Tolkien on the Kindle - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 06-26-2011, 02:01 PM

I gave up on the Kindle altogether & went back to real books. I won't rehearse the old stuff about you can't lend ebooks on, or give them away, they're full of typos, too expensive, etc, but that was part of the reason. Mainly though, I just didn't get on with the thing - it felt like 'pretend' reading, & 'unnatural' (maybe just 'cos having spent most of my half century reading in a certain position (laying down

), & being used to the different weights on my chest,different font/text sizes, cover pics, etc I couldn't stand the uniformity the Kindle imposes on every book. Having just gotten into George RR Martin & purchased the US trade paperbacks I can't imagine why anyone would want to read the stories on a plastic screen. That goes double for my old Tolkien editions.

I've handed over my Kindle to Lalwende (the missus) - & she has A Song of Ice & Fire on there, but still tends to pick up the 'real' thing when she wants to read the books. I daresay that ebooks will win out in the end but, honestly, count me out.

06-26-2011, 02:01 PM	#11
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	I gave up on the Kindle altogether & went back to real books. I won't rehearse the old stuff about you can't lend ebooks on, or give them away, they're full of typos, too expensive, etc, but that was part of the reason. Mainly though, I just didn't get on with the thing - it felt like 'pretend' reading, & 'unnatural' (maybe just 'cos having spent most of my half century reading in a certain position (laying down ), & being used to the different weights on my chest,different font/text sizes, cover pics, etc I couldn't stand the uniformity the Kindle imposes on every book. Having just gotten into George RR Martin & purchased the US trade paperbacks I can't imagine why anyone would want to read the stories on a plastic screen. That goes double for my old Tolkien editions. I've handed over my Kindle to Lalwende (the missus) - & she has A Song of Ice & Fire on there, but still tends to pick up the 'real' thing when she wants to read the books. I daresay that ebooks will win out in the end but, honestly, count me out. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."