[Bananafish] Renga

[Michael Anello]

libraries around you don't have it?  weird.

On Dec 19, 2007 3:49 PM, Yocum, Daniel R Civ 21 CES/CEOE <
daniel.yocum at peterson.af.mil> wrote:

> I saw Omega Man at the drive-in when I was a kid (the second feature), I
> loved it.  I picked up the Vincent Price Last Man on Earth for a buck
> and it was dated.  I saw Smith's Legend Monday and loved it too.  So I
> picked up the book at a grocery store yesterday and finished it last
> night.  I liked it too.
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> If you like Cormac's dark sparse words than read his earlier stuff too.
> Oh, check out Donaldson's Gap series I am pretty sure it is up your
> alley.  Go with the first book to see if you like it, it's a fast read.
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> I found Exley online for $10 but that is too steep for a used paperback,
> I'll keep looking.
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> Daniel
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> i read the road and sunset limited...pretty good, thanks.  now reading
> 'i am legend' and other stories.
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> recently read 'if i did it' by oj simpson.  david lee roth's autobio was
> better.
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> yeah, don't forget the exley.  i think you'd like it.
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> mike
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> On 12/19/07, Yocum, Daniel R Civ 21 CES/CEOE
> <daniel.yocum at peterson.af.mil> wrote:
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>        Been reading a few things lately, still haven't found that Exley
> book yet Mike.
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>        In Legacy of Honor, The Life of Rafael Chacon I ran across a
> note which struck me like a well timed donkey kick;
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>        "The population of New Mexico, . . ., relied heavily on the oral
> tradition for information and  entertainment. Thus, skills in
> memorization and fast witty repartee were highly valued.  News was
> disseminated by troubadors, much like those Europe saw in the Middle
> Ages, and at any gathering there were always those rhymers who would be
> challenged by others who wanted to prove their superiority in an
> exchange of quips, wise cracks, or clever verse."
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>        I grew up with this, and every phone call to, and visit with my
> friends and family back home always carries this tradition on.  It would
> seem that Zooey may have been unhealthily influenced as well.  By
> comparison all other forms of philadelphic interaction pale.
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>        It is like an orchestral improvisation each note serving as a
> tread for the companion's response.  And when the whole dizzy affair
> runs its course you are treated with a breathless and shared view -
> vista, and it is these landscapes that make the best mental furniture,
> heirlooms really and the written word is only its drifting phantasmal
> shimmer.
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>        Daniel
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And the other amoeba says, "I don't know, I don't live around here!"
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