tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post5444774379946659894..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: Books of 2010: A Best Of Listbill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-81910437929342940552010-12-30T20:13:48.641-05:002010-12-30T20:13:48.641-05:00Greg - Can you tell me unpublicly? For I am intri...Greg - Can you tell me unpublicly? For I am intrigued.<br /><br />John - I'll let it slide for now, but you realize I'm going to keep blathering about Portis until everyone I know has read him.<br /><br />And I was delighted to have read the Fallada, Hamilton and Balchin. I bascially have you to thank for those, after all.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-3388942900884214872010-12-30T17:18:00.084-05:002010-12-30T17:18:00.084-05:00I have a copy of True Grit, but I have not read it...I have a copy of <em>True Grit</em>, but I have not read it. Please don't go too hard on me, sir.<br /><br />On another note, I'm delighted you placed Balchin, Hamilton and Fallada in your list.John Selfhttp://theasylum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-18129974360298942042010-12-30T07:38:25.001-05:002010-12-30T07:38:25.001-05:00I can't tell you what I'm reading, not pub...I can't tell you what I'm reading, not publicly at least, because I'm tying it all in with a documentary and a movie once I'm finished for a big, huge-o, mondo post. I shall declare it "awesome" now before it is even written. <br /><br />However, I will tell you that the immediate next one is <b>Dracula</b>, which, being a classic, is a free download and it's been years since I read it. That too will probably be a post but an October post so no big secret there.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-91540551420351449712010-12-30T07:24:47.774-05:002010-12-30T07:24:47.774-05:00Harold - Then that's Thomson trying to romanti...Harold - Then that's Thomson trying to romanticize Cregar's death. It was a passion project, and he was unhappy with the script they ended up shooting and almost quit, but he died from a botched surgery. Cregar was on board with some rather huge changes from Hamilton's novel anyway. I think he objected to the film turning into a basic psycho killer story.<br /><br />Greg - That doesn't sound spectacularly pathetic. I'm not into the idea of Kindles or Nooks or any of that, but I can see the benefit. What are you reading?<br /><br />Bryce - I flipped through the first Darwyn Cooke comic, and I honestly found it way too stylized. I'm not sure that comics are the best medium for Parker stories. Then again, everybody else seems to love them, so maybe I should do more than flip through them.<br /><br />And yes, THE MOURNER is excellent.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-14559393929398516842010-12-29T23:57:53.440-05:002010-12-29T23:57:53.440-05:00Well done. I share your regard for The Jugger. Whi...Well done. I share your regard for The Jugger. Which has more cynicism in throw away lines then most books have in their core. I hope Darwyn Cooke makes it to that one. <br /><br />The Mourner is still my favorite of The Stark Books thus far. If only for how bleakly funny I find the punchline.Bryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-40517877159859782992010-12-29T23:42:02.410-05:002010-12-29T23:42:02.410-05:00Well, I did get shut out, unlike Ed. I haven'...Well, I did get shut out, unlike Ed. I haven't read one of these but "The Jugger" is by far my favorite title of the bunch. <br /><br />I just got kindle on my phone and while that may sound spectacularly pathetic let me assure you, I'm suddenly reading more than ever. First of all, the classics are all free (as was the Kindle app) so I'm reading some serious shit now as I travel into work on the metro. I'll have to see how much some of these are but I'm thinking I might download "True Grit" next.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-72901476911426076542010-12-29T22:02:11.080-05:002010-12-29T22:02:11.080-05:00Really interesting list. The Greenan sounds especi...Really interesting list. The Greenan sounds especially intriguing to me, I'll plan to read it asap. I've only read the Portis, though the Gissing and Hamilton have been on my to-read pile for a long time and the Fallada and Westlake were on my radar. According to David Thomson, making Hangover Square was a passion project for Cregar and he was heartbroken over the end result (George Sanders thought this precipitated his death).Haroldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-72051292413973706052010-12-29T13:27:14.707-05:002010-12-29T13:27:14.707-05:00Dirk Bogarde does seem like a good fit for the rol...Dirk Bogarde does seem like a good fit for the role, actually - I was just marvelling over the oddity of him in a Fassbinder film. <br /><br />Anyway, the first thing I did after reading this post was add the VanderMeer book to my Amazon cart. I've got some Christmas gift cards and now I know one thing I'll be getting!<br /><br />Jim Woodring is an incredibly weird cartoonist who tells mostly wordless morality tales set in a surreal, magical universe. He's probably not the most accessible artist I could name, but his new book this year was certainly the most impressive comic I came across.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-86939138459370795512010-12-29T12:18:16.987-05:002010-12-29T12:18:16.987-05:00Fassbinder made a film of it that I've long wa...<i>Fassbinder made a film of it that I've long wanted to see, but it's one of his more obscure and weird outings, in English and starring Dirk Bogarde of all people.</i><br /><br />I know! I just found out about that yesterday when I was working on this post. I thought about mentioning it in a kind of "why did nobody tell me" kind of way, but I forgot. And I don't know, if you're going to make it in English then Dirk Bogarde seems kind of perfect to me.<br /><br />I feel confident in saying that you, in particular, would <i>love</i> CITY OF SAINTS AND MADMEN. It's just so rich and exciting and weird and inventive...the guy can really write, too. He's written two other Ambergris books, called SHRIEK: AN AFTERWORD and FINCH (this last being a sort of noir novel, I'm told) which I plan on getting to next year. Very early next year, at that.<br /><br />I'm still so clueless about comics these days, but I'll look into WEATHERCRAFT on your say so.bill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-23071365702481938952010-12-29T09:22:56.687-05:002010-12-29T09:22:56.687-05:00I thought I was gonna get shut out and not have re...I thought I was gonna get shut out and not have read any of these until I got to the Nabokov. Love that book. It really is chilling and creepy. Fassbinder made a film of it that I've long wanted to see, but it's one of his more obscure and weird outings, in English and starring Dirk Bogarde of all people.<br /><br />Anyway, this is a great list with some books I'll have to add to my to-read list. Your #1 pick in particular sounds fantastic, and any blurb that mentions both Borges and Nabokov is bound to get my attention.<br /><br />I read a decent amount but I don't keep track of it so well, so who knows what my favorite books from this year were. Probably lots of comics: Jim Woodring's <i>Weathercraft</i> was great.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.com