NP!, kinda sorta: William Grimes on 1001 Books

Henry scuffling at gmail.com
Sat May 24 15:32:46 CDT 2008


The liste/pub from which I (how does one emphasise the word "I" in plain
text?) take recommendations most seriously is...

Pynchon Liste (pynchon-l at waste.org) 

Books, movies, musics, and general information, it's all there, and
generally well-considered and agreeable.  Speaking of which, may I say that
that "Iron Sky" looks pretty good to me, an intelligent but
see-it-on-the-big-screen (IMAX?, or "The Uptown," or "The Ziegfield"
theater) kinda movie.

HENRY MUSIKAR
Information, Media, and Technology Consultant

http://www.urdomain.us/kcuf.htm 

-----Original Message-----
From: robinlandseadel

Proust, Proust, Proust! ! !

That's three right there. . . .

Oh yeah, Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins, "Dino", Living high in
the Dirty Business of Dreams, by Nick Tosches and Psychotic Reactions and
Carburetor Dung by Lester Bangs.

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Henry" <scuffling at gmail.com>
> I don't have the list of 1001 books; Swann's Way and one or two books from
> OBA may be in the book, but they weren't referenced in the Grimes/Times
> piece.  
> 
> I gotta admit that as an autodidact (surprise! Any others on the
P-Liste?),
> my education is particularly incomplete, and I could even use some input
on
> one or two must-reads for many classic authors. If it's any good, the 1001
> books list might be better for me than for either end of the academic to
> non-reading spectrum. A-and while I don't need no stinkin' book to tell me
> to read OBA or Proust,  I could use a few hundred suggestions for
> pop-fiction, and historical, biography, and other non-fiction works.
> 
> HENRY MUSIKAR
> Information, Media, and Technology Consultant
> 
> http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/PListe4Obama  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robinlandseadel 
> 
> Well, nobody mentioned Proust either, and if Swann's Way ain't in 1001
books
> to eat before you chuck it, well, chuck it.. 
> 




More information about the Pynchon-l mailing list