Mallory also drops off a Union prisoner of war, Josh Talley, whom she had rescued from a brutal interrogation by panicked security forces at Russell's. However, on the voyage to Pell, her sexual exploitation of him had been only marginally less abusive. Faced with indefinite confinement on Pell, Talley requests Adjustment, the wiping of much of his memory, in return for his freedom. When questioned by Damon Konstantin, he requests Adjustment to escape the indefinite imprisonment, so Konstantin reluctantly gives his permission. Upon later review of his file, Damon learns that Talley had already undergone the treatment once before at Russell's. Still feeling guilty for agreeing, he and his wife Elene Quen befriend the post-Adjustment Talley, an act of kindness that will have monumental, unforeseen consequences.
Here's a look a some iPhone apps for reading books. I like the Classics app very much and read the Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Hound of the Baskervilles with ease. Classics has a page-flip metaphor which works well. This app, however, has only 20 books available at this time.Sherlock, another iPhone app, uses a continously scrolling text arrangement, which produces too much moving type and not enough reading on the small iPhone screen--and the faster one reads, the more the type scrolls. With more more patience and practice, I might well have lasted longer than 800 words of Sherlock Holmes.iManual (sliding pages) worked OK for David Pogue's excellentiPhone:The Missing Manual, althoughcomputer manuals can be consumed only in small doses unlike a romp through the Hound of the Baskervilles. Pogue's manual helpfully unveiled the clever iPhone keyboard. The book is the best-selling computer manual these days and is available only on the iPhone.I expect to try out a variety of other digital readers, beginning with Kindle, over the months. A thoughtful discussion of Kindle by the always interesting Karrie Jacobs in Metropolis is here.For some reason, I've always struggled to read through scholarly articles published as PDF files on a desktop computer screen. After a few pages I give up and print the article out. Google Books is useful for look-up, not sustained reading. There are all sorts of interesting book design, interface, and copyright issues involving digital readers. I've been thinking about a digital reader version of my own books, although it would involve substantial compromises since my books are designed to the double-page spread and also they push even paper's resolution (which is 10 times greater than most screen resolutions). On the other hand, backlighted screen images often look much better than on paper and those images can incorporate zooming. -- Edward Tufte Copyright issues in e-Publishing A practical-minded and author-centered view of digital copyright protection for books is here. See also the long discussion that follows. -- Edward Tufte
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Response to Digital books and digital readers (Kindle, iPhone, etc.)Mobile reading can be enjoyable.Despite my dislike for proprietary binary files, I must say I read most of my technical material (graphic, diagram heavy) in PDF format using a PDF app like GoodReader. The PDF format is also great for scrolling through maps. If a publisher supports the epub format, I use Stanza and enjoy the benefits of reflowing content.Form factor, counts.Most of my non-fiction reading is with my Kindle 1, but I found using the Kindle app superior as the handheld is always with me. My wife, the book hound broke down at my suggestive pleas to early adopt the Sony Reader PRS-500 despite her luddite tendencies. She loves it and had it for many years until recently when she traded to the upgraded Sony touchscreen model. There is a bit of glare with the touchscreen overlay but like most who enjoy such things, content overrides the interface.Convenience has a rub, though.I don't think we're there yet, if there ever is a there, there.2010 is supposed to be the big year for e-readers. Time will tell with bigger readers, players and new tech like Pixel-Qi.How long does it last?Today, Professor Tufte mentioned printing out material when reading long emails or academic papers illustrating the principle of 'whatever works', eg indifference to the mode of consumption. Paper and ink is still a great technology. It was a privilege to be reminded of that today when I received a box set of his 4 books for the course. Wrapped in plastic, I carefully unveiled them for the course readings. Hard-bound with heft and heavyweight paper, they felt alive with their crisp catalog of nostalgic images and graphics, almost foreign. My mobile devices felt like stale web2.0 startups. Then came out the Euclid and Galileo artifacts, real museum antiquary carried by the assistants with gloved hands, surviving through time and trials to illustrate, nay, bear full measure of ET's principles of design. The subtext was palpable. For the love of books, don't forget the impression they make.Best,tony -- tony (email) 2ff7e9595c
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