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[Nuggler]

:read2:My wife said to me not too long ago that she was surprised I didn't read as much as I used to.
Says I, not too many authors left
Says she........BS!!8O She really said it.
Still in a state of shock, I stumbled to the computer and looked up Amazon.something, and perused the stuff.
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy hove into view, and, it was a dang good read ( a few years ago ) ifn you like "dusters", blood and guts, man's inhumanity, the cowboy thing, young fellers comin of age and killin folks and all that. Lo and behold the dude writ a few more than that. So, 5 of'em came last week, and only gots 3 to go.

Maybe we can trade comics er sumpthin later eh, when they's all red.

Now a wird to the wize. If descriptions of flayin, torturin, killen, and disembowlin make ya queasy, stay away; but there's lots of good action between the tyin of the the knot and the stringin up, IMHO. Some philosophy too...............ehh :albino:whudevvah.

I like his writing. Anyone else??

 

[talloola]

didn't read the book, but saw the movie. Mat Damon and Penelope Cruz.
Very good, but I'm sure much different than the book, as they usually are.

 

[Nuggler]

I've never seen any of the movies, although "No Country for Old Men" is on my list of things to watch. Doubt if it will be as good as the book. Maybe I won't bother. Don't want to mess up my perception of the appearances of the characters, etc.

I think he enjoys describing things gross, and using vocabulary of an uncommon sort, necessitating the online dictionary being close at hand.

But, that says more about me than him. :tardbird.....B I R D.....bird).........duh.

:lol:Time for morecofee

 

[Sal]

I am embarrassed by how little I read now a days and it definitely impacts my vocabulary. I used to read a book or two a week.

Now that I read just to relax, I particularly enjoy the slasher books. I like the psychology and the mystery. I'm reading one right now called Multiple Wounds.

It's well written and the main character has an affinity for Mythology. I can barely remember who Cronos was. So reading it is like a memory nudge. It's surprising how much you can't remember....lol.

 

[MikeyDB]

Reading is a very special pastime. It demands not just the willing suspension of disbelief as required of movies and TV, but an investment. Very powerful to have forgotten senses and feelings aroused and be swept up cognitively and emotionally by the intensity of a good narative or fabulous speculation....

I fear that reading comprehension for many isn't what it used-to-be....that the mental skills that afford the sharpness and depth of dynamics being portrayed suffers for the instantaneous virtually passive observation cultivated by the television and movie industry. While it may be argued that we have a spectrum of awareness piqued and prodded by fantasmagorical big screen extraveganzas, the power of words to convey images and sentiments is something that I believe our love affair with technological "entertainment" has forcibly atrophied.

I find myself re-reading many things and realize that years spent reading (before the popularity and ease of TV and movies) is a kind of self-imposed limit on the excitement and wonder of folding one's self into the writers creation. That and simply old age....

Reading for 'knowledge' is still relatively common, but reading for fun and expanding one's emotional horizons is I believe lost on younger generations. Too bad.

 

[Nuggler]

So true, Mikey;

Just a small observation here. Women tend to read more for enjoyment than men........??
Whadyathink?
Men, cluding me tend more towards "how to" stuff, or documentary type reading; but in my case, pretty much because I can't find too many fiction authors I like.
Cormac McCarthy filled the bill for a bit, but I'm down to his last book.
Off we go on another search.

It's not life threatening.

Maybe I'll write my own novel..........................:tard:........yup.

8O

 

[mrgrumpy]

Today at my favourite used book store I bought my second copy of Tom Wolfe's A Man in Full..

Second go at it in ten years - it is the most entertaining book I've ever read, at least in terms of laughing out loud all through it.

The other book on my 'read again' list is Pillars of the Earth which is in reprint again - it satsfies all the emotions and provides a good insight to Medieval England,. By Ken Follet. His best work, in my opinion.

 

[Nuggler]

Hi Grumps;

Me wife has read most of Mr. Follet's books. She thinks they're great, and now with your rec., maybe he's next on me list.

Thanks.

Nugg:read2: