jlhoots Posted September 25, 2010 Report Posted September 25, 2010 Jill McCorkle: Going Away Shoes Quote
BillF Posted September 25, 2010 Report Posted September 25, 2010 Still with those English "kitchen sink" novels c.1960 Quote
Jazzmoose Posted September 25, 2010 Report Posted September 25, 2010 It's not Arthur. I was thinking Frank... Quote
jazzbo Posted September 25, 2010 Report Posted September 25, 2010 I admire a lot of Frank's work, but. . .. Quote
jazzbo Posted October 2, 2010 Report Posted October 2, 2010 Fredrick Pohl, "Beyond the Blue Event Horizon" Quote
Matthew Posted October 2, 2010 Report Posted October 2, 2010 (edited) On October 7, the Noble Prize in Literature will be announced. I'm getting a feeling in my bones that Thomas Pynchon will be named. I have no reason to think this, but it's just a hunch. Philip Roth would be nice also.... The betting line Edited October 2, 2010 by Matthew Quote
Matthew Posted October 4, 2010 Report Posted October 4, 2010 City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s by Otto Friedrich. One of my all time favorite Hollywood books. Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 4, 2010 Author Report Posted October 4, 2010 City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s by Otto Friedrich. One of my all time favorite Hollywood books. Yes! I read this a few years ago...your post makes me want to pull it out again. Thanks for the reminder, Matthew. Quote
Matthew Posted October 4, 2010 Report Posted October 4, 2010 City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s by Otto Friedrich. One of my all time favorite Hollywood books. Yes! I read this a few years ago...your post makes me want to pull it out again. Thanks for the reminder, Matthew. Ghostie: Have you read Friedrich's book on Berlin in the 1920's? I hear that's supposed to be very good also. Quote
Brad Posted October 5, 2010 Report Posted October 5, 2010 Re-reading Hugh Thomas' The Spanish Civil War. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted October 5, 2010 Report Posted October 5, 2010 200 pages in and gripped. Some marvellous examples of the realities of segregation that I'll use in my Civil Rights lessons. Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 5, 2010 Author Report Posted October 5, 2010 City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s by Otto Friedrich. One of my all time favorite Hollywood books. Yes! I read this a few years ago...your post makes me want to pull it out again. Thanks for the reminder, Matthew. Ghostie: Have you read Friedrich's book on Berlin in the 1920's? I hear that's supposed to be very good also. BEFORE THE DELUGE? I got it years ago on a girlfriend's recommendation but still haven't read it yet...matter of fact, I'm not sure I realized it was the same author. Brad: that's another book I have but haven't read yet. A Lark Ascending: glad you're digging the Duke book! Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 6, 2010 Report Posted October 6, 2010 On October 7, the Noble Prize in Literature will be announced. I'm getting a feeling in my bones that Thomas Pynchon will be named. I have no reason to think this, but it's just a hunch. Philip Roth would be nice also.... The betting line Maybe that would get me to finally drag Gravity's Rainbow off the shelf over there. I think I've been dragging it around for thirty years now... Quote
paul secor Posted October 6, 2010 Report Posted October 6, 2010 (edited) Reginald Hill: Recalled to Life Detective Inspector Andrew Dalziel is one of the great comic characters in English literature. Edited October 6, 2010 by paul secor Quote
ejp626 Posted October 7, 2010 Report Posted October 7, 2010 Just wrapped up Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark. I'm just not enjoying his books at all. Four novels in, and it's becoming a chore. I'm thinking about reading Lolita and calling it quits. At least I've found more of genuine interest in Mahfouz and Narayan. Taking a short break to read a South African writer: Ivan Vladislavic's The Folly. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 9, 2010 Report Posted October 9, 2010 Alan Dean Foster: Glory Lane. Pure fluff, but a good work-break and lunch book... Quote
BillF Posted October 11, 2010 Report Posted October 11, 2010 The second David Storey I've read recently. Quote
paul secor Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 W.P. Kinsella: The Moccasin Telegraph and Other Stories Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 Kinsella...wow. I haven't read his stuff in years. I'll have to break out The Iowa Baseball Confederacy and see if it's as good as I remember. Quote
paul secor Posted October 13, 2010 Report Posted October 13, 2010 Kinsella...wow. I haven't read his stuff in years. I'll have to break out The Iowa Baseball Confederacy and see if it's as good as I remember. Haven't read his baseball fiction recently, but his Silas Ermineskin stories have held up for me. Quote
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