Tolkien on the Kindle - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 09-03-2011, 12:03 PM

Very true .. I suppose it is a bit of a switch for me because I haven't adopted other comparable devices - I don't own an MP3 player or digital camera (other than the ones on my cell phone which I cannot get to work). Obviously I use a computer but I find when I write longhand I use a fountain pen and nice paper. I don't see me giving up on reall books - I have too many nice ones but I will be able to declutter a bit! I think the real joy will be the obscure stuff I now have access to.

I still find my hand automatically going to the top corner at the end of the page!

Gwathagor · 09-03-2011, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Very true .. I suppose it is a bit of a switch for me because I haven't adopted other comparable devices - I don't own an MP3 player or digital camera (other than the ones on my cell phone which I cannot get to work). Obviously I use a computer but I find when I write longhand I use a fountain pen and nice paper. I don't see me giving up on reall books - I have too many nice ones but I will be able to declutter a bit! I think the real joy will be the obscure stuff I now have access to.

I still find my hand automatically going to the top corner at the end of the page!

I expect we will actually start to see MORE people using fountain pens and so on in a reaction to the increasingly digital world. Or if not in reaction to it, then in a mindset of "If I'm going to do this analog thing, I'm going to go all the way and do it RIGHT." I never write with anything but my Namiki Vanishing Point fountain pen these days. It's just a more enjoyable experience.

davem · 09-03-2011, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Gwathagor

I never write with anything but my Namiki Vanishing Point fountain pen these days. It's just a more enjoyable experience.

But how do you deal with the ink on your computer screen?

Gwathagor · 09-03-2011, 02:39 PM

Contact paper.

Mithalwen · 09-03-2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Gwathagor

I never write with anything but my Namiki Vanishing Point fountain pen these days. It's just a more enjoyable experience.

It is also because my nice Cross pen makes my scratchy handwriting vaguely legible in a baby shelob has danced across the page kind of way....

09-03-2011, 12:03 PM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	Very true .. I suppose it is a bit of a switch for me because I haven't adopted other comparable devices - I don't own an MP3 player or digital camera (other than the ones on my cell phone which I cannot get to work). Obviously I use a computer but I find when I write longhand I use a fountain pen and nice paper. I don't see me giving up on reall books - I have too many nice ones but I will be able to declutter a bit! I think the real joy will be the obscure stuff I now have access to. I still find my hand automatically going to the top corner at the end of the page! __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

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Gwathagor Shade with a Blade Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A Rainy Night In Soho Posts: 2,512	Contact paper. __________________ Stories and songs.