http://www.teleread.org/2008/11/02/saul-bellows-masterpieces-still-awol-from-e-including-the-kindle-store/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.teleread.org/2008/11/02/saul-bellows-masterpieces-still-awol-from-e-including-the-kindle-store/comment-page-1/#comment-1011080 Craig Duckett Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:47:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/11/02/saul-bellows-masterpieces-still-awol-from-e-including-the-kindle-store/#comment-1011080 Saul Bellow's Herzog and Humboldt’s Gift are literary masterpieces that deserve the widest audience possible. My Master's thesis was a study of Bellow's concept and use of the soul and consciousness in Herzog, Mr. Sammler's Planet, and Humboldt’s Gift, three books that are as hilarious as the are enlightening. Because I do most of my reading now using ebooks, I check back often for digital editions of these novels, but to no avail. I imagine I'll have to manually scan them using OCR software, a daunting task, but inescapable since there are no digital versions of these books currently on the market. A bloody shame, to say the leas,t considering all the meaningless mass-market ordure that is out there. Saul Bellow’s Herzog and Humboldt’s Gift are literary masterpieces that deserve the widest audience possible. My Master’s thesis was a study of Bellow’s concept and use of the soul and consciousness in Herzog, Mr. Sammler’s Planet, and Humboldt’s Gift, three books that are as hilarious as the are enlightening. Because I do most of my reading now using ebooks, I check back often for digital editions of these novels, but to no avail. I imagine I’ll have to manually scan them using OCR software, a daunting task, but inescapable since there are no digital versions of these books currently on the market. A bloody shame, to say the leas,t considering all the meaningless mass-market ordure that is out there.

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