need to read as much stuff as different as Pynchon as you can get.
>> i'm hoping i can come back to him with a fresh eye.
>