miamizsun wrote: 

why did i post this?

what was i thinking?

jeez!

the apocalypse?

i'm down with it

pessimists archive  (for perspective!)

 hobiejoe wrote: 
Kavalier & Clay was overall pretty great but when he does sex scenes they careen quickly to too graphic. IIRC. I stopped reading Telegraph Avenue when he was still introducing major characters more than a third of the way in. But a friend just told me to suck it up because he brings it all together and it's one of her favorite books, so I guess I need to give it another go.

I didn't read The Wonder Boys but watched the movie several times. 

 hobiejoe wrote: 

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Or even some shampoo.
 
If it gets any worse I've got some catering grade degreaser I can donate.
 
Having said that, I've heard of the guy so will check him out....wasn't he fairly controversial?

Why does this thread keep appearing atop the RAFT list with no listing of the last poster showing?
 

*edit - Fixed?

Pale Fire by V.Nabokov
http://www.saasmar.ru/russian/resource/english/esl/10/2011_2012/3/VladimirNabokov%20-%20Pale%20Fire.pdf

 (former member) wrote: 
perhaps he can afford to buy a comb now

 lily34 wrote: 



too soon after lunch, but the time is negotiable. :)

 mzpro5 wrote: 
i vote for 2pm.

a nice 30 minute nap around 3:00 every afternoon

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 manbirdexperiment wrote: 

 Well..... Apparently, the family are rolling out the brand, and $1k will get you Stan Ridgeway Jr., $750 for Stanalina Ridgeway; and a case of JD and a keg for any of the cousins.

 hobiejoe wrote: 
It's a bit dear at 2 grand but if I had the money... 

 manbirdexperiment wrote: 
 
The Stan Ridgeway?
 
Hell, yeah!

Michael Chabon (WIKI link) won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for "The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay."

Now he has won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for "The Yiddish Policeman's Union"

Chabon is the only author (so far) to win a Pulitzer and a Hugo or Nebula, (much less both.)

His literary skill is magical - and his vocabulary is GNORMOUS.

I highly recommend Chabon in general, and these books in particular (his short story collection "Werewolves In Their Youth", and "Gentlemen Of the Road", as well.