Jay and Literature
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Re: Jay and Literature
http://www.fastatmosphere.com/jayfarrar ... c+mccarthyfadeaway wrote:Just Curious if anyone sees any similarities between Jay and novels. I see a lot of Cormac McCarthy in some of his stuff. For instance, McCarthy uses Creosote the same way at the beginning of Child of God. At the beginning of Suttree he mentions repeatedly the high sheriff from hell. What do you think? Any other instances you can think of?
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Okay, ya got me there. Damn.thediechiltons wrote:i have nightmares that i'm being bludgeoned to death with copies of 'the da vinci code'...argh
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I've read LotR maybe 20 times, but still haven't re-read it since the movies came out.
Huge, HUGE Frank Herbert fan. The Dune stuff is simply a masterpiece. But don't confuse that with the filth that his son and the other waco are puting out. Better suited for the bathroom, and I don't mean for reading.
I've read a good bit of Assimov, but personaly I'd take Heinlein over him any day.
I tried Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Extremely derrivative and maddenlingly loooooong.
Currently reading a bunch of Terry Pratchett, fantasy-satire. Great stuff and a welcome break from the ultra serious stuff.
Mystic River was a good read. Still haven't seen the movie.
Every now and then I go back and read a "classic", you know, one of those high school lit choices. Re-read Watership Down not too long ago, along with Lord of the Flies. Good stuff.
On the flip side, I've been known to read text books, like....20 years after school when I don't have to. Did I say that out loud?
So basically Fantasy/Sci Fi are my preferences, but every now and then a contemporary title filters through my list.
I'd take a book over a movie or DVD any day.
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That makes sense that he read a lot of literature... and I had heard that before. I had to get the dictionary out to even make sense of medicine hat.
It seems very few people actually read these days for interest or enjoyment unless their HS or college class requires them. A lot of my friends think it is weird that I read books. I would assume a lot of people on this board are reader types tho considering the music and topics on here.
It seems very few people actually read these days for interest or enjoyment unless their HS or college class requires them. A lot of my friends think it is weird that I read books. I would assume a lot of people on this board are reader types tho considering the music and topics on here.
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hey now,
falco (RIP) was a well educated man.
we have the board (SSL) that he used to record 'Rock Me Amadeus' on here in st. louis. it's in a renovated church/studio out in the middle of nowhere.
just sayin....
swap 'falco' with 'richard marx' and ya got yourself a proper analogy.
i do see your point though....
dc
dc
falco (RIP) was a well educated man.
we have the board (SSL) that he used to record 'Rock Me Amadeus' on here in st. louis. it's in a renovated church/studio out in the middle of nowhere.
just sayin....
swap 'falco' with 'richard marx' and ya got yourself a proper analogy.
i do see your point though....
dc
dc
Jay and Literature
Just Curious if anyone sees any similarities between Jay and novels. I see a lot of Cormac McCarthy in some of his stuff. For instance, McCarthy uses Creosote the same way at the beginning of Child of God. At the beginning of Suttree he mentions repeatedly the high sheriff from hell. What do you think? Any other instances you can think of?