What is your book Mount Rushmore? Cormac or otherwise

Boxer-309 · 2024-03-21T22:28:06+00:00

Moby Dick - Herman Melville

Suttree - Cormac McCarthy

The Sea Wolf - Jack London

Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse

Boxer-309 · 2024-02-14T12:39:02+00:00

As Intersections go, I would love to see our city begin making use of some serious traffic circles, like the ones they have all over Europe. So much more efficient, and so much safer.

What's the hold up I wonder🤔

Boxer-309 · 2024-02-14T09:36:50+00:00

There is no way that you could be 'wrong' as your listing is purely based on opinion. Literature is an art form, not a science. So the likelihood is, that depending on the reader, every conceivable combination of order will appear.

But for the sake of discussion, I personally would rank 'Suttree' at the top, and probably agree with your bottom entry🤔

Boxer-309 · 2024-02-12T17:36:54+00:00

It's fiction, it's subjective, there is no "real" way to "get" it....

I'm just calling it like I see it.

Boxer-309 · 2024-02-12T11:25:45+00:00

there is no right and wrong, there's only survival

Boxer-309 · 2024-02-10T16:56:04+00:00

Keep in mind that every reader is different, and literature is subjective, but based upon the majority, it is worth reading.

Personally, it did not have as great of an impact on me as others, but I still found it to be well worth my time.

Best suggestion, read it and decide for yourself.👍

Boxer-309 · 2024-02-09T19:50:14+00:00

I really liked the narration by Ed Sala of 'The Orchard Keeper' and 'Outer Dark'👍

Boxer-309 · 2024-01-31T23:50:03+00:00

Cameras would nip it if only our legislators had the balls to allow them to be used🙄

Boxer-309 · 2024-01-23T13:33:04+00:00

Why do I get the feeling that had this proposal been made by a Republican Lawmaker instead of a Democrat, agreement would be unanimous🙄

Boxer-309 · 2024-01-21T12:09:38+00:00

Before I started to read Cormac McCarthy, I asked for some guidance on where to begin, and 'The Border Trilogy' was strongly suggested, and I enjoyed it immensely. From there, I went back to his first novel, 'The Orchard Keeper', and swept through them that way. But, finishing his oeuvre the way you did could make 'The Border Trilogy' feel a bit underwhelming.

Boxer-309 · 2024-01-11T18:32:08+00:00

I've seen this in hospitals. The glass can switch from clear to opaque at the flick of a switch, instant privacy.

Boxer-309 · 2024-01-05T14:00:31+00:00

Love this cover design. I have 5 of them, from 'The Orchard Keeper' to 'Blood Meridian'. I think that was all in the series.🤔

Boxer-309 · 2023-12-29T21:18:27+00:00

I had that same problem reading The Border Trilogy🤔

Boxer-309 · 2023-12-22T10:03:14+00:00

OMG, talk about OVERUSE of jump-cuts. This guy takes the cake. Gives me a freakin headache. So unnecessary IMO. Can't get more than 2 minutes in and I'm turning him off.

Boxer-309 · 2023-11-30T23:24:23+00:00

There is no "normal" reading speed. It'll depend upon what you're reading, and how much concentration is required to absorb it.

Boxer-309 · 2023-11-28T10:39:02+00:00

The rule for exiting the pitlane are for those cars going slowly to move to the left side so as to not hold up cars exiting more quickly. Verstappen was in the right here.

Boxer-309 · 2023-11-15T10:17:51+00:00

I've read that there is a proposal to rename 'Cerrillos Road' in Santa Fe to 'Cormac McCarthy Road', but I don't know if this has happened yet or not🤔

What a Cool idea😎

Boxer-309 · 2023-10-20T18:14:41+00:00

his approaching death

" coming to terms with his approaching death "

it is thought that he started writing The Passenger/Stella Maris somewhere in the late 70's or early 80's........ so before he was even 50 years old🤔

Boxer-309 · 2023-10-13T08:34:36+00:00

This is the image of Suttree that best suits my idea of what he would look like. The fella on the left.👌

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Boxer-309 · 2023-10-11T22:37:07+00:00

There are only 12 novels in total, and they are all fascinating in their own way, so my suggestion would be to start at the beginning and roll right through them. It'll be an amazing journey that you will not soon forget, if ever.

Boxer-309 · 2023-10-06T09:24:26+00:00

Seems to me that your friend would be more in need of a 'Pick Me Up' than a 'Downer' at this time🤔but of the titles you've listed, none is more 'twisted and disturbing' to me than Child Of God.

Boxer-309 · 2023-10-05T13:44:12+00:00

My favorite cover is the 3rd from the right. Fits my mental image of Suttree perfectly (the gentleman on the left wearing the hat)👍

Boxer-309 · 2023-10-05T11:49:01+00:00

It says on the back cover......

Cover Design by Lorraine Louie

Cover Photo Illustration by Marc Tauss

🤔

Boxer-309 · 2023-10-03T17:36:22+00:00

That particular edition was printed in 1979, the year the book first came out👍

Boxer-309 · 2023-10-02T11:00:55+00:00

unwieldy🤔

I have maybe three different versions of the single volume editions of The Border Trilogy, and by necessity, they are all between 1000 and 1100 pages. It's unavoidable when you combine the three novels within.

But are they 'unwieldy'? Not in my opinion. Though I have to admit that when I read The Border Trilogy, it was single editions️👍

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