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A Rather Brave Chap…or maybe not

As I wrote in A Healthy Young Fellow Trots Away, I am patient. I think I learned patience from classic literature. Take Les Miserables. Did you ever count how long Jean Valjean was alive before he found peace? Far longer than most people lived in those days. Or The Odyssey? I mean, really! Odyseus had … Continue reading "A Rather Brave Chap…or maybe not"
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Published on December 15, 2023 13:46
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message 1: by David (new)
Dec 17, 2023 08:21AM

David Foresi I remember reading Pandora's Star and thinking that I really didn’t care if it had an ending. If it went on forever I’d be okay with that even if Peter Hamilton might have to suffer for my cause. I didn’t know that the story went on beyond the first book so I didn’t realize that I was committing to such a large story.

Maybe the effect is more like a self perpetuating system wherein, one must have some patience to begin reading a thick tome, but in the process one also gains patience. The feedback loop begins again and now you are ready to read the unabridged dictionary or maybe the entire Encyclopedia.


message 2: by Joseph (new)
Dec 17, 2023 09:31AM

Joseph Carrabis David,
I've read books like that, books where I didn't want there to be an ending, books which so brought me into their world this one went away.
Glorious, that.
Enjoy your readings.
Joseph


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