tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post5008982082930297758..comments2024-02-25T01:34:15.287-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: That Desert Island ThingFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-8635223337031629312015-07-11T21:07:21.704-07:002015-07-11T21:07:21.704-07:00madamevauquer,
I shall be interested in hearing w...madamevauquer,<br /><br />I shall be interested in hearing what you think of Durrell.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-11433911339889647812015-07-11T18:09:39.223-07:002015-07-11T18:09:39.223-07:00Thanks, Fred. I'm putting Durrell on my list.Thanks, Fred. I'm putting Durrell on my list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-75436041813963978492015-07-11T17:09:08.651-07:002015-07-11T17:09:08.651-07:00R. T.,
Have no fear--I shall be awaiting your lis...R. T.,<br /><br />Have no fear--I shall be awaiting your list. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-13968571046137535432015-07-11T17:05:47.700-07:002015-07-11T17:05:47.700-07:00madamevauquer,
On the other hand, if I should man...madamevauquer,<br /><br />On the other hand, if I should manage to kill a whale, then I shall have just what I need to know to be able to butcher it. <br /><br />Actually with that stack, it will be quite a while before I consider something like exiting my Desert Paradise.<br /><br />Frost wrote 4? plays, but I doubt if he really ever expected anyone to actually put them on stage. I especially like _A Masque of Reason_ which has four characters: God, Job, Job's wife, and Satan.<br /><br />Lawrence Durrell: one of my all-time favorite English writers. _Justine_ was an assigned reading when I was in grad school and I was so taken by it that I eventually read almost everything Durrell has written, many at least twice so far--perhaps three times for the "Alexandria Quartet.".Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-40007666330898767972015-07-11T15:55:54.169-07:002015-07-11T15:55:54.169-07:00Fred, though I have already forgotten my previousl...Fred, though I have already forgotten my previously posted (and apparently erased) six-pack, I will reconsider preparing and posting a reincarnation of such a list, but I will do so with several conditions: (1) I will limit the list to six books; (2) I will limit the list to books I have wanted to read but have thus far neglected; (3) I will set a deadline [no irony intended] for my reading of those six books. So, stay tuned at Beyond Eastrod for that six-pack, and if I forget to post it soon, please send me a gentle reminder (e.g., "Hey, snap out of it you old fart! Post the damned list!").R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-60401960259032090952015-07-11T13:10:16.887-07:002015-07-11T13:10:16.887-07:00R.T.,
I created the draft of this immediately aft...R.T.,<br /><br />I created the draft of this immediately after reading your posting, so it really isn't a matter for memory. I find that writing things down immediately helps to fix them in memory and also to provide necessary information when I need it--since I will probably have forgotten it several days later.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-52079348784583626882015-07-11T11:39:29.573-07:002015-07-11T11:39:29.573-07:00I don't think Moby Dick will help much with bo...I don't think Moby Dick will help much with boat-building. Although, perhaps you wouldn't want to escape the island paradise.<br /><br />I wasn't even aware that Frost wrote any plays! For poetry, Frost would be good for me, although I might want to go with Sandburg instead. Or live it up and bring both.<br /><br />Aside from possibly Frost, the only one on your list which I might take would be The Alexandria Quartet. I've never read it, but have always heard of it and always mean to read it.<br /><br />A couple of mine would be Atlas Shrugged and The Count of Monte Cristo. Nice fat books that are tried and true reads for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-76423102696073899642015-07-11T05:52:08.646-07:002015-07-11T05:52:08.646-07:00Bravo! I like your choices. And I applaud your amb...Bravo! I like your choices. And I applaud your ambitions, especially as they involve a 3rd six-pack.<br />However, I have a confession. In one of my dark moments, when my mind was inhabited by trolls and demons, I think I must have deleted my six-pack posting (i.e., I do not find it, and I have only a vague recollection of its former existence, and no recollection of its content); so, I have no idea what I listed. And I am astonished that you remembered the substance of my posting since I -- with my increasingly damaged mind -- had already forgotten all about it. In short, your posting reminds me that my mind is in worse shape than I have been willing to admit. Even now, I am babbling and meandering. Enough!R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com