First, I applaud the guys at the New Yorker for bringing this remarkable gift of the last 80 years on 8 CDs. You can reprint or print as often and as much as you want. I have to say that I didn't care for the book included. But this is truly a complete New Yorker with ads, indexes, authors, dates, subjects, etc. I have to say since I'm a big fan of Janet Flanner's who wrote Letters from Paris from 1925 to 1975. Fortunately, I don't have to spend a fortune seeking New Yorker magazines for a lot more money. It's easy to install and easier to use all the time. I love it. It's the perfect gift for anybody who loves to read, for any New Yorker fan, or anybody who has acquired the New Yorker Taste. It's not for everybody but it's for me.
I have to say that was the main purpose behind this purchase was the opportunity to have the magazine without collecting too much dust and space as magazines have been known to do. As a fan of Janet Flanner for the last couple of years, this complete New Yorker edition on dvd and book is fabulous and quite a bargain. I'm so glad that I got it and now I can print as much without having to go elsewhere to get the magazine editions. Janet Flanner was one of the most important voices of the last century and more so was that she was the voice of Paris from the American point of view from 1925 to 1975. Her name was synomous with New Yorker and the Letters from Paris edition. I am so happy to receive this wonderful item at a fraction of the price and be able to use it on my computer. I wonder what Janet would say about today's technology, the smoking ban everywhere but home, and the state of Paris, London, Rome, and New York City today. I won't say that Janet was a New Yorker because her heart was truly in Paris where she spent most of her life. We were very lucky to have her there reporting from 1925 until 1975. She was there between two World Wars. I think some of her finest writing came about during World War II and afterwards until she was no longer to write. I have to say that I think Paris changed after World War II. It wasn't so much about the lost generation of American expatriates like Flanner, her partner Solita Solano, Natalie Clifford Barney, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Beach etc. who relocated. Sure the hardcore expatriates like Flanner stayed behind but the change in Paris was obvious after the war. Nothing after the war was ever the same. In a way, all of Europe lost it's innocence during World War II and even Janet probably fondly remembered days before the war that ripped everybody apart. Nothing is for sure, nothing can last forever, maybe that's what Genet would say today.
Anyway, the product is excellent. There are a couple of pages missing in old issues but the quality is adequate. You get 80 years of print on 8 compact discs which I found accessible and easy to use on my computer. The first disc is to install the information which includes by author, subject, title, year, etc. This index is invaluable tool. It would also be a great addition to the schools for students to research. They have a wide variety of literature like cartoons, poems, short stories, non-fiction, profiles, reporter at large series etc. It would be a terrible shame not take the opportunity to buy this treasure.
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Gold Coin Advice: How to run this software on new pc, mac, or even smartphones
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2017
Gold Coin Advice:1.st, Compatibility. Using a software you always make sure that thing works for your system. Read the box, and you do not upgrade your system, if your pc/mac breaks, buy a similar one.2.nd, Archive. Life is process of archive, from the first time our ancestors making kindle to the time we read newspaper, New Yorker, or keeping the records of your partner’s offense preparing for the next fight. We archive. Why you don’t print the issue into pdf file when you read it? And Why I’m reading my 80 years New Yorkers every issue on my windows 7-10, new mac, all variety of Linux platforms and on all type of smartphones, and palm devices? Because I Archive, my friend.Solutions:1. go online search how to run old game/software on windows 10. The software runs on win7, no problem. Once you starts to sing seeing the issues unfold on your screen, print it to pdf files and make two backup.2. buy a clunker with a functional dvd rom. $80-$150. And do a systematic print every issue to pdf, buy 2 128gb usb sticks, or 2 external hard drives, 12x4=48 issues each year, each pdf file is about 20-30 megabytes, 80 years is about 160 gigabytes. Do at least two copies, in case one backup fails, and always always have two copies of all your important info. (if your pc does not have pdf printer, please search online download and install pdf printer for win or mac depends on what pc you have)3. if you don’t know much about computers, bring your copy to a computer guy, your friends, your grand kids, your neighbor’s kid, any kid in Junior H, or HS can do the job.You Are Welcome!this is my name system for each new yorker issue pdf files on my pc:nykr19250221nykr19250228... all issuesI can read them in time order and know how the style change, the culture the society the taste change, also I love the old advertising, some are funny 100 years after, no great man's twitter log better than this, also if you have kids, teens, make them do archive these, they will love to read every issue, what better fun cultural and language education than backup read old mag like New Yoerker and Times. Best Gift Ever!also, there is time magazine too, we should archive. In the end, if we have some culture treasure like new yorker, times, and National Geo, we should always learn to do archive, just like we were 7yr old, we have pocketful of trinkets, bugs, pebbles... it's duty for everyone to preserve our treasure.
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