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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2023 2:14:14 GMT -5
RIP to actor Treat Williams, who died this afternoon in a motorcycle accident. He was 71.
-M
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 13, 2023 2:43:09 GMT -5
Yeah, just this instant saw the news about Williams at another site; horrible way to go. And a really good actor.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 13, 2023 5:39:36 GMT -5
I never thought I'd beat codystarbuck with an RIP, particularly this one...  There was a long obit in the NY Times, as if he had cured leprosy, led a nation to freedom, or won five Pulitzers. Iron Sheik Dead? paging driver1980 . |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 13, 2023 15:03:04 GMT -5
Pulitzer-Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy as passed away at age 89. I'll be honest, I've not read any of his work. I've always meant to, but have never gotten around to it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2023 15:47:48 GMT -5
Pulitzer-Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy as passed away at age 89. I'll be honest, I've not read any of his work. I've always meant to, but have never gotten around to it. I've had The Road on my TBR list for a couple of years now bit never seem to get to it. I really should move it up towards the top of the pile. -M |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 13, 2023 15:51:32 GMT -5
I've read Blood Meridian and The Road. The first one is pretty brutal, the second pretty bleak, but both are very well written. And worth reading.
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Post by The Captain on Jun 14, 2023 6:23:33 GMT -5
Just saw it reported on BBC that John Romita, Sr has passed at the age of 93. JRJR said his father passed peacefully in his sleep.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 14, 2023 10:09:28 GMT -5
Just saw it reported on BBC that John Romita, Sr has passed at the age of 93. JRJR said his father passed peacefully in his sleep. Not long ago I was wondering how old he was, since I knew he was a youngster in the 30s and 40s. In the video he did with Stan Lee, they mention him being a massive Terry & The Pirates fan and his family holding back the news that the Dragon Lady had died, in the strip. |
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Post by berkley on Jun 14, 2023 12:42:49 GMT -5
I've read Blood Meridian and The Road. The first one is pretty brutal, the second pretty bleak, but both are very well written. And worth reading.
I've read Blood Meridian and an earlier one, Child of God. Both very dark and violent. Blood Meridian is largely based on first-hand accounts of actual events but, as EdoBosnar says, it's really McCarthy's writing that makes it into something special.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 14, 2023 13:34:05 GMT -5
Blood Meridian is largely based on first-hand accounts of actual events (...)
It would be better to say that it's loosely based on accounts of the notorious Glanton gang's insanely violent activities along the Mexican border in the mid-18th century, but it is very much historical fiction. (There's also the fact that historians dispute the very existence of gang member Judge Holden, one of the book's main characters.) McCarthy did an incredible amount of extrapolation. But nonetheless, yes, it's well worth reading. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 14, 2023 18:43:19 GMT -5
RIP to literary editorial giant Robert Gottlieb. Who is that, you might ask?
Just the man who convinced Simon & Schuster to publish an eccentric novel, by an ex-pilot, named Joseph Heller, called Catch-22 (after changing it from Catch-18, to avoid confusion with Leon Uris' recently published Mila-18. It was a mild success, until one of Gottlieb's other writers, humorist SJ Perelman, convinced a New York Herald Tribune critic to read it.
Gottlieb edited such works as Toni Morrison's Beloved, Robert Caro's Power Broker series of LBJ writings, Chaim Potok's The Chosen, spy novels by Len Deighton and John Le Carre, Michael Crighton's The Andromeda Strain, Charles Portis' True Grit, John Lennon's In His Own Write and Bob Dylan's book of his song lyrics. He edited Nora Ephron and memoirs by Katherine Hepburn and Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham. The works of doris Lessing and VS Naipul.
He had his share of mistakes, like passing on Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove and being unable to get John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces into a publishable shape.
That is one hell of a legacy.
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Post by foxley on Jun 15, 2023 3:07:01 GMT -5
RIP to literary editorial giant Robert Gottlieb. Who is that, you might ask? Just the man who convinced Simon & Schuster to publish an eccentric novel, by an ex-pilot, named Joseph Heller, called Catch-22 (after changing it from Catch-18, to avoid confusion with Leon Uris' recently published Mila-18. It was a mild success, until one of Gottlieb's other writers, humorist SJ Perelman, convinced a New York Herald Tribune critic to read it. Gottlieb edited such works as Toni Morrison's Beloved, Robert Caro's Power Broker series of LBJ writings, Chaim Potok's The Chosen, spy novels by Len Deighton and John Le Carre, Michael Crighton's The Andromeda Strain, Charles Portis' True Grit, John Lennon's In His Own Write and Bob Dylan's book of his song lyrics. He edited Nora Ephron and memoirs by Katherine Hepburn and Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham. The works of doris Lessing and VS Naipul. He had his share of mistakes, like passing on Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove and being unable to get John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces into a publishable shape. That is one hell of a legacy. I was vaguely aware of the name, but had no idea of the scope of his work. A couple of my favourite books are in that list you gave. |
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Post by Calidore on Jun 15, 2023 7:32:32 GMT -5
...and being unable to get John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces into a publishable shape. On this one, some of us might argue that nobody could have, and nobody did. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 15, 2023 9:35:58 GMT -5
RIP to actress and former Member of Parliament Glenda Jackson...  She came from poor working class origins, near Liverpool, but found her voice through acting. She became a name to recon with at the Royal Shakespeare Company, which led to film. A staunch Labor Party supporty, she ran for and won a seat in parliament, stepping down in 2018. She was a fierce critic of the Thatcher government, while noted for being the female version of the "Angry young man" acctor, compared to Michael Caine and Albert Finney, both of similar roots. She won two Oscar, three Emmys and a Tony Award, which is a pretty unbeatable resume. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2023 11:09:34 GMT -5
RIP to footballer Gordon McQueen (1952-2023). I knew him more as a pundit, but my late stepfather mentioned him more than once. He played for St. Mirren, Leeds United, and Manchester United. He also represented the Scottish national team, and earned a total of 30 caps. Obituary here: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63664992 |
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