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Heat death of the universe, maybe?
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I can see that, yeah. It is moving more towards strategy and political ... stuff, and away from the tactical side. Kind of inevitable, I s'pose, but I like the "blowing stuff up" parts too. The sword fight in Flag in Exile was a really awesome scene, though -- even without explosions.
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I do need to start converting when I get a chance to read.
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If you browse Baen Bar, you can find mentions that Weber does plan for at least five more Honorverse books and the story will shift to deal with the new threat (if you've read the last books, especially Shadow of Saganami/Crown of Slaves books you know what I mean). Apparently he's currently busy writing an Off Armageddon Reef book for Tor, and second books of the Sagnami/Crown spin-offs will be come before the next "mainline" book about Honor.
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1) At the sentence level 2) At the paragraph level 3) At the block level (block = length of text dealing with a "single event") Speed readers tend to develop the knack of not even seeing this redundant information, let alone processing it. |
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Actually now that I think of it, I can certainly read much faster than people can talk. I suspect the same is true for most people. So is it surprising that she can read a screenplay faster than it can be acted out?
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Some books, of very interest to me and with well-told stories, make me want to soak in every word.
But skim-ability is exactly what makes all the difference for me with a regular "fun" book. I hate those books that are "just for fun" and put critical information in unlikely locations amidst worthless wordiness. That makes me quickly lose interest because it forces me to read every sentence carefully, and the book had better be a great book and highly entertaining if I'm going to do that. |
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She's not reading the screenplay, she's reading the original novel, which is considerably more involved.
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Ah I see. Wow I'd be truly amazed if she could read every word os Sense and sensibility in two hours.
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Well, the screenplay in question is closer to 8~10 hours -- it's the Masterpiece Theater mini-series, but still. I think she tosses it off in an afternoon.
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Much more reasonable. Average even ;-)
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Uh. Right. Sure.
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