Cheers to u sir w/monster Manhattan...I enjoyed this. I am "stuck" in a hot-tub in Hawaii for a couple of weeks and have fallen beneath the Pillars of the Earth while enjoying A Moveable Feast...
I remember as a kid really liking the fact that R.L Stein's Goodbumps books used to just start. No boring backstory or anything like that - they'd just start in the middle of some dialog or something.
The backstory on the narrator comes in later, when he's being interrogated by a D.A. That's where we see he's a repeat petty delinquent w an extensive arrest history (but nothing on the level of capital murder).
Read Postman some years ago and I know I have Double Indemnity somewhere so I must move it nearer the top of the pile. Incidentally, Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz) was also a fine movie - Oscar for Joan Crawford, I think.
Thanks, Norman. I missed the movie, but when i was sixteen I read Mildred Pierce in like two sittings. And I was not the sort of kid who would normally care about a middle aged woman trying to sell pies in LA. Cain just really knows how to write! I want to try it again soon. S
N. noted (in Strong Opinions, I think) that when he was sent books he looked to see if there was an inordinate amt. of DIALOGUE--and that, for him, was a very very bad sign.
A lot of great writers loved Wells in the bathtub. Orwell, Nabokov, Greene, etc. His realistic novels like Kipps or Mr Polly all the way through those haunting sf ones. I think I read War of the Worlds in a kid’s edition when I was in fifth grade. Couldn’t put it down and never forgot it. Makes me think we need an All Bathtub Hall of Fame Hall of Fame!
I agree with you regarding Camus. He ripped off one of my all-time greats, James M. Cain. Cain, in fact, was superior to Raymond Chandler. I could never stand Chandler's similes. Another way underrated writers is Horace McCoy. His They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is superior to anything Chandler ever wrote. Who am I? Check out my mystery/noir Edgar "Doc" Holiday series. First one is free. I'd like to have you review it, sir. Thanks. Am glad am not the only one who does not care for Camus.
Albert Camus is boring? I suppose if you don't being any intelligence to bear on his books, that may be the case. Also, you need to hear the music of the sentences. At least this reviewer is upfront about his philistinism. But I kinda like him anyway, he would make a good sports reviewer.
Okay, big guy, here's tip: If you're going to title your vid, "Nabokov would have hated..."--don't wait till the last minute (literally) to hurriedly explain why. Feels like a bait and switch. Interesting premise, more context would be beneficial.
Here’s a tip: Don’t call anyone “big guy” with the possible exception being your son. Another tip: Don’t comment on UA-cam videos. Your way too stupid.
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"Nabokov would have hated James M Cain."
How could Nabokov have hated anyone who wrote the novel THE BUTTERFLY?
Very nice introduction. I am starting to read Mr. Cain's works now.
Thanks, Pinaki. Cain's a trip, you should have a good time. s
Cheers to u sir w/monster Manhattan...I enjoyed this. I am "stuck" in a hot-tub in Hawaii for a couple of weeks and have fallen beneath the Pillars of the Earth while enjoying A Moveable Feast...
Al Greene so now you know all of us in our relatively crummy non-Hawaiian bathtubs have to hate you, right? Carry on!
I remember as a kid really liking the fact that R.L Stein's Goodbumps books used to just start. No boring backstory or anything like that - they'd just start in the middle of some dialog or something.
Yeah there's nothing worse than a writer who takes forever getting started! Stay safe in the bathtub Adam! s
Master bather??!! Man if you had a slip of a tongue with that one! I have always meant to read Cain.
Andy McKinney maybe they're the same thing!
No, thanks for pointing it out, "master bather" works as a Nabokovian term all its own. Keep it unclean in the bathtub!
@@Scottmbradfield 😆
The backstory on the narrator comes in later, when he's being interrogated by a D.A. That's where we see he's a repeat petty delinquent w an extensive arrest history (but nothing on the level of capital murder).
Yeah that sounds right! I haven't read that one for a while-want to reread Mildred Pierce soon... s
Read Postman some years ago and I know I have Double Indemnity somewhere so I must move it nearer the top of the pile. Incidentally, Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz) was also a fine movie - Oscar for Joan Crawford, I think.
Thanks, Norman. I missed the movie, but when i was sixteen I read Mildred Pierce in like two sittings. And I was not the sort of kid who would normally care about a middle aged woman trying to sell pies in LA. Cain just really knows how to write! I want to try it again soon. S
N. noted (in Strong Opinions, I think) that when he was sent books he looked to see if there was an inordinate amt. of DIALOGUE--and that, for him, was a very very bad sign.
I’ve become a great fan of HG Wells’ work, including his non-science fiction writing, thanks to Nabokov’s recommendations.
A lot of great writers loved Wells in the bathtub. Orwell, Nabokov, Greene, etc. His realistic novels like Kipps or Mr Polly all the way through those haunting sf ones. I think I read War of the Worlds in a kid’s edition when I was in fifth grade. Couldn’t put it down and never forgot it. Makes me think we need an All Bathtub Hall of Fame Hall of Fame!
That Nabokov is vastly OVERRATED and Cain vastly UNDERRATED affords this a lovely kind of symmetry, I think.
Quite possibly! Stay sublime, Sublime! Scott
How can someone be wrong about who their favorite writer is?
I agree with you regarding Camus. He ripped off one of my all-time greats, James M. Cain. Cain, in fact, was superior to Raymond Chandler. I could never stand Chandler's similes. Another way underrated writers is Horace McCoy. His They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is superior to anything Chandler ever wrote. Who am I? Check out my mystery/noir Edgar "Doc" Holiday series. First one is free. I'd like to have you review it, sir. Thanks. Am glad am not the only one who does not care for Camus.
Gasp! You're rubbishing CAMUS?! I'm telling Rachel Cusk on you, Scott. (She loves The Plague.) Surely you've read L'Etranger in French. Not boring!!!
Camus totally sucks esp L'etranger. Caine is infinitely better!
@@Scottmbradfield Michael Caine, YES! haha.
'Look! I told you to only blow the bloody doors off'.
Albert Camus is boring? I suppose if you don't being any intelligence to bear on his books, that may be the case. Also, you need to hear the music of the sentences. At least this reviewer is upfront about his philistinism. But I kinda like him anyway, he would make a good sports reviewer.
Okay, big guy, here's tip: If you're going to title your vid, "Nabokov would have hated..."--don't wait till the last minute (literally) to hurriedly explain why. Feels like a bait and switch. Interesting premise, more context would be beneficial.
Here’s a tip: Don’t call anyone “big guy” with the possible exception being your son.
Another tip: Don’t comment on UA-cam videos. Your way too stupid.
That’s “you’re” you fucking moron