sidewinder Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Good stuff ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bluesnik Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Actually rereading it because I already read it when it came out ten or nine years ago. But I'm even liking it more this second time. It's very good. And well researched. As all Ted Gioia books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ejp626 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 About halfway into Rabbit is Rich. I do like this one a bit better than the first two (esp. Rabbit Redux), but I can't imagine going through this series a second time. I've been slowly making my way through McCarthy's Birds of America. My goal is to wrap this up by Boxing Day. Next non-Updike book will be Krzhizhanovsky's The Letter Killers Club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jlhoots Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Jesmyn Ward: Sing Unburied Sing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jlhoots Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Lisa Halliday: Asymmetry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kinuta Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, sidewinder said: Read it a few months ago. A good comprehensive account. Visited Hue last year and managed to see most of the places described in the book. Unfortunately driving rain and flooded streets curtailed our enjoyment. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, kinuta said: Read it a few months ago. A good comprehensive account. Visited Hue last year and managed to see most of the places described in the book. Unfortunately driving rain and flooded streets curtailed our enjoyment.   An Xmas present read, so far so good. Some of the events I recall either seeing or hearing about on the Beeb. Also vividly recall the early BBC2 evening news bulletin rebroadcasting the main US CBS Vietnam war news of the day before. A ‘WTF’ moment was what I later realised was Walter Cronkite introducing film of B-52 bomber formations over jungle, taken from above (probably from an accompanying F-4 I guess). Those sort of things as a youngster tend to stick in the memory like limpets. Reading the book, this is likely to have been one of the ‘Linebacker’ raids, possibly over the Central Highlands. Edited December 31, 2018 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 4 hours ago, sidewinder said: I have yet to pick this up but I can recommend several other books if you wish.  I’d also recommend reading the following series in the New York Times, if you’re interested.  It’s terrific. Vietnam 67  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sgcim Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 The Traveler, Perry Robinson's autobiography. It's really out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Silence: A User's Guide: Volume 1 -- Process by Maggie Ross.  Interesting how "mindfulness" and silence are hot topics in philosophy & spirituality now, it seems a ton of books are being released -- kind of a resistance movement against modern media, and the psychic toll they cause, that is taking place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 8 minutes ago, Matthew said: Silence: A User's Guide: Volume 1 -- Process by Maggie Ross.  Interesting how "mindfulness" and silence are hot topics in philosophy & spirituality now, it seems a ton of books are being released -- kind of a resistance movement against modern media, and the psychic toll they cause, that is taking place. You gotta have some place that's nobody's but yours. Got to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 18 hours ago, Brad said: I have yet to pick this up but I can recommend several other books if you wish.  I’d also recommend reading the following series in the New York Times, if you’re interested.  It’s terrific. Vietnam 67  Thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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