tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post3753363486475865826..comments2023-10-29T12:28:26.775+00:00Comments on Charley Robson's Leaning Tower of Plot: How To Read Impossible BooksCharley Robsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-84981123898166146482014-05-16T12:45:19.282+01:002014-05-16T12:45:19.282+01:00It's a lot of fun, particularly with very dry ...It's a lot of fun, particularly with very dry texts with long passages of description.<br /><br />Shakespeare, as you say, is best read aloud. Plays tend to sound best that way anyway :PCharley Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09542608515324640174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4553951271806645988.post-84848945603646317982014-05-15T21:59:07.916+01:002014-05-15T21:59:07.916+01:00*thumbs up* That second suggestion sounds particu...*thumbs up* That second suggestion sounds particularly interesting. I'll have to try that with assigned reading sometime. Unfortunately, it won't work for all books-- Shakespeare, for instance, uses so many different words that, except for prepositions and articles, you wouldn't get much use out of a single word-swap (unless you swapped a name). But Shakespeare uses so many funny words anyway, you don't even need it. The first step, however, is essential for Shakespeare.<br /><br />Good post.klbnkrhfnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07765441890140929568noreply@blogger.com