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  • Frazz for 9/5/24 about summarizing books

    From a425couple@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 5 08:55:00 2024
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    view the comic at:

    https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2024/09/05

    Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 05, 2024,
    has an interesting rant about summarizing
    books.

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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to a425couple@hotmail.com on Thu Sep 5 09:40:48 2024
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    In article <pvkCO.174906$D_21.92670@fx14.iad>,
    a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:

    view the comic at:

    https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2024/09/05

    Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 05, 2024,
    has an interesting rant about summarizing
    books.

    ObSF Content: Sturgeon's Law was invoked in the comments.

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. —-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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  • From Jay E. Morris@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 5 21:00:08 2024
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    On 9/5/2024 10:55 AM, a425couple wrote:
    view the comic at:

    https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2024/09/05

    Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 05, 2024,
    has an interesting rant about summarizing
    books.

    Totally agree with him, I also hated doing book reports. Which is why I
    admire all you who do reviews. Doing that is just not in me.

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  • From Titus G@21:1/5 to Jay E. Morris on Fri Sep 6 15:24:37 2024
    On 6/09/24 14:00, Jay E. Morris wrote:
    On 9/5/2024 10:55 AM, a425couple wrote:
    view the comic at:

    https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2024/09/05

    Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 05, 2024,
    has an interesting rant about summarizing
    books.

    Totally agree with him, I also hated doing book reports. Which is why I admire all you who do reviews. Doing that is just not in me.

    I also agree. The best summaries and most easily accessed are usually
    the promotional blurbs whose bias is known. For this, I use the website Fantastic Fiction.
    An outline with opinions or rankings and their reasons are more
    interesting to me than a summary of important events as I mainly read
    reviews after the book. Often Wikipedia and sometimes Goodreads.

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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 6 13:12:50 2024
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    XPost: alt.astronomy

    On 9/5/24 08:55, a425couple wrote:
    view the comic at:

    https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2024/09/05

    Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 05, 2024,
    has an interesting rant about summarizing
    books.

    try the next day

    https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2024/09/06

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to Jay E. Morris on Fri Sep 6 23:10:54 2024
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    XPost: alt.astronomy

    In article <vbdnn8$lsvb$1@epsilon3.eternal-september.org>,
    Jay E. Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.comcon> wrote:
    On 9/5/2024 10:55 AM, a425couple wrote:
    view the comic at:

    https://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2024/09/05

    Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 05, 2024,
    has an interesting rant about summarizing
    books.

    Totally agree with him, I also hated doing book reports. Which is why I >admire all you who do reviews. Doing that is just not in me.

    Well, I first entered a seaside Summarizing Proust Competition when I was
    on holiday in Bournemouth, and my doctor encouraged me with it.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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