Whatcha reading?

[Kory]

21) Here's Johnny by Ed McMahon. Audiobook as read by the author. This memoir of the man's years sat to the right of Johnny Carson won't break any new ground, but it delivers on the blurb's promise of being like having lunch with Ed. A boozy, repetitive lunch where decades old jokes are retold and Johnny's honour is diligently defended and any claims of Carson having ice in his veins roundly denied. Fun escapism, no literary worth.

Does this play incessantly in the background?

[Dr. Medulla]

Delightful fact: Ed McMahon went to high school with Jack Kerouac.

[Kory]

Delightful fact: Ed McMahon went to high school with Jack Kerouac.

The path not taken, eh?

[Dr. Medulla]

Delightful fact: Ed McMahon went to high school with Jack Kerouac.

The path not taken, eh?

I know! Kerouac would have been even better as Johnny's sidekick.

[Silent Majority]

Delightful fact: Ed McMahon went to high school with Jack Kerouac.

The path not taken, eh?

I know! Kerouac would have been even better as Johnny's sidekick.

Jack: Crazy, mad, I long for the distance, the drive, the constant steering of a lost night under a blood red moon.
Johnny: You really think you're fooling us all, don't you, drunky?

[Dr. Medulla]

Delightful fact: Ed McMahon went to high school with Jack Kerouac.

The path not taken, eh?

I know! Kerouac would have been even better as Johnny's sidekick.

Jack: Crazy, mad, I long for the distance, the drive, the constant steering of a lost night under a blood red moon.
Johnny: You really think you're fooling us all, don't you, drunky?

We live in the wrong universe.

[Dr. Medulla]

Whole passel of new reading just started …
Audio

Long been on my list, but Wolter mentioning him the other day inspired me to bump him up. Starting this tomorrow.

Tub

I've read this years and years ago and wasn't taken by the work, but I love the concept so much (and bad science in general) that I'm giving it a second shot.

Bedtime

The postseason is just around the corner, so an account of the '47 WS.

[revbob]

Whole passel of new reading just started …


I've read this years and years ago and wasn't taken by the work, but I love the concept so much (and bad science in general) that I'm giving it a second shot.

I remember a kid in middle school during a science class started talking about this as if it was real. Like this is what hed been taught by his parents as a child.

Needless to say a wierd kid, even by middle school standards

[Dr. Medulla]

Whole passel of new reading just started …


I've read this years and years ago and wasn't taken by the work, but I love the concept so much (and bad science in general) that I'm giving it a second shot.

I remember a kid in middle school during a science class started talking about this as if it was real. Like this is what hed been taught by his parents as a child.

Needless to say a wierd kid, even by middle school standards

He's probably a state senator now.

[Silent Majority]

22) The Man In the High Castle - Philip K Dick. Audiobook, from an old battered tape, which had the echoing of the other side audible. A book that was all about the setting over the actual plot or characters, neither of which were particularly worth time. The alt-timeline is very nicely and imaginatively realised and makes the book worth your time. I can see why somebody might think this may be worth setting a TV show in, but I couldn't get through that first episode.

[Dr. Medulla]

22) The Man In the High Castle - Philip K Dick. Audiobook, from an old battered tape, which had the echoing of the other side audible. A book that was all about the setting over the actual plot or characters, neither of which were particularly worth time. The alt-timeline is very nicely and imaginatively realised and makes the book worth your time. I can see why somebody might think this may be worth setting a TV show in, but I couldn't get through that first episode.

I listened to that maybe five years ago and it confirmed that I love PKD's short fiction but not his novels. We've watched the adaptation from the start mainly because it's visually quite rich and vibrant. Plus there are a few changes that make it more compelling than the novel.

[Silent Majority]

22) The Man In the High Castle - Philip K Dick. Audiobook, from an old battered tape, which had the echoing of the other side audible. A book that was all about the setting over the actual plot or characters, neither of which were particularly worth time. The alt-timeline is very nicely and imaginatively realised and makes the book worth your time. I can see why somebody might think this may be worth setting a TV show in, but I couldn't get through that first episode.

I listened to that maybe five years ago and it confirmed that I love PKD's short fiction but not his novels. We've watched the adaptation from the start mainly because it's visually quite rich and vibrant. Plus there are a few changes that make it more compelling than the novel.

Very good point. His flaws as a writer are much more forgivable in 30 pages. You're just left with a happy swim in whatever his disturbing ideas are without being distracted by his paper thin characterisation.

[Dr. Medulla]

22) The Man In the High Castle - Philip K Dick. Audiobook, from an old battered tape, which had the echoing of the other side audible. A book that was all about the setting over the actual plot or characters, neither of which were particularly worth time. The alt-timeline is very nicely and imaginatively realised and makes the book worth your time. I can see why somebody might think this may be worth setting a TV show in, but I couldn't get through that first episode.

I listened to that maybe five years ago and it confirmed that I love PKD's short fiction but not his novels. We've watched the adaptation from the start mainly because it's visually quite rich and vibrant. Plus there are a few changes that make it more compelling than the novel.

Very good point. His flaws as a writer are much more forgivable in 30 pages. You're just left with a happy swim in whatever his disturbing ideas are without being distracted by his paper thin characterisation.

I'm the same way with Fitzgerald. I just have a devil of a time maintaining interest in his novels, but a nice tight short story works quite well.

(Also, that Palahniuk short story collection was largely disappointing. A couple amusing pieces that conveyed his earlier style well, but most of the stories were lifeless. I fear he's drained himself of his ability.)

[101Walterton]

Just read Horace Panter Ska'd For Life and now reading Neville Staple Borstal To Rude Boy.
Interesting to read the same story from two different perspective (actually two different universe the gulf between these two personalities).
Let's just say Neville's version is more colourful!!

[Kory]

Just read Horace Panter Ska'd For Life and now reading Neville Staple Borstal To Rude Boy.
Interesting to read the same story from two different perspective (actually two different universe the gulf between these two personalities).
Let's just say Neville's version is more colourful!!

Holy SHIT that's creepy. I was just coming here to say that I was halfway through Horace's book. It's interesting to find out that Horace wasn't really into Jamaican music growing up like a lot of other people in the scene were.