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Old March 28th 04, 01:15 PM
Scott Lowther
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Pat Flannery wrote:

Scott Lowther wrote:

It's a Good Thing that a lot of these docuemnts are being made avaialbel
online as PDF... but a lot is lost in the translation. Not only image
quality (some are REALLY bad), but also... just the *feel* of having the
actual book. Sorta sucks the soul out of a book.


Spoken like a true salesman! :-)


More like a *buyer.* Yes, I coudl download a text version of Milton's
"Paradise Lost," for example, but I'd much rather read my giant 1903
edition with the Gustave Dore illustrations...


the giant surface-launched Mars ship is really something!


It's a ROMBUS, as was the Ithacus (originaly, and creepily, called the
"Icarus"). An all-round useful critter....

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