tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979831.post8835150682895705958..comments2023-09-15T08:25:52.357-05:00Comments on Designated Import: The Road by Cormac McCarthyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11380041867258824155noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979831.post-31710507555736639872007-01-10T11:44:00.000-06:002007-01-10T11:44:00.000-06:00My younger daugher and I watch a lot of BBC Americ...<b><i>My younger daugher and I watch a lot of BBC America, Dr. Who and whatnot, and neither of us understood the references to Boxing Day.</i></b><br /><br />Glad my meandering thoughts were useful!<br /><br />I get asked a lot what "Boxing Day" is about. I got the idea to post it on my blog when I had to explain it to folks at work.<br /><br /><br /><b><i>I wanted to comment on this post, because I too am a fan of post-apocalyptic novels. I appreciate you talking about this one because I've not even heard of it.</i></b><br /><br />I hadn't even heard of Cormac McCarthy until early last year. Looking him up, I see he's being treated as a modern day Faulkner or Hemingway. That's not very fair to McCarthy, though. While very lyrical, he is concerned with the story. <i>The Road</i> wasn't bad, but <i>Blood Meridian</i> is pretty violent. These are very well written <i>accessible</i> novels.<br /><br />I have all of Jerry Pournelle's <i>There Will Be War</i> series of anthologies. There were a lot of post apocalypse stories in those books. I also read <i>Lucifer's Hammer</i> by Niven and Pournelle, and <i>The Postman</i> by David Brin. I understand that the novel (actually three linked novellas) of <i>The Postman</i> are much better than the movie. I always wanted to read <i>A Canticle for Leibowitz</i> (it was one of the books my high school taught, but I never got to study it).<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear you were sick on the holidays! I lucked out this year and wasn't sick much at all, just a little sniffly.<br /><br />By the way, I like the pictures on your blog!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11380041867258824155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979831.post-88274685417774134252007-01-09T12:21:00.000-06:002007-01-09T12:21:00.000-06:00Hey Allan. Glady y'all had a good holiday.
I've ...Hey Allan. Glady y'all had a good holiday.<br /><br />I've been trying to catch up on all of my blog reading. Your stuff on Boxing Day, Hogmanay, and Gerald Ford and Canada was quite interesting. My younger daugher and I watch a lot of BBC America, Dr. Who and whatnot, and neither of us understood the references to Boxing Day.<br /><br />I wanted to comment on this post, because I too am a fan of post-apocalyptic novels. I appreciate you talking about this one because I've not even heard of it. I'll have to visit the library and check it out. My favorite of the genre is Luke Rhinehart's "Long Voyage Back." I'm not sure why exactly, I just know I've re-read it every few years since the early 80's. I'll definitely have to check out McCarthy's book.<br /><br />My wife and I were in Monroe for four days right after Christmas. It was our first time back in almost six years. I've been talking about it some on my blog, and posting some pictures. I started getting sick on our drive up there, and was sick the whole trip. I visited with everyone I could, and tried to act as if I weren't sick, but looking back, the whole trip was as if I dreamt it. So many changes around Monroe in the past six years, and very many since my high school years in the late 70's. We did as much and visited as much as we could, but still ran out of time. I was only able to see one old friend, and the rest was just family visiting. We had fun though. I walked around with my camera and a spray bottle of Chloraseptic for my sore throat. Spray, click. <br /><br />I'll shut up now.JAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272374108524693575noreply@blogger.com