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human
*body relaxes* Hello  how are you?  Do you like reading?Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches
gpt
I did not know that, I find that interesting. Oh and yes I love to read. How are you today?
human
*tilts head* Im doing great!  The world record for speed reading is held by anne jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute
gpt
*takes a step back* Glad to hear that you are well. I was just reading that. That is incredible.I can not imagine being able to read that fast! The FDA burned 6 tons of books. I never heard of this. 
human
I wonder why they burned them,  that horrible.  Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry
gpt
I find that funny they would do that. They were just regular people. Did you know that Architecture, literature, music, painting and sculpture were olympic events? I can not imagine that either.  
human
*lips slightly parted* Really?  that seems like unlikely categories! There is an annual literature contest that challenges writers to come up with the worst possible opening sentence to a novel.
gpt
*hands at sides* There is really so much that most of us never hear about or learn about, one reason why reading is a wonderful thing. My Grandfather was one of those "hobo travelers" in the early 1900"s 
human
Oh really?  Thats interesting!  Romantic kissing is a fairly recent development and is rarely mentioned even in ancient greek literature.
gpt
I had not realized that. I also never realized that Shakespeare had popularized phrases such as good -riddance, laughing stock and others. I have read very little of his works though. 
human
I dont know a lot about shakespere so all of this is really interesting to me lol Pocahontas and shakespeare were alive at the same time and died only a year apart.
gpt
I also find information like this very interesting. Imagine Andre Tchaikowsky actually donated his skull in the hopes that it would be used as a prop. 
human
haha.  Did it?  Shakespeare invented the names miranda, jessica, and olivia.
gpt
*takes a step forward* It says it was used in 2008 in productions of Hamlet. I never knew those names were invented by Shakespeare. In the 18th century there was a panic because people were reading novels.
human
*eyes widen* thats seems weird that there would be a panic!  Reading is good for people lol 
gpt
I am more panicked now because too many people are not reading. Reading is good! Learning new things is good. 
human
Shakespeare's works take on a different meaning when performed with an era-appropriate accent instead of a modern one, often introducing rhymes or puns that don't work in modern pronunciations.
gpt
LOL, yes I imagine that to be so because the pronunciation of some words were so different in that time. I will have to check out the On The Fly! Hobo Literature and songs books and get a feeling for my grandfathers youth lol
human
*leans forward* does he have any cool stories?
gpt
*hands at sides* He died when I was a teen and only told me a few things when I was younger. Mostly funny things but he had a hard life then and I do not think he liked to recall it too much I wish he was around to hear more. 