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wolf · 09-04-2008, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor by Sherman Alexie. It was a beautiful short story, funny and touching.

Sherman Alexie is great. I think I abandoned one of his short story collections in when I moved. He's best known for "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" and he wrote the screenplay for the move Smoke Signals.

Tink · 09-04-2008, 11:38 AM

"Boots and Saddles" by Elizabeth Custer. Basically takes everything you think you ever knew about General George Custer and gives you food for thought.

Shawnee123 · 09-04-2008, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Sherman Alexie is great. I think I abandoned one of his short story collections in when I moved. He's best known for "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" and he wrote the screenplay for the move Smoke Signals.

Thank you for that, wolf. I had no idea, but now have something else for my "to read" list (and an idea for my mom's Christmas present.)

Amazing how things find us.

wolf · 09-04-2008, 11:09 PM

Left Behind - Tim LeHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

(Yes, Really. The scary part is that I'm up to chapter two and it's actually fairly entertaining.)

elSicomoro · 09-05-2008, 12:08 AM

I don't want you all to freak out or anything...but I just finished reading a book. A real book...a novel, actually: "Then We Came to the End" by Joshua Ferris.

Cloud · 09-06-2008, 03:58 PM

I realized I had lost my copy of Dune, so I got a nice used hardback to replace it.

Also, I've never gotten around to reading the unexpurgated version of Stranger in a Strange Land, so I got that one, too.

reading the classics, man!

Crimson Ghost · 09-07-2008, 03:20 AM

Notes On Embalming - For Students (1936)

From "The McAllister School Of Embalming, Inc."

I also read the classics.
But this one guarantees I'll be left alone while eating.

Trilby · 09-07-2008, 11:12 AM

The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao.

WOW.

Shawnee123 · 09-08-2008, 10:42 AM

The Shipping News
-E. Annie Proulx

Trilby · 09-08-2008, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

The Shipping News
-E. Annie Proulx

I saw that movie. I didn't *get* it, but, maybe I was high. IIRC, it was depressing.

Shawnee123 · 09-08-2008, 01:05 PM

The book is written in such a different way that I found myself thinking "how did they make this into a movie, how could they capture this?" I vaguely remember the movie.

I did notice earlier that the book you're reading also won the Pulitzer for fiction! I can see why The Shipping News did, because the prose is very different and beautiful. Now I think I shall try your book next.

Number 2 Pencil · 09-08-2008, 02:48 PM

I'm reading Connie Willis' Bellwether. I am two or three chapters into it- so far so good. I don't know why i gave her another chance because I didn't like the last book of hers that i read- the Doomsday Book - even though that one somehow won a Hugo and a Nebula I wasn't impressed with it.

I'm also reading a biography of Carl Sagan. What a strange guy he was.

And I'm reading a book edited by Asimov called Before the Golden Age that is a collection of short stories written in the 1930's or 1940's in the pulp magazines. I have had to skip a few stories because they really were too pulpy and not good enough, but some are interesting.

I'm thinking of reading Watchmen again, the movie looks really good special effects wise, though who can tell if the plot will be any good.

My tastes lean towards science fiction, though I read a lot of other stuff too.

Cloud · 09-08-2008, 05:21 PM

welcome, No. 2, and yay for SF!

Number 2 Pencil · 09-08-2008, 07:01 PM

Glad to be here Cloud!

You guys are a fun bunch!

wolf · 09-12-2008, 12:57 PM

Obama Nation - Jerome Corsi, Ph.D.

09-04-2008, 11:09 PM	#1234
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Left Behind - Tim LeHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (Yes, Really. The scary part is that I'm up to chapter two and it's actually fairly entertaining.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-06-2008, 03:58 PM	#1236
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I realized I had lost my copy of Dune, so I got a nice used hardback to replace it. Also, I've never gotten around to reading the unexpurgated version of Stranger in a Strange Land, so I got that one, too. reading the classics, man! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-07-2008, 03:20 AM	#1237
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	Notes On Embalming - For Students (1936) From "The McAllister School Of Embalming, Inc." I also read the classics. But this one guarantees I'll be left alone while eating. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

09-07-2008, 11:12 AM	#1238
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao. WOW. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-08-2008, 10:42 AM	#1239
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	The Shipping News -E. Annie Proulx __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-04-2008, 11:38 AM	#1232
Tink Why oh why? Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 186	"Boots and Saddles" by Elizabeth Custer. Basically takes everything you think you ever knew about General George Custer and gives you food for thought.

09-05-2008, 12:08 AM	#1235
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I don't want you all to freak out or anything...but I just finished reading a book. A real book...a novel, actually: "Then We Came to the End" by Joshua Ferris.

09-08-2008, 01:05 PM	#1241
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	The book is written in such a different way that I found myself thinking "how did they make this into a movie, how could they capture this?" I vaguely remember the movie. I did notice earlier that the book you're reading also won the Pulitzer for fiction! I can see why The Shipping News did, because the prose is very different and beautiful. Now I think I shall try your book next. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-08-2008, 02:48 PM	#1242
Number 2 Pencil Not too hard, not too soft Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Next to a yapping dog Posts: 75	I'm reading Connie Willis' Bellwether. I am two or three chapters into it- so far so good. I don't know why i gave her another chance because I didn't like the last book of hers that i read- the Doomsday Book - even though that one somehow won a Hugo and a Nebula I wasn't impressed with it. I'm also reading a biography of Carl Sagan. What a strange guy he was. And I'm reading a book edited by Asimov called Before the Golden Age that is a collection of short stories written in the 1930's or 1940's in the pulp magazines. I have had to skip a few stories because they really were too pulpy and not good enough, but some are interesting. I'm thinking of reading Watchmen again, the movie looks really good special effects wise, though who can tell if the plot will be any good. My tastes lean towards science fiction, though I read a lot of other stuff too.

09-08-2008, 05:21 PM	#1243
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	welcome, No. 2, and yay for SF! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-08-2008, 07:01 PM	#1244
Number 2 Pencil Not too hard, not too soft Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Next to a yapping dog Posts: 75	Glad to be here Cloud! You guys are a fun bunch!

09-12-2008, 12:57 PM	#1245
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Obama Nation - Jerome Corsi, Ph.D. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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