Of Mice and Men
Scott Hendryx
District. Dumnass, say it's to violent, racist and morally incorrect. First
Stienbeck then the World and US History books. Man, I'm glad I live 5 miles
north of there....
Scott Hendryx
Aaron C Borgman
: To be banned from the required reading list at the Middleothian School
: District. Dumnass, say it's to violent, racist and morally incorrect. First
: Stienbeck then the World and US History books. Man, I'm glad I live 5 miles
: north of there....
Idots.... if you're going to ban _Of Mice and Men_ do it for a good reason,
the fact that it is a horrible boring ass book.
--
Aaron Borgman CRU/IQ Design Engineer
abor...@ichips.intel.com
JF4-4-C5
phone: 712-3212
Disclaimer: All above opinions are mine... not Intel's
Ralph Kennedy
> Scott Hendryx <hen...@mail.northgrum.com> wrote:
> : To be banned from the required reading list at the Middleothian School
> : District. Dumnass, say it's to violent, racist and morally incorrect. First
> : Stienbeck then the World and US History books. Man, I'm glad I live 5 miles
> : north of there....
>
> Idots.... if you're going to ban _Of Mice and Men_ do it for a good reason,
> the fact that it is a horrible boring ass book.
Oh yeah? Try sitting through the opera, pal.
--Ralph Kennedy, {ames,gatech,husc6,rutgers}!ncar!noao!asuvax!kennedy
actually, the {allegra,decvax,ihnp4,oddjob}--^
second act wasn't ^---------------The Wrong Choice
too bad, hey to red internet: ken...@asuvax.eas.asu.edu
Andrew Smith
news:GFLoE...@asuvax.eas.asu.edu...
> Aaron C Borgman <abor...@pdx444.pdx.intel.com> writes:
> > Scott Hendryx <hen...@mail.northgrum.com> wrote:
> > : To be banned from the required reading list at the Middleothian School
> > : District. Dumnass, say it's to violent, racist and morally incorrect.
First
> > : Stienbeck then the World and US History books. Man, I'm glad I live 5
miles
> > : north of there....
> >
> > Idots.... if you're going to ban _Of Mice and Men_ do it for a good
reason,
> > the fact that it is a horrible boring ass book.
>
> Oh yeah? Try sitting through the opera, pal.
That deaf, dumb, blind kid.....
a.
Aaron C Borgman
: Aaron C Borgman <abor...@pdx444.pdx.intel.com> writes:
:> Scott Hendryx <hen...@mail.northgrum.com> wrote:
:> : To be banned from the required reading list at the Middleothian School
:> : District. Dumnass, say it's to violent, racist and morally incorrect. First
:> : Stienbeck then the World and US History books. Man, I'm glad I live 5 miles
:> : north of there....
:>
:> Idots.... if you're going to ban _Of Mice and Men_ do it for a good reason,
:> the fact that it is a horrible boring ass book.
: Oh yeah? Try sitting through the opera, pal.
No thanks...
Bill Deems
>Stienbeck then the World and US History books.
The high school World and US History texts are usually so bad they
should've been burned years ago.
Phillip A. Kallas
"Scott Hendryx" <hen...@mail.northgrum.com> wrote in message
news:GFLGrK.EGo%mot...@herald.northgrum.com...
Dude, a HAWT CHICK that I work with moved to Muncie from Middleothian last
year. Does this mean she is ignorant? If so, screwing her would be that much
easier.
pk
Lizabeth
"Scott Hendryx" <hen...@mail.northgrum.com> wrote in message
news:GFLGrK.EGo%mot...@herald.northgrum.com...
They should ban Steinbeck because his books are overrated, never seem to
RSFCKING END and are BORING AS HELL....not because of perceived violence and
sin. That's just rong.
~~~
Lizabeth
Virginia Beach
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre
nds. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Vijay Ramanujan
"Lizabeth" <lizabeth-ju...@writeme.compostheap> wrote:
> They should ban Steinbeck because his books are overrated, never seem to
> RSFCKING END and are BORING AS HELL....not because of perceived violence and
> sin. That's just rong.
I liked the few Steinbecks I have read.
The man who should be banned for being unreadable yet legendary is
Ernest Hemingway.
BTW, it's hard getting an English degree if you let your teachers know
that you think Shakespeare's overrated.
Vijay R.
Kenneth O'Brien
<lizabeth-ju...@writeme.compostheap> wrote:
>
>"Scott Hendryx" <hen...@mail.northgrum.com> wrote in message
>news:GFLGrK.EGo%mot...@herald.northgrum.com...
>> To be banned from the required reading list at the Middleothian School
>> District. Dumnass, say it's to violent, racist and morally incorrect.
>First
>> Stienbeck then the World and US History books. Man, I'm glad I live 5
>miles
>> north of there....
>
>They should ban Steinbeck because his books are overrated, never seem to
>RSFCKING END and are BORING AS HELL....not because of perceived violence and
>sin. That's just rong.
>
Grapes of Wrath was one of the best pieces of literature I have ever
read.
Kenneth O'Brien
Tom O'Brien
Kenneth O'Brien wrote:
Dude, there were neither grapes nor wrath in that book. And I know what wrath
should be like, I saw Star Trek II. That being said, that book sucked. Though,
not as bad as Moby Dick. 700 pages of nothing happening, followed by them
actually seeing the whale for a page and a half before everyone dies. Damn, I'm
glad I skipped half of that book when I was supposed to read it in high school.
(got a b+ on the paper too... woulda gotten an A had I figured out in time that
the book was about nothing more than the fact that Melville either: couldn't get
laid, or couldn't get it up. I mean, they're out there chasing for a white SPERM
whale, on a boat with a one legged(because one eyed woulda been to obvious)
captain, and can never find it...
Lump, ND '97
Lizabeth
"Vijay Ramanujan" <vij...@citlink.net> wrote in message
news:vijayr-0B1817....@corp-radius.supernews.com...
Steinbeck that I was force-fed: "The Pearl" (yaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwnnnnnnn),
"The Grapes of Wrath" (biggggggggeeeeeeeerrrrrrrr yawn) and "Of Mice and
Men" (probably the least sleep-inducing).
I like some Hemingway, but "Old Man and the Sea" sucks. Teachers love to
drone on about the symbolism. Puhleeeze. Man goes fishing. Man hooks big
fish. Big fish drags boat around (for 200 freakin' pages!). Yuck.
I like Shakespeare. "Merchant of Venice" is one of my all-time favorites.
I think he was somewhat ahead of his time. But, not every work is as rich
in meaning as many an English professor would have us believe. Sometimes
the words are just words.
~~~
Lizabeth
Virginia Beach
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Andrew Smith
> Kenneth O'Brien wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 03:11:34 GMT, "Lizabeth"
Entering that gable-ended Spouter-Inn, you found yourself in a wide, low,
straggling entry with old-fashioned wainscots, reminding one of the bulwarks
of some condemned old craft. On one side hung a very large oil-painting so
thoroughly be-smoked, and every way defaced, that in the unequal
cross-lights by which you viewed it, and careful inquiry of the neighbors,
that you could any way arrive at an understanding of its purpose. Such
unaccountable masses of shades and shadows, that at first you almost thought
some ambitious young artist, in the time of the New England hags, had
endeavored to delineate chaos bewitched. But by dint of much and earnest
contemplation, and oft repeated ponderings, and especially by throwing open
the little window towards the back of the entry, you at last came to the
conclusion that such an idea, however wild, might not be altogether
unwarranted.
But what most puzzled and confounded you was a long, limber, portentous,
black mass of something hovering in the centre of the picture over three
blue, dim, perpendicular lines floating in a nameless yeast. A boggy, soggy,
squitchy picture truly, enought to drive a nervous man distracted. Yet was
there a sort of indefinite, half-attained, unimaginable sublimity about it
that fairly froze you to it, till you involuntarily took an oath with
yourself to find out what that marvellous painting meant. Ever and anon a
bright, but, alas, deceptive idea would dart you through.-It's the Black Sea
in a midnight gale.-It's the unnatural combat of the four primal
elements.-It's a blasted heath.-It's a Hyperborean winter scene.-It's the
breaking-up of the ice-bound stream of Time. But at last all these fancies
yielded to that one portentous something in the picture's midst. That once
found out, and all the rest were plain. But stop; does it not bear a faint
resemblance to a gigantic fish? even the great leviathan himself?...
Melville could friggin' write.
There's no room for discussion here.
Melville could friggin' write.
a.
George B. Ross
Everyone dies at the end?! Basturd, I was only up to page 387
and now you've ruint it for me.
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Hank DeWorken
> Kenneth O'Brien wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 03:11:34 GMT, "Lizabeth"
> > <lizabeth-ju...@writeme.compostheap> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >"Scott Hendryx" <hen...@mail.northgrum.com> wrote in message
> > >news:GFLGrK.EGo%mot...@herald.northgrum.com...
> > >> To be banned from the required reading list at the Middleothian School
> > >> District. Dumnass, say it's to violent, racist and morally incorrect.
> First
> > >> Stienbeck then the World and US History books. Man, I'm glad I live 5
> miles
> > >> north of there....
> > >
> > >They should ban Steinbeck because his books are overrated, never seem to
> > >RSFCKING END and are BORING AS HELL....not because of perceived violence and
> > >sin. That's just rong.
> > >
> >
> > Grapes of Wrath was one of the best pieces of literature I have ever
> > read.
> >
> > Kenneth O'Brien
>
> Dude, there were neither grapes nor wrath in that book. And I know what wrath
> should be like, I saw Star Trek II. That being said, that book sucked. Though,
> not as bad as Moby Dick. 700 pages of nothing happening, followed by them
> actually seeing the whale for a page and a half before everyone dies.
OOH! Thanks a LOT jerk. How about a SPOILER warning next time??
Scott Hendryx
"Phillip A. Kallas" <do...@bird.com> wrote in message
news:75x_6.94185$mG4.43...@news1.mntp1.il.home.com...
She's prolly cute and likes it in the ass. Dood, thats' the school that
students take other students out into the cotton fields and shoot them.
Donut rsfck with a Midddleothian chick..
Scott
Alan Mundy
news:Xns90CE6B1C65D3...@204.127.36.1:
YM "saved me."
Melville is best taken in small chunks. (ODL)
--
Alan Mundy
"I don't know.. the .sig is okay.. definitely accurate.. though you might
want to put the description of yourself AFTER your name.. like:
'Alan Mundy -- cluefsck' HTH." - PFC Slick
Aaron C Borgman
: In article <Gfx_6.123933$qc.15...@news1.rdc1.va.home.com>,
: "Lizabeth" <lizabeth-ju...@writeme.compostheap> wrote:
:> They should ban Steinbeck because his books are overrated, never seem to
:> RSFCKING END and are BORING AS HELL....not because of perceived violence and
:> sin. That's just rong.
: I liked the few Steinbecks I have read.
: The man who should be banned for being unreadable yet legendary is
: Ernest Hemingway.
I couldn't disgree more... give me a dozen Hemingway novels for every
Steinbeck. As for horribly unreadable see: Conrad, Joseph
: BTW, it's hard getting an English degree if you let your teachers know
: that you think Shakespeare's overrated.
I can only imagine...
Andrew Smith
news:9hfqta$3...@news.or.intel.com...
> Vijay Ramanujan <vij...@citlink.net> wrote:
> : In article <Gfx_6.123933$qc.15...@news1.rdc1.va.home.com>,
> : "Lizabeth" <lizabeth-ju...@writeme.compostheap> wrote:
>
> :> They should ban Steinbeck because his books are overrated, never seem
to
> :> RSFCKING END and are BORING AS HELL....not because of perceived
violence and
> :> sin. That's just rong.
>
> : I liked the few Steinbecks I have read.
> : The man who should be banned for being unreadable yet legendary is
> : Ernest Hemingway.
>
> I couldn't disgree more... give me a dozen Hemingway novels for every
> Steinbeck. As for horribly unreadable see: Conrad, Joseph
The 3rd or 4th television generation comes home to roost.
a.
Phillip A. Kallas
This should scare me, but oddly enough it has the opposite effect.
pk
Bill Deems
>and now you've ruint it for me.
>
Bait. One dood and (mebbe) the whale make it.
The worst piece of crap I was forced to read was The Scarlett Letter.
Mercifully shorter than Moby, but each page seemed like 50.
M1A1_Hokie
spewed this into my newsreader..
> I couldn't disgree more... give me a dozen Hemingway novels for every
> Steinbeck. As for horribly unreadable see: Conrad, Joseph
Jordan, Robert
Anthony, Piers
--
Bryan S. Slick, bryan at m1a1hokie dot net
"To those who preserve it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never
know."
M1A1_Hokie
Kallas spewed this into my newsreader..
Why should a cute chick that likes it in the ass scare you?
Alan Mundy
news:3b3b9...@spamkiller.newsgroups.com:
> On 28 Jun 2001 17:52:41 GMT, my computer exploded when Aaron C Borgman
> spewed this into my newsreader..
>
>> I couldn't disgree more... give me a dozen Hemingway novels for every
>> Steinbeck. As for horribly unreadable see: Conrad, Joseph
>
> Jordan, Robert
> Anthony, Piers
>
Only fantasy geeks think Piers Anthony is one of the "great" authors.
Vijay Ramanujan
Tom O'Brien <mrto...@ameritech.net> wrote:
> Kenneth O'Brien wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 03:11:34 GMT, "Lizabeth"
> > <lizabeth-ju...@writeme.compostheap> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >"Scott Hendryx" <hen...@mail.northgrum.com> wrote in message
> > >news:GFLGrK.EGo%mot...@herald.northgrum.com...
> > >> To be banned from the required reading list at the Middleothian School
> > >> District. Dumnass, say it's to violent, racist and morally incorrect.
> > >First
> > >> Stienbeck then the World and US History books. Man, I'm glad I live 5
> > >miles
> > >> north of there....
> > >
> > >They should ban Steinbeck because his books are overrated, never seem to
> > >RSFCKING END and are BORING AS HELL....not because of perceived violence
> > >and
> > >sin. That's just rong.
> > >
> >
> > Grapes of Wrath was one of the best pieces of literature I have ever
> > read.
> >
> > Kenneth O'Brien
>
> Dude, there were neither grapes nor wrath in that book.
There aren't supposed to be, Lump. It's a reference to biblical quote:
"And there from the grapes of wrath are made the whines of envy."
Which reminds me of my favorite joke from about 7.5 years ago:
What do you call 10 Notre Dame fans in the basement?
A whine cellear.
Ha-ha. I used to laugh at that.
Vijay R.
Vijay Ramanujan
"Lizabeth" <lizabeth-ju...@writeme.compostheap> wrote:
> I like Shakespeare. "Merchant of Venice" is one of my all-time favorites.
> I think he was somewhat ahead of his time. But, not every work is as rich
> in meaning as many an English professor would have us believe. Sometimes
> the words are just words.
Comedies: pretty decent.
More weighty stuff ... my verdict was that he wrote great lines, good
speeches, mediocre acts and terrible plays. If a modern writer wrote
Hamlet he would be savaged for plot holes so huge you could drive a
whole fleet of gas guzzling SUVs through them.
Ahead of his time? Hard to tell. After all, most of his plays (all but
1) are derived from pre-existing source material, but we don't really
have all the source material. Some linguists say he coined a few hundred
words, but others point out that we don't really know that (because we
don't have enough texts to show that they weren't already in use). Hard
to place a guy in context of his time when most of the writing of his
time hasn't survived (don't get me wrong - a lot has, but not all the
pop culture stuff, and that's where Shakespeare was competing).
Vijay R.
Phillip A. Kallas
"Bill Deems" <deem...@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
news:20010628164116...@ng-bk1.aol.com...
Indeed, my Scarlett Letter-hating Brother.($1)
pk
Phillip A. Kallas
"M1A1_Hokie" <hok...@underrated.com> wrote in message
news:3b3b9...@spamkiller.newsgroups.com...
The getting shot in a cotton field part was kinda scary. But sometimes,
getting shot is worth the risk.
pk
Alan Mundy
You must be seriously hard up.
Go get some from the Girls Gone Wild chyk.
Vijay Ramanujan
Hawthorne's short stories (Rappaccini's Daughter, The Birthmark) are
actually pretty good, though.
Vijay R.
Phillip A. Kallas
"Alan Mundy" <idontw...@cs.comcrap> wrote in message
news:Xns90CF421EBF141i...@194.42.224.159...
But fighting a war on two fronts RAWKS. Just ask Hitler.
pk
Alan Mundy
Reliable pussy RUTSes the danger factor.
Lizabeth
> In article <RpE_6.125493$qc.15...@news1.rdc1.va.home.com>,
> If a modern writer wrote
> Hamlet he would be savaged for plot holes so huge you could drive a
> whole fleet of gas guzzling SUVs through them.
I just wanted to see this again.
~~~
Lizabeth
Virginia Beach
"If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be
dead." ---Johnny Carson
Aaron C Borgman
: "Aaron C Borgman" <abor...@pdx444.pdx.intel.com> wrote in message
Dude.... I said I like Hemingway. Hell, I don't think I've ever read a more
tiresome book than Lord Jim.
John Rogers
Alan Mundy <idontw...@cs.comcrap>! :
>M1A1_Hokie <hok...@underrated.com> wrote in
>news:3b3b9...@spamkiller.newsgroups.com:
>
>> On 28 Jun 2001 17:52:41 GMT, my computer exploded when Aaron C Borgman
>> spewed this into my newsreader..
>>
>>> I couldn't disgree more... give me a dozen Hemingway novels for every
>>> Steinbeck. As for horribly unreadable see: Conrad, Joseph
>>
>> Jordan, Robert
>> Anthony, Piers
The first couple of Robert Jordan books were pretty good. By the time
the series entered the century mark in volumes it became quite tired.
John M. Rogers
AU Class of 1985
The Al Del Greco of Atlanta
Don't be a dumb bass... read the damb fack.
http://www.rsfckers.com/faq.htm
M1A1_Hokie
Mundy spewed this into my newsreader..
> M1A1_Hokie <hok...@underrated.com> wrote in
> news:3b3b9...@spamkiller.newsgroups.com:
>
> > On 28 Jun 2001 17:52:41 GMT, my computer exploded when Aaron C Borgman
> > spewed this into my newsreader..
> >
> >> I couldn't disgree more... give me a dozen Hemingway novels for every
> >> Steinbeck. As for horribly unreadable see: Conrad, Joseph
> >
> > Jordan, Robert
> > Anthony, Piers
> >
>
> Only fantasy geeks think Piers Anthony is one of the "great" authors.
Notice that I said "supposedly". *I* sure as Hell don't consider him one
of the greats.
Vijay Ramanujan
M1A1_Hokie <hok...@underrated.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 21:33:21 +0000 (UTC), my computer exploded when Alan
> Mundy spewed this into my newsreader..
>
> > M1A1_Hokie <hok...@underrated.com> wrote in
> > news:3b3b9...@spamkiller.newsgroups.com:
> >
> > > On 28 Jun 2001 17:52:41 GMT, my computer exploded when Aaron C Borgman
> > > spewed this into my newsreader..
> > >
> > >> I couldn't disgree more... give me a dozen Hemingway novels for every
> > >> Steinbeck. As for horribly unreadable see: Conrad, Joseph
> > >
> > > Jordan, Robert
> > > Anthony, Piers
> > >
> >
> > Only fantasy geeks think Piers Anthony is one of the "great" authors.
>
> Notice that I said "supposedly". *I* sure as Hell don't consider him one
> of the greats.
I think his point was that most people would agree that Steinbeck and
Hemingway and Shakespeare and Melville are among the legendary literary
greats, and Piers Anthony does not meet the entrance criteria.
Vijay R.
M1A1_Hokie
It's hard to argue with that.
--
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M1A1_Hokie
> Hope the good Lord takes a likin' to ya and blows ya up REAL soon!,
> Alan Mundy <idontw...@cs.comcrap>! :
>
> >M1A1_Hokie <hok...@underrated.com> wrote in
> >news:3b3b9...@spamkiller.newsgroups.com:
> >
> >> On 28 Jun 2001 17:52:41 GMT, my computer exploded when Aaron C Borgman
> >> spewed this into my newsreader..
> >>
> >>> I couldn't disgree more... give me a dozen Hemingway novels for every
> >>> Steinbeck. As for horribly unreadable see: Conrad, Joseph
> >>
> >> Jordan, Robert
> >> Anthony, Piers
>
> The first couple of Robert Jordan books were pretty good. By the time
> the series entered the century mark in volumes it became quite tired.
To say the least.
Jordan takes a paragraph to say what would take most authors one
sentence. His books are routinely used as murder weapons.
--
Bryan S. Slick, bryan at m1a1hokie dot net
"To those who preserve it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never
know."
Andrew Smith
> Andrew Smith <an...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> : "Aaron C Borgman" <abor...@pdx444.pdx.intel.com> wrote in message
> : news:9hfqta$3...@news.or.intel.com...
> :> Vijay Ramanujan <vij...@citlink.net> wrote:
> :> : In article <Gfx_6.123933$qc.15...@news1.rdc1.va.home.com>,
> :> : "Lizabeth" <lizabeth-ju...@writeme.compostheap> wrote:
> :>
> :> :> They should ban Steinbeck because his books are overrated, never
seem
> : to
> :> :> RSFCKING END and are BORING AS HELL....not because of perceived
> : violence and
> :> :> sin. That's just rong.
> :>
> :> : I liked the few Steinbecks I have read.
> :> : The man who should be banned for being unreadable yet legendary is
> :> : Ernest Hemingway.
> :>
> :> I couldn't disgree more... give me a dozen Hemingway novels for every
> :> Steinbeck. As for horribly unreadable see: Conrad, Joseph
>
> : The 3rd or 4th television generation comes home to roost.
>
> Dude.... I said I like Hemingway. Hell, I don't think I've ever read a
more
> tiresome book than Lord Jim.
I was referring to Conrad.
I believe we don't suffer detailed writing very well because we're a TV
generation.
a.
Andrew Smith
I got shot in a soybean field once.
a.
Scott Hendryx
"Andrew Smith" <an...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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Scott Hendryx
Scott Hendryx
I'm laughing now, but I think it applies to aggies too!!!
Scott Hendryx
George B. Ross
Tom Clancy on line one.
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Conan the Librarian
> I was referring to Conrad.
>
> I believe we don't suffer detailed writing very well because we're a TV
> generation.
_Heart of Darkness_ is dominate. I especially like the part where
they are cruising the river listening to the Rolling Stones and
smoking doobies and they all get shot at.
And Marlon Brando's character was great. But he got all hacked up.
The enb.
Chuck Vance
Aaron C Borgman
: "Aaron C Borgman" <abor...@pdx444.pdx.intel.com> wrote in message
Dude.... I like Tolstoy. Detail isn't the problem. Boring ass pointless
detail with an absolute lack of interesting storyline is.
Aaron C Borgman
: On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:31:04 GMT, my computer exploded when John Rogers
:> Hope the good Lord takes a likin' to ya and blows ya up REAL soon!,
:> Alan Mundy <idontw...@cs.comcrap>! :
:>
:> >M1A1_Hokie <hok...@underrated.com> wrote in
:> >news:3b3b9...@spamkiller.newsgroups.com:
:> >
:> >> On 28 Jun 2001 17:52:41 GMT, my computer exploded when Aaron C Borgman
:> >> spewed this into my newsreader..
:> >>
:> >>> I couldn't disgree more... give me a dozen Hemingway novels for every
:> >>> Steinbeck. As for horribly unreadable see: Conrad, Joseph
:> >>
:> >> Jordan, Robert
:> >> Anthony, Piers
:>
:> The first couple of Robert Jordan books were pretty good. By the time
:> the series entered the century mark in volumes it became quite tired.
: To say the least.
: Jordan takes a paragraph to say what would take most authors one
: sentence. His books are routinely used as murder weapons.
Jordan doesn't even compete in terms of verbiage with:
Joseph Conrad
Any Russian writer (seems to be a disease, and not
generational. Doestoevsky, Tolstoy, Solzhinitzin...)
jbird
M1A1_Hokie wrote:
>
> On 28 Jun 2001 17:52:41 GMT, my computer exploded when Aaron C Borgman
> spewed this into my newsreader..
>
> > I couldn't disgree more... give me a dozen Hemingway novels for every
> > Steinbeck. As for horribly unreadable see: Conrad, Joseph
>
> Jordan, Robert
> Anthony, Piers
>
> --
James Joyce
William Faulkner
Tom O'Brien
He rooled. For two books. Now, he don't seem to care if he actually
writes something worth reading, so long as he gets paid. I'm still
hoping "Red Storm Rising" gets made into a miniseries or something,
but I think it's too late(seeing as how there's no more reds in
russia)
Lump, ND '97
George B. Ross
I have read and enjoyed all of TC's fiction. Some are better
than others, but I humbly opine that there are no clinkers in
the lot.
I just finished "The Bear and The Dragon". Very scary stuff,
wrapped in a pretty good story. If you liked RSR, you'll
probably like TB&TD.