Here's the infamous brawl with Rip Torn, who looks like he's eaten a lot of Ho-Hos since then:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XU4jpnJWFY
― dally, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
has anyone read harlot's ghost?
2 things i wanna know
is it great?anddo u need to know a lot about the CIA to get it?
― flopson, Thursday, 8 October 2015 23:35 (eight years ago) link
yes, sort of, no
― the late great, Friday, 9 October 2015 01:04 (eight years ago) link
Yes. His best novel. When I read it, I finally found the novel equiv of JFK.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 October 2015 01:07 (eight years ago) link
yeah, his magnum opus.
― playlists of pensive swift (difficult listening hour), Friday, 9 October 2015 01:50 (eight years ago) link
it is certainly good, i'm just not sure it justifies its length
― the late great, Friday, 9 October 2015 03:31 (eight years ago) link
iirc i read it between ellroy's "cold six thousand" and "gravity's rainbow" ... it was a paranoid summer
― the late great, Friday, 9 October 2015 06:00 (eight years ago) link
Been dipping into his Apollo book, Of a Fire on the Moon, as mentioned on this thread: DSKY-DSKY Him Sad: Official ILB Thread For The Heroic Age of Manned Spaceflight. It's a really great subject for him. Fantastic evocation of the era and speculation of the significance of certain events and behaviors and what might come next. Really nice set pieces, like the comparison of the personalities and speaking styles of the three Apollo 11 astronauts.
― Take 36, Where Are You? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 October 2015 02:40 (eight years ago) link
Note: don't think any of us on the other thread had actually gotten around to reading it yet so maybe I should have posted there first.
― Take 36, Where Are You? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 October 2015 02:41 (eight years ago) link