01-09-2009, 12:49 AM
I'm heading off for a week "up the coast" (Paullus, you may feel sorry for me as I survey the parade from Aromas on Hastings Street) and haven't had time to digest the latest on this thread.
Could I just throw in the following:
(1) This is one of the fastest-growing threads I've seen and it's a credit to the commitment of participants.
(2) It is true, as Paullus indicates, that much input won't be up to the scholarship of Robinson. However, that in itself isn't a problem I feel. A real problem is perhaps that most of us don't have a copy of Robinson's opus to inspect. If the intention of the thread is to go "Beyond Robinson", then a lot of participants (me, for example!) are at a disadvantage.
(3) Given (2), does anyone know whether Robinson's book is available as an e-book? I note Google is negotiating with a number of parties at the moment to loosen the shackles on its book-search facility.
(4) Those of us who can actually access museum or collection items are in a wonderful position, having not only visual access to the items themselves, but probably access to their documentation.
Cheers - back up for air in a week
Howard / SPC
Could I just throw in the following:
(1) This is one of the fastest-growing threads I've seen and it's a credit to the commitment of participants.
(2) It is true, as Paullus indicates, that much input won't be up to the scholarship of Robinson. However, that in itself isn't a problem I feel. A real problem is perhaps that most of us don't have a copy of Robinson's opus to inspect. If the intention of the thread is to go "Beyond Robinson", then a lot of participants (me, for example!) are at a disadvantage.
(3) Given (2), does anyone know whether Robinson's book is available as an e-book? I note Google is negotiating with a number of parties at the moment to loosen the shackles on its book-search facility.
(4) Those of us who can actually access museum or collection items are in a wonderful position, having not only visual access to the items themselves, but probably access to their documentation.
Cheers - back up for air in a week
Howard / SPC
Spurius Papirius Cursor (Howard Russell)
"Life is still worthwhile if you just smile."
(Turner, Parsons, Chaplin)
"Life is still worthwhile if you just smile."
(Turner, Parsons, Chaplin)