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Post by sococard on Apr 23, 2018 11:27:04 GMT -6
I didn't mind "Liar's Poker." Loved it. Followed by The Big Short and Boomerang. Moneyball was of course great. |
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Post by okie on Apr 25, 2018 10:38:37 GMT -6
This is a nice first Edition of one of my favorites of all time.  |
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Post by okie on Apr 25, 2018 10:48:54 GMT -6
On my tombstone I just want the words "So It Goes".
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Post by okie on Apr 25, 2018 11:34:19 GMT -6
This was the book that completed my Pulitzer Prize First Edition Collection  But this is the the one that is most scarce:  |
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Post by okie on Apr 25, 2018 11:56:45 GMT -6
1916, James Joyce was trying to get his first novel, "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" published. Authorities across the civilized world were cracking down on books deemed obscene. It was feared by most at the time that "Portrait" would fall into that category and all the copies would be confiscated and destroyed and the publisher could face charges. Virtually every publisher declined to publish this book, but a rogue publisher in America, B. W. Huebsch, agreed. They only printed 500 copies to minimize their exposure in the beginning. The book was not banned and Huebsch went on to print many more with most shipping overseas immediately especially to France where this new modernist movement was flourishing. This is one of the first 500 copies.   I purchased this book from a bookstore in Paris in the fall of 2016. So, it was written in Paris, published in America, returned to Paris, and 100 years later returned to America. |
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Post by drlefty on Apr 25, 2018 12:41:56 GMT -6
This is a nice first Edition of one of my favorites of all time. I have always wanted to read this one but have never done it. |
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Post by okie on Apr 25, 2018 12:51:11 GMT -6
One of my favorites. I read it when I was in school and didn't appreciate it. I went back and re-read all those classics and I gained an appreciation for them, especially this one and The Catcher in the Rye.
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Post by drlefty on Apr 25, 2018 16:45:13 GMT -6
Catcher in the Rye is another one I havent read. I read a lot up till I go theavily involved in sports in high school and really didnt start reading again till my late 20's and have been hit and miss ever since.
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Post by okie on Apr 25, 2018 17:21:15 GMT -6
A couple of years ago I re-read
1. Catcher in the Rye
2. One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest
3. Slaughterhouse Five
4. Lord of The Flies
5. Animal Farm
6. Catch 22
7. Farenheight 451
Earlier, I had re-read "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and really 'got it' for the first time. I also re-read "The Great Gatsby" and liked it less.
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Post by okie on Apr 25, 2018 17:43:02 GMT -6
Bert turned me on to David Foster Wallace. I had read some of DFW's stories in Harper's, but I didn't even know he was a novelist, much less one of the greatest of his/my generation. I wound up with a complete a collection of DFW. His first novel is the hard one to find. He also co-wrote a book about rap that was seriously panned and didn't sell worth a $%^. It is hard to find and only printed in paperback.   First Edition Heavy Reading Collection  |
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Post by drlefty on Apr 25, 2018 17:55:21 GMT -6
The last good book I read was a re-read of To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Post by okie on Apr 25, 2018 18:11:26 GMT -6
The last good book I read was a re-read of To Kill a Mockingbird. One of the best... Great Book and Great Movie. |
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Post by Mahatma__Ganhdi on Apr 25, 2018 18:33:10 GMT -6
I have a first edition of the Bible. It's written in my heart...
...and it's priceless
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Post by x on May 5, 2018 12:55:09 GMT -6
A friend sent this clip to me a few days ago, but she didn't know who DFW was. When people say they try to be "present in the moment" I often raise a proverbial eyebrow because it's plain to see the statement is regurgitation.
If you listen to the whole ~8 min clip, DFW just nails it. (the vid does a nice job of emphasizing the words)
I played it for my oldest (teenager) and I like to think some things sunk in. Carry on with your bookworm snobbery.
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Post by okie on May 5, 2018 15:17:52 GMT -6
That is really put together well with the video. The speech is actually 22 minutes long, so it is well edited too.
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