Read-Along: A Passage to India - Page 2

pilotbob · 10-11-2008, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

But if you pay for it at Fictionwise using Micropay, you'll end up not getting the discount.

I bought the book with micropay and was credited with $.30 micropay.

BOb

MickeyC · 10-12-2008, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

But, I've found a legal copy for $0. I just borrowed it from my public library's eBook collection.

I downloaded it from the Fairfax Library in ADE but when I moved it to my reader, I got the message that it had been authorized to someone else. So, I tried to return it figuring I could then download it but I couldn't figure out how to do that.

Shoot. Guess I'll have to buy the damn thing.

Sparrow · 10-12-2008, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

No, it's not in the public domain anywhere in the world.

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...pyright_length, there's no copyright in Afghanistan or the Marshall Islands - and several other countries where copyright status is unknown.

daffy4u · 10-12-2008, 11:02 AM

I was confused. Ignore please.

pilotbob · 10-12-2008, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by cassidym

I downloaded it from the Fairfax Library in ADE but when I moved it to my reader, I got the message that it had been authorized to someone else. So, I tried to return it figuring I could then download it but I couldn't figure out how to do that.

Shoot. Guess I'll have to buy the damn thing.

That's very weird. When did you get that message? On your reader, in DE?

BOb

vivaldirules · 10-12-2008, 11:30 AM

For those on the fence about reading this book, here's a portion of the forward from the Rosetta Books edition:

Forster's 1924 masterpiece, A Passage to India, is a novel about preconceptions and misconceptions and the desire to overcome the barrier that divides East and West in colonial India. It shows the limits of liberal tolerance, good intentions, and good will in sorting out the common problems that exist between two very different cultures. Forster's famous phrase "only connect", stresses the need for human beings to overcome their hesitancy and prejudices and work towards realizing affection and tolerance in their relations with others. But when he turned to colonial India, where the English and the Indians stare at each other across a cultural divide and a history of imbalanced power relations, mutual suspicion, and ill work, Forster wonders whether connection is even possible.

I find it interesting (well, I saw the movie long ago; haven't read it yet) because the characters all want to accept the differences of others and make real efforts to connect with them. This is not a morality play but something much more interesting.

Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passage_to_india

Oh, and there will be a test at the end of November (no, there won't): http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/passage/quiz.html

MickeyC · 10-12-2008, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

That's very weird. When did you get that message? On your reader, in DE?

BOb

I got it when I dragged the book from my eBook Library to my reader. The book transferred to my Library from the ADE window fine but when I tried to move it over to the reader, I got that message. Go figure

GatorDeb · 10-12-2008, 12:35 PM

I'm in! Already got it loaded on my Kindle. Although I really want to finish A Million Little Pieces before I start on it. So we have to have it read by the 1st? Feels like school again!! (And I loved school

).

pshrynk · 10-12-2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by GatorDeb

I'm in! Already got it loaded on my Kindle. Although I really want to finish A Million Little Pieces before I start on it. So we have to have it read by the 1st? Feels like school again!! (And I loved school

).

Discussion starts the fourth week of november, I believe, so you have some time.

smithno · 10-12-2008, 01:40 PM

I'm in. Just bought it from Fictionwise, along with a couple other books. Am in the middle of another book at the moment, so I'll finish that one and start reading it.

PsyDocJoanne · 10-13-2008, 11:45 AM

Hi everyone!!

I'm so glad to see that the book club is generating a lot of interest!

Per a great suggestion by desertgrandma, I've PM'ed NatCh to see if we can get these book club threads pared down to just one, which hopefully will be made sticky.

In light of this, I'd like to encourage everyone to post book club related questions and comments to the "Official MobileRead Book Club: Welcome thread/November's book choice" thread.

Thanks!
Joanne

pshrynk · 10-13-2008, 12:52 PM

Okay!

NatCh · 10-13-2008, 05:56 PM

Per PsyDocJoanne's request, this thread is being closed in order to consolidate the discussion. Please continue in the "main" thread (whatever that means

)

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daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	I was confused. Ignore please.

10-12-2008, 11:30 AM	#21
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	For those on the fence about reading this book, here's a portion of the forward from the Rosetta Books edition: Forster's 1924 masterpiece, A Passage to India, is a novel about preconceptions and misconceptions and the desire to overcome the barrier that divides East and West in colonial India. It shows the limits of liberal tolerance, good intentions, and good will in sorting out the common problems that exist between two very different cultures. Forster's famous phrase "only connect", stresses the need for human beings to overcome their hesitancy and prejudices and work towards realizing affection and tolerance in their relations with others. But when he turned to colonial India, where the English and the Indians stare at each other across a cultural divide and a history of imbalanced power relations, mutual suspicion, and ill work, Forster wonders whether connection is even possible. I find it interesting (well, I saw the movie long ago; haven't read it yet) because the characters all want to accept the differences of others and make real efforts to connect with them. This is not a morality play but something much more interesting. Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passage_to_india Oh, and there will be a test at the end of November (no, there won't): http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/passage/quiz.html

10-12-2008, 12:35 PM	#23
GatorDeb Evangelist Posts: 447 Karma: 5365 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sin City Device: PW2 + HDX 8.9	I'm in! Already got it loaded on my Kindle. Although I really want to finish A Million Little Pieces before I start on it. So we have to have it read by the 1st? Feels like school again!! (And I loved school ).

10-12-2008, 01:40 PM	#25
smithno Groupie Posts: 152 Karma: 222484 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tenn., US Device: jetBook, jetBook Lite, Kindle 3, Galaxy Note II	I'm in. Just bought it from Fictionwise, along with a couple other books. Am in the middle of another book at the moment, so I'll finish that one and start reading it.

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