What printed Book do you want as an ebook?

[zerospinboson]

Originally Posted by richyhu

Like the original poster I am a big fan of Latin American literature and would love to see some Vargas Llosa & Garcia Marquez available in ebook format. Would also love to see the Edith Grossman translation of Don Quixote.

Why the Grossman translation? The translation by Rutherford (Penguin) seems terser. (That's the one I would prefer in e-book edition anyway): (p 208)

'Have I not already told you', replied Don Quixote, 'that I intend to imitate Amadis, and to act the desperate, foolish, furious lover so as also to imitate the valiant Orlando, when he found signs by a spring that the fair Angelica had disgraced herself with Medoro, and the grief turned him mad, and he uprooted trees, sullied the waters of clear springs, slew shepherds, destroyed flocks, burned cottages, tore down houses, dragged away mares and performed a hundred other excesses, worthy to be recorded on the tablets of eternal fame?'
[...]
'But to my mind', said Sancho, 'the knights who did all that were pushed into it and had their reasons for their antics and their penances, but what reason have you got for going mad?'
[...]
'That is the whole point', replied Don Quixote, 'and therein lies the beauty of my enterprise. A Knight Errant going mad for a good reason - there is neither pleasure nor merit in that. The thing is to become insane without a cause and have my lady think: If I do all this when dry, what would I not do when wet?'

And this is Grossman's translation of the same passage: (p. 193-4)

"Have I not told you already," responded Don Quixote, "that I wish to imitate Amadís, playing the part of one who is desperate, a fool, a madman, thereby imitating as well the valiant Don Roland when he discovered in a fountain the signs that Angelica the fair had committed base acts with Medoro, and his grief drove him mad, and he uprooted trees, befouled the water of clear fountains, killed shepherds, destroyed livestock, burned huts, demolished houses, pulled down mares, and did a hundred thousand other unheard-of things worthy of eternal renown and record?"
[...]
"It seems to me," said Sancho, "that the knights who did these things were provoked and had a reason to do senseless things and penances; but what reason does your grace have for going crazy?"
[...]
"Therein lies the virtue," responded Don Quixote, "and the excellence of my enterprise, for a knight errant deserves neither glory nor thanks if he goes mad for a reason. The great achievement is to lose one's reason for no reason, and to let my lady think that if I can do this without cause, what should I not do if there were cause?"

Now, I have no clue which is the more accurate translation, but I do know I find Rutherford's translation more appealing.

PS. Are there any rules about maximum quotation length?

[YGG-]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I've got a weakness for detective novels by Swedish marxists, so I would like to see all ten of Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall's 'Martin Beck' series.

I second that!

[YGG-]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Ray Bradbury.......all of his books.

Ooooh yessss!

[YGG-]

I'd love all of Jean Giono's books.

[YGG-]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

O Brian! My Brian! Mate, I could kiss you!

When I was looking for it some months ago, even amongst the nether regions and back alleys, I could find naught and gave up, defeated.

It appears I have unfairly maligned the wonderful Clive James (I hope he can forgive me - if not, bugger 'im ). I love you Clive. Come home soon!

Cheers, with enormous shmooshy kisses and bearhugs to Brian,
Marc

Thanks for the reference; I bought it & am presently savouring it little bit by little bit (piece on Proust is great & I've loved Evelyn Waugh since I was 18 --no, you don't need to know how long ago that was; only that De Gaulle was still in power ) Thanks again.

[sirbruce]

Ben Bova's "The Star Conquerors" which he refuses to reprint, much less release in ebook form. But I got a PDF of it when it was briefly available, and have a very nicely converted MOBI copy now.

[desertgrandma]

"Kalki"

by Kurt Vonnegut.

[kwjones]

I just want to replace my favorite pbooks that I've read more than once.

Terry Goodkind - SoT
Robert Jordan - WoT
Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
R.A. Salvatore - All the Drizzt books
L.E. Modesitt - All the Recluce books
David Eddings - Belgariad
Harry Turtledove - Darkness series
Brian Lumley - Necroscope series
Trevanian - All of them
Jaqueline Carey - The Kushiel series

Then I'd like to read all of the Doc Savage books.

[birdbrainbb]

Well, right now I most want Storm Constantine's Wraethu trilogy so I can read it finally!

Also Mark Chadbourn's Age of Misrule series, for the same reason.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by YGG-

Thanks for the reference; I bought it & am presently savouring it little bit by little bit (piece on Proust is great
...

...and the great thing about it is that the book is written so that you can savour it little bit by little bit - grab it, look up a name, read the chapter. It sits beside the bed in pbook form, and I also bought the ebook (mostly for my laptop, when I want a reference but want something a bit more than a wikipedia dry reference).

In the time I've had it, I've read the Proust bit three times.

Cheers,
Marc (who needs to get some Evelyn Waugh into himself too)

[YGG-]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

"Kalki"

by Kurt Vonnegut.

Kurt Vonnegut's COMPLETE WORKS !

[YGG-]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

...and the great thing about it is that the book is written so that you can savour it little bit by little bit - grab it, look up a name, read the chapter. It sits beside the bed in pbook form,

I'm considering that too!

and I also bought the ebook (mostly for my laptop, when I want a reference but want something a bit more than a wikipedia dry reference).
In the time I've had it, I've read the Proust bit three times.
[...]Marc(who needs to get some Evelyn Waugh into himself too)

"Men at arms" is my favorite (the three of them).

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

"Kalki"

by Kurt Vonnegut.

If I'm not mistaken, I believe Gore Vidal wrote "Kalki," a novel published in 1978.


Don

[Drake]

Every now and then I like to read some of the Warhammer 40,000 novels, but don't have the space to collect them all (and often will read them only once).
So I have asked the friendly guys at The Black Library if they are going to release eBooks.

Sadly they are still in the considering phase, aware of the market but won't release anything as an eBook in the near future...

[phenomshel]

Ok, so here's my off center tastes again. I want Joanne Fluke's Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder and Fudge Cupcake Murder in ebooks, plus all of Donna Andrews Meg Langslow series. I think some of these are available Kindle only, but since I don't have a Kindle (same song, 105th verse).