M. (hristine Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 I couldn't remember who suggested it. Thanks. BTW ... watch for Neil to arrive on your doorstep YAY! I owe you one too. I didn't forget! Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I was thinking about getting this for my mom for Christmas....has anyone read it? I could use some insight.....my mom is SO HARD to buy a present for!! A good writer and a nice lady. Big Red Sox fan too. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 9, 2005 Author Share Posted December 9, 2005 If Chins Could Kill : Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell Night: Night Life, Night Language, Sleep, and Dreams by A. Alvarez Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Rereading this as I trudge through my grad school application.Reading it the first time helped me believe I could be a writer for a living. Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 If Chins Could Kill : Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbelli love this book! the tales of "sam's classic" are terrific. tough to read the "evil dead" bits while eating lunch, tho. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest gsteinb Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 next reading: Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 next reading: That stuff does tend to put one's own personal angst into perspective. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest gsteinb Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 can we have a book of the year thread? that was it....best book by far. run to buy it. I wept until my lower lip quivered. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 12, 2005 Author Share Posted December 12, 2005 i love this book! the tales of "sam's classic" are terrific. tough to read the "evil dead" bits while eating lunch, tho. I want to read his other one too. I did not know that him and Sam Rami grew up together. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 I'm about to start reading The Scarlet Letter for the gabillionth time. Thank goodness it's awesome. I love teaching that book. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Interesting. I spent most of this weekend researching this very subject as part of my graduate studies. Link to post Share on other sites
JesusEtc Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 If Chins Could Kill : Confessions of a B Movie Actor by Bruce Campbell I met Bruce on that book tour a couple years ago. Pre Spiderman 2. Really funny guy. Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Knocked this out on Saturday afternoon. Classic Chabon. Short, sweet fun. Reads like a young adult novel. Recommended for Chabon fans though not on par w/"Wonderboys" or "The adventures of Kaviler and Clay" NRReally good so far. Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Really delightful read so far. Spiritual journeys are rocky roads. This road is filled with wonder. I love it. Good call gsteinb. Link to post Share on other sites
m_thomp Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 I want to read his other one too. I did not know that him and Sam Rami grew up together. I too am still reading this. Nearly finished it now, I'm upto the bit where he's just finished Hudsucker Proxy and about to start some tv show called The Adventures of Brisco County or something. Got his other book on Christmas list so no doubt that will be arriving soon. He strikes me as a really genuine, down-to-earth, hardworking guy who never loses the sight of who he is. Next up for me after Bruce is: Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Rereading Theodore Dreiser's "American Tragedy" for the first time in about 20 years. Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Really delightful read so far. Spiritual journeys are rocky roads. This road is filled with wonder. I love it. Good call gsteinb.Finished tonight. Weeping. Next up: Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Bought this second hand over the weekend - some really great articles in it, especially the ones on Neil Young and Morrissey. Link to post Share on other sites
begbie Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 i just finished cormac mc carthys border trilogy (all the pretty horses, the crossing, the cities of the plain). he is quickly becoming my favorite author. Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 NRReally good so far.i loved "incredibly close..." just finished it last week. big m. chabon fan. picked up "amazing stories" last year. his "genre stuff" is done with love. very fun to read. Link to post Share on other sites
brianjeremy Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Guided by Voices: A Brief History : Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 i loved "incredibly close..." just finished it last week. big m. chabon fan. picked up "amazing stories" last year. his "genre stuff" is done with love. very fun to read.Incredibly Close was indeed brilliant. Finished it late last week and then started........Which was nothing like I expected but a facinating little novel. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 Cannery Row by John SteinbeckI Got Somebody in Staunton by William Henry Lewis A book about James Wright Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Cannery Row by John Steinbeck One of my favourite books of all time, although Tortilla Flat still tops it - so if you haven't read it before, then you gotta do so next. Link to post Share on other sites
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