tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post8532072249964000880..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Depression, Hunters, A Bus Driver, God, Salt and CodAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-56490080711520878262016-06-30T20:23:40.975-04:002016-06-30T20:23:40.975-04:00Wow, thanks Sacchi! Amazing the interconnections o...Wow, thanks Sacchi! Amazing the interconnections out there. I read the entire book before knowing the Dinesen connection. Found out looking for the author on Wikipedia since Amazon didn't carry the book.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-15207043039924486242016-06-30T13:19:30.120-04:002016-06-30T13:19:30.120-04:00Oops, that book was West with the Night, not the S...Oops, that book was West with the Night, not the Sun.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-82788040074896013322016-06-30T12:57:02.640-04:002016-06-30T12:57:02.640-04:00I read Cod via books on tape quite a while ago, an...I read Cod via books on tape quite a while ago, and it was indeed fascinating. (And persuaded a family member who didn't like to eat fish that this one wasn't so bad as healthy food goes.)<br /><br />Hunter was also in Beryl Markham's book West withe Sun, her autobiography of growing up as a wild child in Africa, learning to fly planes, and eventually setting numerous records. She was, according to her writing, a successful rival to Isak Dineson for Hunter's affections. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-18715656767850506542016-06-30T11:19:34.979-04:002016-06-30T11:19:34.979-04:00Thanx, Annabeth-
Non-fiction books that go from on...Thanx, Annabeth-<br />Non-fiction books that go from one fact to the next don't often do it for me. "Salt" seems more like that than "Cod". Another non- fiction work to experience is Simon Winchester's "Krakatoa"where he makes deductions and suggests larger implications of what may have been the loudest sound Human beings have ever been subjected to. Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-12453581072136199072016-06-29T23:47:33.222-04:002016-06-29T23:47:33.222-04:00Daddy, I'm really glad you recovered well from...Daddy, I'm really glad you recovered well from the medical scare. Thanks for letting us know!<br /><br />You're right that I probably wouldn't read the Hunter book, but it was really interesting to read your description of it! That's one of the nice things about these "what are you reading" posts.<br /><br />I used to think I wanted to write books like Cod and Salt. As I read more of them, though, I noticed that there's a real pitfall of just including all the facts about whatever. It's hard not just to vomit your research back. It's an admirable work that can find a narrative thread in a big, pervasive topic.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-73089434680485533852016-06-29T11:02:03.749-04:002016-06-29T11:02:03.749-04:00Yes, a wide range of subjects, both fiction and no...Yes, a wide range of subjects, both fiction and non can interest me as long as I can get into to the writing. Guess that makes me lucky. I get to experience lots of approaches. Hopefully a guy can learn writing by osmosis. I'll be posting "Learn by Watching" on that particular subject July 11, Editor's Corner at the ERWA blog.<br /><br />And yes. TC Boyle. What a fertile mind. What a storyteller. One of the notable wordsmiths and visionary artists of our times. I read Drop City and Tortilla Curtain and think I've posted here about both of them. Will look for The Women and the Inner Circle.<br /><br />Yes, Boyle's characters are often despicable assholes but you know that doesn't bother me. ;>) The first two stories in "Stories II" feature characters who are absolutely reprehensible. Even the characters who get fucked over aren't completely likable; they seem to get what's coming to them. Unlike O henry stuff, Boyle's characters kinda do deserve their fate for getting into the situation they find themselves in.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-22463850082363033212016-06-29T09:41:45.279-04:002016-06-29T09:41:45.279-04:00Wow! Your reading is all over the place.
I'm ...Wow! Your reading is all over the place.<br /><br />I'm quite partial to T.C. Boyle but I've never read his short stories. Have you encountered THE INNER CIRCLE? A fictionalized account of Alfred Kinsey and his sex research. Every character unlikable, but still a great book! Then there's THE WOMEN, a tour de force narrative about Frank Lloyd Wright that unfolds backwards in time. <br /><br />One thing about Boyle--every book is different, except for the high quality of the writing!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com