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To: frankw1900 who wrote (23891)10/13/2013 8:20:54 PM
From: KailuaBoyRead Replies (2) of 24758
 
Frank,

My list:

James Michener - I've read every novel he has written. Read The Covenant The Covenant three times and Hawaii (where I grew up) twice. I like his stories and the historical part of historical fiction means I learn something while I'm entertained. Kind of like this message board.

Cormac McCarthy - very good writing but you can't read too much at one time or you will never recover.

James Clavelle - Good stuff about the far east.

Charles Bukowski - His tombstone, no joke reads "Don't Try". One quote which sums Bukowski up is this:

"Somebody at one of these places [...] asked me: 'What do you do? How do you write, create?' You don't, I told them. You don't try. That's very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like its looks you make a pet out of it."

Steven King - I know the subject matter is adolescent but I think he does a very good job in a limited realm.

I'm reading On The Road by Kerouac for the first time because I ran across it and know its reputation. I don't like it. Travelling bums.

KB

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