Oil Can Boyd Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Just finished this marvelous thing & it's going into my personal top 10 novels!It is a great book ... Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 This, too, is a pretty great book ... Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 This, too, is a pretty great book ... I actually just got back from visiting the Nuclear museum in New Mexico. As you would imagine, there is a section on Hiroshima/Nagasaki as well as replicas of Fat Man and Little Boy. Pretty amazing seeing how small they really are to be able to cause that much damage. Seems like the museum was trying to be balanced in showing the arguments for and against dropping the bombs. Anyways, I'm interested in checking this out. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I actually just got back from visiting the Nuclear museum in New Mexico. As you would imagine, there is a section on Hiroshima/Nagasaki as well as replicas of Fat Man and Little Boy. Pretty amazing seeing how small they really are to be able to cause that much damage. Seems like the museum was trying to be balanced in showing the arguments for and against dropping the bombs. Anyways, I'm interested in checking this out.The criticism of the book is that it is not balanced. I didn't think it needed to be though; to me it was non-political. It is really good reporting on what it was like for a small group of people living in Hiroshima at the time. Most editions have an additional section from the mid-1980s where Hersey went back and followed up on the people that were in the original piece. Link to post Share on other sites
sgtpepper64 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Reading this currently: And not enjoying it as much as I want to. I feel like while heartfelt, a good portion of it is just seeing how much random and obscure music he can reference. I don't know. I'm already halfway done with it and really just want to get through it. Not horribly written or anything, I guess I'm just really not connecting with the tragicness of it on an emotional level. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Reading has been scarce these days....but I am slowing making my way through a few: and when I have full capacity of my normally sleep deprived brain (which isn't often): Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Reading this currently: And not enjoying it as much as I want to. I feel like while heartfelt, a good portion of it is just seeing how much random and obscure music he can reference. I don't know. I'm already halfway done with it and really just want to get through it. Not horribly written or anything, I guess I'm just really not connecting with the tragicness of it on an emotional level.I tried reading his follow-up to that one, "Talking to Girls about Duran Duran." The title alone made me giddy, but the book seem uninspired. Didn't come close to finishing it. Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 My "To Read" list has exploded lately. I recently saw the Replacements documentary, which made me want to reread this: Meanwhile, I just finished this: And am in the middle of this: Both of those were from the library. I also got "At Home" from the library, but had to take it back before I was finished. Then today I bought this: and this: Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I love love loved The Memory Palace! Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Recently: Paul Murry's Skippy DiesRick Bragg's All over but the shoutin'Jennifer Eagan's A Visit from the Goon Squad Now: I didn't allow myself to be exposed to any of it's content until now and I'm really enjoying it. It's nice to hear that voice again. Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Just finished: Chuck Klosterman IVReally enjoyed it. He sensibilities and life experiences seem to coincide with my own so much it is scary. Great AGiB-era Wilco story, too. Just picked up: The Pale King - DFWCan't wait to get started. (really sad there will be no more...) Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I've never been a big Civil War buff but a few weeks ago my family and I were near Gettysburg and we swung through for a visit. Man, it was a pretty intense visit. I'm not ready to be a reenactor or anything but I feel like I definitely need to know and read more about it. Link to post Share on other sites
redpillbox Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I've never been a big Civil War buff but a few weeks ago my family and I were near Gettysburg and we swung through for a visit. Man, it was a pretty intense visit. I'm not ready to be a reenactor or anything but I feel like I definitely need to know and read more about it. Love this book. One of my favorites. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Been reading short stories recently, including: Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Been reading short stories recently, including: What did you think of Pancake? Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 What did you think of Pancake?I like it. I had read some of the stories about 20 years ago, then lost the book, but picked up another copy recently. He's definitely a talented writer. Are you a fan? Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I like it. I had read some of the stories about 20 years ago, then lost the book, but picked up another copy recently. He's definitely a talented writer. Are you a fan? Yes. I have studied his life for years. I have been to his hometown and grave site. Link to post Share on other sites
alison the wilca Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Thanks to the $1 bins at Target- a book I am loving but for some reason never finished it when I checked it out of the library in the 3rd grade. The cover of the $1 version is shoddy so here is another! Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Yes. I have studied his life for years. I have been to his hometown and grave site.It's funny - I got home last night and one of my neighbors had dropped off a whole pile of music magazines. There was a copy of MOJO that Tom Waits had edited. In it Waits lists his favorite books, and the first one on the list was Pancake's. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 It's funny - I got home last night and one of my neighbors had dropped off a whole pile of music magazines. There was a copy of MOJO that Tom Waits had edited. In it Waits lists his favorite books, and the first one on the list was Pancake's. You should get this book and read it: A Room Forever: The Life, Work, Letters Of Breece D'J Pancake [Paperback]Thomas E. Douglass Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Never heard of Pancake, before. He seems interesting, I will check my neighborhood book stores, today. It's been music bio's over the last few weeks. Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Speaking of music bios, looking forward to reading this new one: Review:Mould book review Link to post Share on other sites
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