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May favourite was all of the MAD versions of songs!
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I'd forgotten about the music...what a flashbackLOL
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Originally posted by darui darui wrote:

Now I am reading The Grapes of Wrath" – John Steinbeck. The novel takes place during the great depression. A poor family of tenant farmers, the Joads, are forced to leave their home in Oklahoma due to drought, economic hardship, and changes in farming practices. I am impressed with this book so I will write literature review -essay about it.

Steinbeck is a great author and one of my favorites; he actually was THE favorite author of me for some time (now it is James Joyce). I especially love "Of Mice and Men"


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Have really only begun the book, but truly enjoying every word of Bill Bruford's autobiography.....Who knew he would be so articulate?  Not that I expected he would be stupid or anything, but I've read autobiographies of people I think are wonderful lyricists that really are dully presented in comparison.  Full of wit, insightful, just a joy to read.  
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I liked that one a lot too. His descriptions of Fripp and Fripp's eccentricities, sprinkled here and there throughout, are hilarious.  I can't remember examples as it was a while ago, but I remember recommending the book heartily to my musicians friends.
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I just finishing a second read of "Little Girl Blue," which is an in-depth look at Karen Carpenter's life. It is amazing how life's events and upheavals can take down people who seemingly have it all together. It's actually frightening because I've never had it all together and so I wonder what is the straw that will break me? Not a book for the faint of heart.

Onto something much more upbeat. Earl Hamner's story about his Virginia boyhood and how that experience evolved into a book called Spencer's Mountain and later, into a little project called The Waltons, which remains one of my favorite shows to revisit. 
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I'm nurturing a love affair with Alice Munro's treasure trove of short stories, please don't disturb !
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Just decided to go back and read some of the "classics" I missed: finished Gogol's amazing Dead Souls and then picked up Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Robert Heinlein's Starship Trooper. Though Heinlein (a product of his time) is denigrated for his sexism and racism, the man could weave a tale! Stranger in a Strange Land remains one of my favorite books of all-time.

I have found over the course of my life that when one encounters masterful writing, it becomes a challenge to put up with all of the drivel that has been published over the last 50 years. I've not been able to touch my beloved SciFi genre since reading Dan Simmons' Hyperion. I'm sorry, but he is an extraordinary writer! JD Salinger almost did the same for me in my youth.

Anybody read any of the posthumous releases of Salinger's? Are there any worth checking out?
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Just decided to go back and read some of the "classics" I missed: finished Gogol's amazing Dead Souls and then picked up Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Robert Heinlein's Starship Trooper. Though Heinlein (a product of his time) is denigrated for his sexism and racism, the man could weave a tale! Stranger in a Strange Land remains one of my favorite books of all-time.

I have found over the course of my life that when one encounters masterful writing, it becomes a challenge to put up with all of the drivel that has been published over the last 50 years. I've not been able to touch my beloved SciFi genre since reading Dan Simmons' Hyperion. I'm sorry, but he is an extraordinary writer! JD Salinger almost did the same for me in my youth.

Anybody read any of the posthumous releases of Salinger's? Are there any worth checking out?

Can't speak to the Salinger, but have you read Mary Doria Russell's "The Sparrow?"  I hadn't read any sci fi since the classic era myself and found her book and found it incredible.  Love Heinlein, myself, and understand the denigrations, but he was a man of his time, same with Harlan Ellison, imo, whom I also love.  And also have read much of Simmon's works, also a master.  Anyway, check out Russell's effort, I found it very moving.
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Just decided to go back and read some of the "classics" I missed: finished Gogol's amazing Dead Souls and then picked up Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Robert Heinlein's Starship Trooper. Though Heinlein (a product of his time) is denigrated for his sexism and racism, the man could weave a tale! Stranger in a Strange Land remains one of my favorite books of all-time.

I have found over the course of my life that when one encounters masterful writing, it becomes a challenge to put up with all of the drivel that has been published over the last 50 years. I've not been able to touch my beloved SciFi genre since reading Dan Simmons' Hyperion. I'm sorry, but he is an extraordinary writer! JD Salinger almost did the same for me in my youth.

Anybody read any of the posthumous releases of Salinger's? Are there any worth checking out?


I never liked "The Catcher in the Rye" at all. I never understood all the fuss about the book. Holden Caulfield is such a cringey and whiny character; I had absolutely no understanding for him and completely disliked him (as a fictional character; I like a lot of villains in literature though as persons I would dislike them). So I am not really interested in reading Salinger's posthumous works.

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Originally posted by darui darui wrote:

Now I am reading The Grapes of Wrath" – John Steinbeck. The novel takes place during the great depression. A poor family of tenant farmers, the Joads, are forced to leave their home in Oklahoma due to drought, economic hardship, and changes in farming practices. I am impressed with this book so I will write literature review -essay about it.  I think helping  I can get on review https://paidpaper.net/papersowl-com-review/

Camel's album "dust and dreams" is based on that book so definitely check that out as well. 
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Very well-written and informed old school conspiracy/history book by Carl Olglesby ~


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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Just decided to go back and read some of the "classics" I missed: finished Gogol's amazing Dead Souls and then picked up Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Robert Heinlein's Starship Trooper. Though Heinlein (a product of his time) is denigrated for his sexism and racism, the man could weave a tale! Stranger in a Strange Land remains one of my favorite books of all-time.

I have found over the course of my life that when one encounters masterful writing, it becomes a challenge to put up with all of the drivel that has been published over the last 50 years. I've not been able to touch my beloved SciFi genre since reading Dan Simmons' Hyperion. I'm sorry, but he is an extraordinary writer! JD Salinger almost did the same for me in my youth.

Anybody read any of the posthumous releases of Salinger's? Are there any worth checking out?
If you want some well written sci-fi try Ian Banks,...The Culture series....best space saga I have ever read...and I also liked Hyperion btw.
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The newest Todd Rundgren book is good and weird.
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Just finished Bill Brufords' autobiography, here is my review as it appears in Good Reads (five stars):
 I so enjoyed this book! Who knew my favourite drummer would be so engaging on the printed page? Insightful and thoughtful, so much intelligent discourse on the past, present and future of music and the business behind it all. Highly recommended to all who ponder these things and enjoy the conversational style that this book takes in the discussion of it and those who still work in and around it, and those who love truly great, innovative musicianship.
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Well, now, this was fun....
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Just decided to go back and read some of the "classics" I missed: finished Gogol's amazing Dead Souls and then picked up Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Robert Heinlein's Starship Trooper. Though Heinlein (a product of his time) is denigrated for his sexism and racism, the man could weave a tale! Stranger in a Strange Land remains one of my favorite books of all-time.

I have found over the course of my life that when one encounters masterful writing, it becomes a challenge to put up with all of the drivel that has been published over the last 50 years. I've not been able to touch my beloved SciFi genre since reading Dan Simmons' Hyperion. I'm sorry, but he is an extraordinary writer! JD Salinger almost did the same for me in my youth.

Anybody read any of the posthumous releases of Salinger's? Are there any worth checking out?
 

I've enjoyed every novel you mentioned. Your Shrike avatar clued me into your literary tastes.  Simmons' Hyperion books are my favorite Sci-fi of all time.   I also like Simmons' horror.   "The Terror" and "Summer of Night" rival Stephen King's best.   But then you probably already knew that. 
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I'm reading "Break on Through" by James Riordan, and so far, so good.
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Just finished the short story collection "20th Century Ghosts" by Joe Hill.  Most of those stories are quite excellent, but there were a few questionable ones. 
 
Cannery Row by Steinbeck was great.  So was On the Road by Jack Kerouac.  Also The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald.
 
I'm also re-reading the Thomas Covenant Chronicles so that I can finally read the four newer books Stephen R. Donaldson wrote for the series.  Despite the horrific scene that happens at the first of the series, it was one of my favs back when I first read it and I'm enjoying it all again.
 

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Surely someone must've read a good book lately, no posts since 2019 .

Whitley Strieber's new one is reeeeeaaaaallllyy good.   Anyone following Strieber's remarkable journey from horrified victim of entity contact to enlightened journeyman of the highly strange will love this fascinating book.





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