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- From: ggr@koonda.acci.com.au (Greg Rose)
- Subject: Re: Isn't anyone READING anymore?
- Message-ID: <9300416.15211@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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- Organization: Australian Computing and Communications Institute
- References: <1hlq5hINNihq@DIALix.oz.au>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 05:51:41 GMT
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- In article <1hlq5hINNihq@DIALix.oz.au> bongo@DIALix.oz.au (John Bongiovanni) writes:
- >One of my beefs about reading in Australia is how expensive the exercise
- >is here. If you want to guarantee yourself access to a book, you have to
- >be prepared to fork out bonzo bucks. Otherwise, you have to hope it will
- >turn up in your local book exchange or library.
-
- I just bought a great early science fiction classic in the foyer of
- the hospital across the road from my office. It only cost $1.95, how
- can you complain about that?
-
- >I certainly don't buy NEARLY as many books here as when I lived in the U.S.
- >OK, now it's time for "why don't you go back home, Yank" ;->
-
- Funnily enough, the book was "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
- Court", by Mark Twain...
-
- In general, though, I do agree with your comment.
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- Greg Rose Australian Computing and Communications Institute
- ggr@acci.com.au +61 18 174 842
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