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   Unnamable on September 8, 2019 at 8:19 pm

   Hm. Sounds like some great reading. I need to learn Spanish. Regarding Butler, I’ve stubbornly stuck to her novel, Kindred, in my Am Lit course. I need to read more of her work, and a dystopian novel about resource depletion sounds like a great book for a discussion on environmental issues. The last book you mentioned sounds really interesting. I miss reading more experimental literature.

   Have you read Doctorow’s Homer and Langley? Pretty cool stuff, and typewriters play a significant role for a few pages.

   Hope your semester has been a smooth one.

   Cheers,
   Andrew

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   Richard P on September 8, 2019 at 10:01 pm

   Thanks! H&L is one I haven't read.

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   Anonymous on September 9, 2019 at 12:18 am

   He dicho insuficiente, pero ya lo sabes: ¡Gracias!

   Ayer comencé a Murakami.

   Un abrazo.
   Armando.

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   Bill M on September 9, 2019 at 12:29 am

   If I ever get caught-up on my reading list I've got to look for the last 2.

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   Richard P on September 9, 2019 at 2:52 am

   ¡Que disfrutes!
   (We are referring to Haruki Murakami's story collection Men Without Women, which I think has some similarities to Armando's work.)

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   Brent Wiggins on September 9, 2019 at 12:05 pm

   Happy to hear you enjoying the read! I am on a science fiction bender, but these speculative titles are making it onto my reading list very soon. After I get through with a few more stories from Greg Egan.

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   misteraitch on September 11, 2019 at 8:30 pm

   Glad to hear you're enjoying 'Empty Streets'. You can't have been too far short of the typewriter mentions which are in Chapters 29 & 30 of Part 1 of the book. Ajvaz's two other novels in English translation ('The Other City' and 'The Golden Age') are also well worth reading. Also this: http://blisty.cz/video/Slavonic/Ajvaz1.htm

   And thank you for your reply to my letter!

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   Richard P on September 12, 2019 at 12:23 am

   I'm glad to hear my reply arrived already. Yes, I reached the typewriter passage soon after I typed this post. I enjoyed the little vignette you link to, and look forward to the other novels, thanks.

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   Ping A on September 21, 2019 at 7:27 pm

   I love that A. Warner poem on typewriter repair. Will type it up and put it up on my workshop wall.

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    Anonymous on September 22, 2019 at 11:59 pm

    Hello! I am very happy with the charm you feel, and I would very much like to see my poem in your workshop. Thanks and a hug from Mexico! AW.

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