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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 30, 2014, 06:03:36 pm ---I'll have to remember not to blab on about the latest issue until I'm sure everybody has received it.
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Oh, you never need worry about that! It's not like we're giving away spoilers here.
--- Quote ---So, has everybody received the food issue (Nov 3)? This issue seemed strange because it was so focused on events within the U.S. borders. I'm not used to an issue where there is nothing about the Middle East or Africa. So far, I have enjoyed John Lancaster's piece "Shut Up and Eat" which launches the issue. We're in the age where we're supposed to laugh at ourselves for being so food-obsessed, which is okay except then we just go on with our obsession as normal. Not about food, but I also enjoyed the article about Bob Dylan's early work.
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So I finally I got a New Yorker in the mail today, and I was all set to come here and say at last I had the famous Tom Hanks issue -- except that's not it, it's the Food Issue. I think what happened was that I never got the Oct. 27 issue.
I have a few different piles of magazines (practically one in every room, actually), and although they go back to at least last summer I couldn't find the Oct. 27.
So I think I probably will call customer service and complain. Here's my dilemma: If they give me a choice between getting the Oct. 27 one and adding one at the end, which should I do? Note: I don't particularly care about reading the Tom Hanks thing at this point. Is the Oct. 27 worth it, or should I take a chance that I'd do better at the other end?
Front-Ranger:
I would vote for adding one to the end. The issue with the Hanks piece was largely forgettable, although I didn't read the ebola piece, so I'm hardly an authority.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on October 30, 2014, 10:50:35 pm ---So I think I probably will call customer service and complain. Here's my dilemma: If they give me a choice between getting the Oct. 27 one and adding one at the end, which should I do? Note: I don't particularly care about reading the Tom Hanks thing at this point. Is the Oct. 27 worth it, or should I take a chance that I'd do better at the other end?
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No surprise here, I completely disagree with FRiend Lee about the issue being "largely forgettable." :laugh:
The Ebola article is completely riveting, and Oct. 27 also has the profile of Billy Joel (but maybe you don't care for his music?). The article on the President and court appointments is important if duty-ish. (I don't even plan on reading Tom Hanks' story).
BUT:
If you can access those articles on line (I probably could but I've never bothered to learn how)--then perhaps you should read them on line and go for an extra issue on the end of your subscription, if you are given that option.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on October 31, 2014, 09:15:00 am ---the profile of Billy Joel (but maybe you don't care for his music?).
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He's OK. True story: my uncle, who was probably in his 50s or early 60s at the time, but was pretty culturally aware and liked music and played the piano beautifully (though mostly classical) was once listing what he thought were the most important figures in rock 'n' roll history. "Elvis, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Billy Joel ..." he said.
I had to hide my amusement. My uncle really liked Billy Joel.
--- Quote --- The article on the President and court appointments is important if duty-ish.
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That doesn't sound like it would pass the duty threshold for me. I know court appointments are important, but I just can't get very into them.
--- Quote ---If you can access those articles on line (I probably could but I've never bothered to learn how)--then perhaps you should read them on line and go for an extra issue on the end of your subscription, if you are given that option.
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Excellent point. Many of the articles aren't even behind paywalls, and though of course as subscribers we all theoretically have access to all of the New Yorker content on their website. But I absolutely hate using it for that -- I like their blogs and online columns, but not the magazine content, because it's really cumbersome to read. You have to read it in a PDF version on their site, meaning you have to open to the page, then scroll up and down the individual columns as you read because you can't enlarge it enough to read, while keeping it on a whole page of your computer (at least I can't on mine).
Long story short, I'll probably google the Ebola article and if it's not available as free content (in which case it's presented in an easy-to-use html format, all one column) I'll probably skip it.
serious crayons:
Update: I just ran across someone else's link to the Ebola story. It's not paywalled.
In case anyone reading this is curious and doesn't subscribe, here's the link: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/27/ebola-wars#
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