Reply #81: yeah it isn't, because it's english speaking and has reliable electricity

[pitohui]

that's a lesson i had to learn too

you might not bother to carry more than one book to go to new zealand but might carry three to go to amsterdam because a look at the prices of english speaking books/magazines would beggar you and you don't want to go w/out eating a couple days to read

or to africa or to asia

or for that matter getting snowed in ffor 48 hrs a few years ago at PHL (philadelphia, america)

you need books and a hand held crank/a bunch of shitty gadgets to keep track of DON'T replace books in an emergency

and i have to admit, i'm more free handed than you, whilst traveling, once i finish a book, i freely give it away, if it's a book i know i will want to keep i just make a note of the name and buy another copy once i'm home, but whilst traveling there is more to gain by sharing it w. others -- it doesn't mean i disrespect the book or writer but just that i acknowledge thru experience that i need to lighten my load as i travel (i am tiny)

it is not an insult to the book that i'm willing to trade, it's just part of the road

"if i ever stop writing i'll go back to reading" no offense but that says it all -- you're not a reader -- a reader never gives up reading -- a reader may write to share but a reader NEVER gives up reading

NEVER ever not gonna happen

iif i was told tomorrow that all the books i've read would be struck from my brain or the money i've made over the years from writing would be struck from my brain -- no question -- the articles/books i've written can "go" -- i've simply rec'd too much from other writers infinitely more talented than i to give that up