Comments on: Wells on the difference between utterance and dialogue http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/06/17/wells-on-the-difference-between-utterance-and-dialogue Pontification without all the gritty gravitas Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:58:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tozier http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/06/17/wells-on-the-difference-between-utterance-and-dialogue#comment-1076 Tozier Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:22:30 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/06/17/wells-on-the-difference-between-utterance-and-dialogue#comment-1076 I know. But I changed the <i>context</i>, see? :) Small pieces, loosely joined. He was talking about several things, which spark conversations subsequently. Like butterflies refusing to be pinned. I know. But I changed the context, see? :)

Small pieces, loosely joined. He was talking about several things, which spark conversations subsequently. Like butterflies refusing to be pinned.

]]> By: Branko Collin http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/06/17/wells-on-the-difference-between-utterance-and-dialogue#comment-1075 Branko Collin Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:45:30 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/06/17/wells-on-the-difference-between-utterance-and-dialogue#comment-1075 Branko was, as is not unusual with him, suffering from brainfuzz. Ideas kept flitting through his head like unruly butterflies, and none could be caught and pinned to his blog. And so in the end I took the sly and easy way out, and let Wells do the work for me. One thought remained: "juxtaposition purdy" (you really need to read my entry to understand, as Bill quoted only half of it). If that means I understand the unwritten book, there's only one thing I can say: I rule! As for one of the ideas I tried to pin down with this particular quote: it struck me that when Wells wrote "[unwritten books] are no trouble to hold; there are no pages to turn over. One can read them in bed on sleepless nights without a candle," he could have been writing about the mechanical qualities of e-books too. Branko was, as is not unusual with him, suffering from brainfuzz. Ideas kept flitting through his head like unruly butterflies, and none could be caught and pinned to his blog.

And so in the end I took the sly and easy way out, and let Wells do the work for me. One thought remained: “juxtaposition purdy” (you really need to read my entry to understand, as Bill quoted only half of it).

If that means I understand the unwritten book, there’s only one thing I can say: I rule!

As for one of the ideas I tried to pin down with this particular quote: it struck me that when Wells wrote “[unwritten books] are no trouble to hold; there are no pages to turn over. One can read them in bed on sleepless nights without a candle,” he could have been writing about the mechanical qualities of e-books too.

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