tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post7480835312700882567..comments2023-10-22T02:35:41.216-07:00Comments on Citizen K.: Good Will To MenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-25086459235208606932010-12-30T21:54:54.416-08:002010-12-30T21:54:54.416-08:00Thanks, DC, and same to you.
Arthur, Powers is a ...Thanks, DC, and same to you.<br /><br />Arthur, Powers is a long-time favorite of my father's: He reads "A Couple of Nights Before Christmas" every year and especially enjoys this part:<br /><br />"I'd say the principle is the same in all games."<br />Urban couldn't think of a single exception, try as he might.<br /><br /><i>Wheat That Springeth Green</i> is also quite good.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-1096561878927525662010-12-30T15:19:47.916-08:002010-12-30T15:19:47.916-08:00Powers is terrific and Morte d'Urban is one of...Powers is terrific and Morte d'Urban is one of the great unsung novels out there.<br /><br />I ran across it a few years back when the New York Review of Books folks re-released it in paperback. Their list is impressive to say the least.<br /><br />http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints/classics/<br /><br />I was introduced to JG Farrell at about the same time.<br /><br />Another brilliant novelist far too little known.Arthurstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01083956773592540646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-73775536557732068802010-12-28T18:32:44.352-08:002010-12-28T18:32:44.352-08:00i missed xmas so happy new yeari missed xmas so happy new yearDistributorcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149154929149577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-55557967114264995352010-12-25T22:04:02.998-08:002010-12-25T22:04:02.998-08:00Elvis was so hot back then...Elvis was so hot back then...nursemyrahttp://nursemyra.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-17574391722179445992010-12-25T14:26:37.856-08:002010-12-25T14:26:37.856-08:00A major award! You'll put your eye out! Only I...A major award! You'll put your eye out! Only I didn't "fudge."<br /><br /><i>Morte d'Urban</i> won the 1963 National Book Award for fiction. Powers wrote one other novel and several collections of short stories; Walker Percy and Gore Vidal were both fans. More about him and <i>Morte</i> <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/books/imprints/classics/morte-durban/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-51217780852330499132010-12-25T12:18:14.139-08:002010-12-25T12:18:14.139-08:00The leg lamp is lit! (TNT is running A Christmas S...The leg lamp is lit! (TNT is running <i>A Christmas Story</i> all day!)Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-2645456490371358732010-12-25T11:05:45.635-08:002010-12-25T11:05:45.635-08:00This novel looks very interesting.
I used to coll...This novel looks very interesting.<br /><br />I used to collect everything about Christmas and Christmas lore, but that was before I moved to NYC, where Christmas is something else, since the culture there isn't primarily Christian, and hasn't been for at least a century and a half.<br /><br />Love, C.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077075252525438159.post-86576693667516393682010-12-25T08:58:36.252-08:002010-12-25T08:58:36.252-08:00Merry Cristmas and a peacefull 2011.Merry Cristmas and a peacefull 2011.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.com