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Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy | 5 | 23.81% | |
Hiroshima by John Hersey | 9 | 42.86% | |
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie | 4 | 19.05% | |
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux | 8 | 38.10% | |
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke | 7 | 33.33% | |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl | 6 | 28.57% | |
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling | 7 | 33.33% | |
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace | 3 | 14.29% | |
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad | 13 | 61.90% | |
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08-29-2016, 01:26 PM | #17 |
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About availability in the US. Perhaps CRussel can confirm, but this looks to be it?
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima It's right out there on the Internet so I would assume that copying or downloading this would not be a copyright violation? |
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Yes, that's it. And you can certainly read it directly on that site. However, Condé Nast retains copyright:
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Given their willingness at the time of the initial publication to allow others to reprint the article, I suspect one could get permission. But just because it's freely available doesn't mean you can reproduce it without that permission. And really, it's easy available for free on Kobo, so why bother? (Add to Library and then it is a direct epub or pdf download, not DRM'd. ) |
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Also worthy of note on The New Yorker's web site is this more recent article -- Hiroshima and the Inheritance of Trauma, by Sarah Stillman.
Just to be clear, I'll be reading Hiroshima regardless of what we decide to do here as the MobileRead Book Club. But I would really like to have us all read and discuss it. I think it's a worthy read, it's short, it's free, and it will provide the basis for an excellent discussion, IMHO. |
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Gene Wilder died yesterday. For me, he'll always be the definitive Willie Wonka for dramatizations of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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Ever since the nominations were finalized, I've had a recurring thought. I finally googled today and found this reddit post, quite coincidentally posted exactly a year ago today.
Not just me, then. |
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Everyone should vote for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (ad no other book so it can win) for Gene Wilder.
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