tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post2904242431255414222..comments2023-03-26T00:27:29.147-07:00Comments on Perseus Q: True GritPerseushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-28125665158560158202008-10-07T17:35:00.000-07:002008-10-07T17:35:00.000-07:00I never imagined you as a Western/The Duke sort of...I never imagined you as a Western/The Duke sort of guy... go figure hey!... But the way you right about this book - I am almost tempted to give it a whirl. I am halfway through my first Hemingway, and I can see some beauty in the sparse writing, but some frustration as well....Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00947982822958330915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-87538711824594963752008-10-06T22:23:00.000-07:002008-10-06T22:23:00.000-07:00I'm sure there are writers who are not arrogant, b...I'm sure there are writers who are not arrogant, but they're probably not very good writers, and not ones you would want to cook for.<BR/><BR/>Not sure that H. Garner would be arrogant, but suspect maybe not great company these days. I would have liked to have met her about 10years ago, before the witch burning.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-41991721651280032472008-10-06T20:15:00.000-07:002008-10-06T20:15:00.000-07:00Not even Orwell. I'd happily read ten thousand of...Not even Orwell. I'd happily read ten thousand of his words every day for the rest of my life, but over for dinner? No way. Miserable, bitter sad-sack.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-21808104867713821782008-10-06T19:55:00.000-07:002008-10-06T19:55:00.000-07:00I can't name a writer I'd like to have over for di...<I>I can't name a writer I'd like to have over for dinner</I>.<BR/><BR/>Not even Orwell?Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-9792366549913305062008-10-06T19:12:00.000-07:002008-10-06T19:12:00.000-07:00And see? Capital letters. Hooray!I can't name a wr...<I> And see? Capital letters. </I><BR/><BR/>Hooray!<BR/><BR/>I can't name a writer I'd like to have over for dinner. They all seem like arrogant cunts to me.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-11842878408144305672008-10-06T17:50:00.000-07:002008-10-06T17:50:00.000-07:00I think he may have been quite the cunt, not parti...I think he may have been quite the cunt, not particularly nice to wives etc. But I love his writing, so not sure whether he can be called overated.<BR/><BR/>And see? Capital letters.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-12288926245656171252008-10-05T19:50:00.000-07:002008-10-05T19:50:00.000-07:00Thank you Ramon, and yes, you can say 'cunt' here,...Thank you Ramon, and yes, you can say 'cunt' here, but not about Hemingway, cunt. <BR/><BR/>'Old Man and the Sea' is on my Top 10. <BR/><BR/>'For Whom The Bell Tolls' is in my Top 20.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-76331812545206263452008-10-05T18:57:00.000-07:002008-10-05T18:57:00.000-07:00didn't put it together, i knew the septic tank rhy...didn't put it together, i knew the septic tank rhyming slang, but not the seppo bit.<BR/><BR/>lame-o.<BR/><BR/>thanks for offer of book, perseus. will let you know if i can't get it.<BR/><BR/>it's too kind of you.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-18762729140835732812008-10-04T19:57:00.000-07:002008-10-04T19:57:00.000-07:00I might give it a go. I've never liked Western stu...I might give it a go. I've never liked Western stuff but changed my mind since you put me on to McCarthysquibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10744419106501810243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-67639505486123730872008-10-04T07:18:00.000-07:002008-10-04T07:18:00.000-07:00N. AustraliaN.And cancel that last 'p'.I'm tired....N. AustraliaN.<BR/>And cancel that last 'p'.<BR/><BR/>I'm tired. 1am on a Saturday night. Just finished work. Sigh.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-42455859182852412262008-10-04T07:16:00.000-07:002008-10-04T07:16:00.000-07:00Jeez Melba, and you call yourself an Australia.Sep...Jeez Melba, and you call yourself an Australia.<BR/><BR/>Seppp.<BR/>Septic Tank.<BR/>Yank.<BR/>American.<BR/><BR/>*<BR/><BR/>I can't remember where I got it, but I'm thinking maybe Amazon. Stupid big website than can get any book I want. I hate / love it.<BR/><BR/>I'll mail you my copy if you promise to a) mail it back and b) not tell Mr. Portis.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-54325288230966858772008-10-03T16:03:00.000-07:002008-10-03T16:03:00.000-07:00thanks anon. what's a seppo? i'm 44so maybe i'm on...thanks anon. what's a seppo? i'm 44so maybe i'm one too.<BR/><BR/>and perseus, where did you get your copy? was told yesterday by book-seller they'd have to get it in from the states.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-18840035389749414572008-10-03T09:15:00.000-07:002008-10-03T09:15:00.000-07:00Melba- 40 year old female Seppo here, so things ma...Melba- 40 year old female Seppo here, so things may have changed over the years, but we read True Grit in 7th grade English class. So, I was about 12 or 13? Loved it then, love it now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-67577196378847031472008-10-02T04:54:00.000-07:002008-10-02T04:54:00.000-07:00violence is ok, and swearing even. but sex, for so...violence is ok, and swearing even. but sex, for some reason, isn't. in my opinion. for kids.<BR/><BR/>interesting donna tartt did the afterbit. have you read the secret history? so much more memorable than the little friend. i actually read the secret history somewhere overseas years and years ago, borrowed from someone i've forgotten. then, having even forgotten i'd read it, in the last couple of years, read it again. it was oh, so familiar, in a really weird way. then i realised, once i knew what was going to happen, that i'd read it. and enjoyed it. but i'd forgotten.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-83759293384759049202008-10-01T23:05:00.000-07:002008-10-01T23:05:00.000-07:00Donna Tartt who did the afterword said she read it...Donna Tartt who did the afterword said she read it as a kid. Maybe read it first and decide if it's cool for a 12 year old. I would think so. It is violent at times, but its heart is in the right place.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-70286709385753003872008-10-01T22:36:00.000-07:002008-10-01T22:36:00.000-07:00i will read this one perseus, liked your review th...i will read this one perseus, liked your review thanks. i know what you mean about getting older and meat and veg - exactly. we explore and discover and then realise out roots, our comfort zone, is where we want to be. stronger even when you have kids.<BR/><BR/>i'm wondering if this book would be ok for my 12 year old girl? i'd love her to read books with kick arse chicks in them. like her own good self.<BR/><BR/>also i love westerns. deadwood was great for the representation of calamity jane as a cussing toughie, and the way everyone said cocksucker all the time was truly endearing. westerns - they go back to our childhood formative years i reckon - westworld, clint eastwood spaghetti westerns etc.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-5863050721246129502008-10-01T03:07:00.000-07:002008-10-01T03:07:00.000-07:00My full Kite Runner review is somewhere buring in ...My full Kite Runner review is somewhere buring in this blog, as is my George Orwell Essays review (under the heading 5 Reviews). <BR/><BR/>I envy you, reading the essays for the first time.<BR/><BR/>Geisha was that author's wet dream.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625804658511612758.post-86576968507797446682008-10-01T02:34:00.000-07:002008-10-01T02:34:00.000-07:00Up until this point I thought ‘Memoirs of A Geisha...Up until this point I thought ‘Memoirs of A Geisha’ had been like a ‘Wild Swans’-esque type venture; the East enlisting the help of the West to tell a story of imprisonment and freedom... now I am hearing that it is all LIES?<BR/>I am really disappointed. Although I guess the author’s name should have given me a clue. <BR/>‘the fucken sook who wrote that owes me $29.95 plus damages for wasting an afternoon of my life’. I couldn’t resist a laugh at this line.<BR/>You know what inspired me to read 1984? A piece of graffiti that read ‘let’s make 1984 the year to oust Big Brother’. Thanks to your suggestion, I have just begun reading the essays...<BR/>I really enjoy the way you write. It's interesting, yet there is a biting honesty.peaitlreiecniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07266793997218107081noreply@blogger.com