tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post1289642763541364173..comments2024-02-25T01:48:45.848-07:00Comments on Mr. Center's Wall: KIM XX -- chapter 14: JUST IS THE WHEEL and SO THE TWINGING SCARSJoseph Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00090686611405364311noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-53488004141630446362011-05-27T19:10:54.851-06:002011-05-27T19:10:54.851-06:00Hahaha So true.Hahaha So true.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708022607046379611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-74834543522330694192011-05-27T08:31:25.254-06:002011-05-27T08:31:25.254-06:00I think Kipling was glad the book was coming to an...I think Kipling was glad the book was coming to an end as well. Though the story got better as we neared the end, and though I personally didn't like how he was narrating it earlier, the quality of his writing went downhill, like the clumsy, erratic application of the present tense in chapter 15, or the "ummm" here. <br /><br />Aside: The copy of the book I got from gutenberg.org (which I am happy to announce I've placed neatly in my desktop digital trash can and emptied) had really fantastic illustrations--those metal reliefs I've attached periodically). Well, the last three chapters (or two??) didn't have them. I think the illustrator gave up too.Joseph Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090686611405364311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-55052387457999651362011-05-26T22:21:35.526-06:002011-05-26T22:21:35.526-06:00On the "Umm," quote: My dad and I have b...On the "Umm," quote: My dad and I have been reading all night in the hotel, and I had to forcibly restrain myself from laughing, so that he wouldn't think that I was nuts or something. I mean, talk about a horrible line at a really important moment. Wow, just wow. Horrible.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708022607046379611noreply@blogger.com