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Summary: Walden Pond Revisited
Review: I had never known such a book exists until I stumbled upon it at my local bookstore. What surprised me even more was that there is a place for such a club in this world of 1,000 mhz computers and super pocket pcs.It seems ironic that you are actually reading this review on a computer and even more so that this review was written on a pc at my work place. But isn't this book targetted more on computer users than those who never touch a computer? Read the Lead Pencil Club manifesto, it will help you get your life back before it's all too late. Long live the Leadites!
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Summary: Voices in the wilderness
Review: Minutes of the Lead Pencil Club is an interesting collection of bits and pieces related to the shunning of technology or the minimal use of technology. Electronic gadgets, including computers like the one on which you read this review, are complained about, fretted over, and lampooned. Some of the contributors are techies who have realized the limitations or deficiencies of modern technology over previous methods. Some contributors take after Luddites, wishing to live a simple life. This is a book that may be taken lightly or seriously. This reader found it to be a welcome voice in the wilderness of tech-dom. Using a pencil once in a while won't hurt anyone.
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Summary: A celebration of the joys of an old technology
Review: This book is an entertaining collection of short pieces that recall some of the advantages of an old technology--the lead pencil. The pieces represent a range views, ranging from a simple uneasiness with new technology to an almost total rejection of it. Still you don't have to be a technophobe to appreciate these pieces that remind us of the joys and advantages of a simpler technology and a simpler life. Many of the pieces embody the same spirit as Henry David Thoreau's chapter "Economy" in _Walden_. In fact, Thoreau is an honorary member of the Lead Pencil Club.
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