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I'm gonna go thru the works of Joseph Heller, best known for Catch-22, next..

By-chance does anyone have a recommendation of something of his thats not Catch-22?
 
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JazzGal said:
Just finished "Station Eleven" by Emily St John Mandel. Great post-apocalyptic novel, if you like that sort of thing. Very interesting plot. This one will stick with me for awhile.
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Guessing you've read "The Road"? How'd you compare it to Station Eleven?
 
PG_AB said:
Guessing you've read "The Road"? How'd you compare it to Station Eleven?
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The Road will always be the gold standard. Station Eleven isn't as bleak and intense, and of course not quite as good, but it holds its own in different ways. More personality development, more characters, etc.
 
I just read the novel "Only Child" by Rhiannon Navin. I checked it out from the library prior to the Florida school shooting (recommended by a friend), but didn't start reading it until afterwards and didn't realize it was about a school shooting. It is the story of the shooting from the perspective of a 6-year-old, and it is an interesting, fast read. While I don't believe 6-year-olds are quite as self-aware as this kid, it does show how children fill in the gaps of their knowledge when their parents don't give them the full story of a traumatic event. For example, it took a couple of days for him to realize that the shooter was dead and not coming to his house to kill him.
 
PG_AB said:
I'm gonna go thru the works of Joseph Heller, best known for Catch-22, next..

By-chance does anyone have a recommendation of something of his thats not Catch-22?
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I read his book "God Knows" quite a few years ago. It was my pick for my book group. It was some sort of a semi-humorous recounting of the life of some Biblical hero (David maybe, the boy who shot Goliath?) - - as I recall we all found it rather confusing and not as good as we were expecting based upon the reviews.
 
moevillini said:
I read his book "God Knows" quite a few years ago. It was my pick for my book group. It was some sort of a semi-humorous recounting of the life of some Biblical hero (David maybe, the boy who shot Goliath?) - - as I recall we all found it rather confusing and not as good as we were expecting based upon the reviews.
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Cool thx for the heads up. Knocked it down my list a few notches, I wanna check it out still though I have a knack for deciphering confusing stuff. will leave a review when I get to it.

Gonna go with "Picture This" first.
 
JazzGal said:
The Road will always be the gold standard. Station Eleven isn't as bleak and intense, and of course not quite as good, but it holds its own in different ways. More personality development, more characters, etc.
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I've gotta read the road... THX FOR the reminder.. I refuse to watch the movie too cuz I want to read it first.. I'm putting Station Eleven on the list too, U said the magic words,Character/personality development, I'll always look at anything that has great characters..

The road was recommended to me by a great man many years ago, back when I only read non-fiction, he said; this reminds me of my relationship with my father, and its nothing like the relationship you had with yours.. I was never actually one of those kids from a ****ed up/dysfunctional family who was jealous of the other people who had normal stable support systems, so it didn't appeal to me at the time.

Nowadays I'm voraciously hunting down great works of fiction, so the time is neigh!!

By-chance have you seen the Movie? can u just tell me what i already know, that it's **** compared to the book.
 
PG_AB said:
I've gotta read the road... THX FOR the reminder.. I refuse to watch the movie too cuz I want to read it first.. I'm putting Station Eleven on the list too, U said the magic words,Character/personality development, I'll always look at anything that has great characters..

The road was recommended to me by a great man many years ago, back when I only read non-fiction, he said; this reminds me of my relationship with my father, and its nothing like the relationship you had with yours.. I was never actually one of those kids from a ****ed up/dysfunctional family who was jealous of the other people who had normal stable support systems, so it didn't appeal to me at the time.

Nowadays I'm voraciously hunting down great works of fiction, so the time is neigh!!

By-chance have you seen the Movie? can u just tell me what i already know, that it's **** compared to the book.
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I though The Road movie was pretty good (obviously not as good as the book, but few are), but I cannot be objective since I have a big crush on Viggo Mortensen.

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I read "Ready Player One" over the weekend. What a fun read! While I'm not a gamer and was not familiar with most of the games mentioned, I really enjoyed the 80's pop culture blast from the past. I'm excited to see the movie now.
 
JazzGal said:
I read "Ready Player One" over the weekend. What a fun read! While I'm not a gamer and was not familiar with most of the games mentioned, I really enjoyed the 80's pop culture blast from the past. I'm excited to see the movie now.
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Fun is exactly the word I use to describe it. It's not groundbreaking, or meaningful, but it's a good, fun story.

You should read Redshirts.
 
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