tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post3586435903561457256..comments2024-01-07T09:36:51.796-08:00Comments on Chess, Comics, Crosswords, Books, Music, Cinema: Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut and other booksPrashant C. Trikannadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-16897691084252928592018-12-26T20:37:45.485-08:002018-12-26T20:37:45.485-08:00It's good to be back, Moira. Even if I don'...It's good to be back, Moira. Even if I don't post frequently, I intend to visit blogs as often as I can. The problem with reading other people's year-end book lists is it adds to my wish-list and there's only so much I can read in a year. If only reading was the only thing we did in life...Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-86827529625909263712018-12-15T03:04:15.583-08:002018-12-15T03:04:15.583-08:00I love reading the lists of people's book purc...I love reading the lists of people's book purchases, so thank you for sharing. And like the poster above, I would like to say how nice it is to have you back posting.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-34911290675343172622018-12-11T23:49:44.457-08:002018-12-11T23:49:44.457-08:00Great to have you back, Mathew! I'm not so env...Great to have you back, Mathew! I'm not so envious because I haven't read any of the nonfiction, so basically I'm just hoarding for now. I was lucky to find the Vonnegut paperback at a pavement seller and it's almost brand new. Cost me about $2.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-83929666726178195302018-12-11T23:46:57.924-08:002018-12-11T23:46:57.924-08:00Col, I don't hesitate to buy books that are ei...Col, I don't hesitate to buy books that are either rare or hard to find in my neck of the woods. I want to try and reduce my existing collection before I add new books. How long that's going to take is anybody's guess. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-4298421389864195582018-12-11T02:05:56.176-08:002018-12-11T02:05:56.176-08:00Great to see you back, Prashant! I'm envious o...Great to see you back, Prashant! I'm envious of your book catch, and did not know of <i>Timequake</i>. I hope it's on Kindle!Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-43605716749745838462018-12-10T20:57:45.604-08:002018-12-10T20:57:45.604-08:00I'm in awe of your restraint when it comes to ...I'm in awe of your restraint when it comes to buying books Prashant. Can you send me some of it in time for 2019 please?col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-54537836999879626772018-12-09T01:39:26.160-08:002018-12-09T01:39:26.160-08:00Elgin, I'd have loved to meet Vonnegut or at l...Elgin, I'd have loved to meet Vonnegut or at least listen to him speak, which I do on YouTube and elsewhere. I think he was a bit of a recluse and kept to himself. Almost like, "Okay, I wrote that book you liked so much. So what? Let's get on with our lives, shall we?" At least that's how I can picture him. Not as much to do with modesty as with wanting to live his life his way. I don't know if that makes sense.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-38221374271239915102018-12-09T01:33:25.936-08:002018-12-09T01:33:25.936-08:00Margot, one my problems is reading both fiction an...Margot, one my problems is reading both fiction and nonfiction which doesn't do my reading numbers any good. I want to read them all!Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-67216177463784591452018-12-09T01:32:23.923-08:002018-12-09T01:32:23.923-08:00You're welcome, Tracy. I need to read some of ...You're welcome, Tracy. I need to read some of the nonfiction, too, before ordering more books as part of the current year's book quota.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-15445709574340795112018-12-09T01:30:44.497-08:002018-12-09T01:30:44.497-08:00Thanks for that bit of info, Todd. I was confused ...Thanks for that bit of info, Todd. I was confused about Kilgore Trout's identity when I read VENUS ON THE HALF SHELL a few years ago. Back then, I remember you wrote saying that he was a fictional character created by Vonnegut and that he was used as the fictitious author of the book actually written by Philip José Farmer. This would be only the second time I'd be reading (about) Kilgore Trout.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-25820326304066428612018-12-09T00:42:33.819-08:002018-12-09T00:42:33.819-08:00Mystica, I'm also looking forward to reading K...Mystica, I'm also looking forward to reading Khushwant Singh's autobiography because he had a wonderful storytelling style. I followed his popular newspaper column "With Malice Towards One and All" for many years.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-48034252070215387832018-12-08T15:42:17.526-08:002018-12-08T15:42:17.526-08:00Prashant – Singh’s autobio sounds like my kind of...Prashant – Singh’s autobio sounds like my kind of book. I will look for it. As for Vonnegut, I enjoy his work, but haven’t read him in years. My first “real” job was in Manhattan and I occasionally saw Vonnegut in midtown. Tall, with bushy hair, he was hard to miss. Observing the unwritten code of New York, I never spoke to him, just left him alone to go about his own business. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-41417668160873225232018-12-08T10:58:05.675-08:002018-12-08T10:58:05.675-08:00You've got a fine variety of books here, Prash...You've got a fine variety of books here, Prashant. I like it that you got both fiction and non-fiction, too, and on a range of topics. I hope you'll enjoy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-5814135166515202492018-12-07T12:35:55.850-08:002018-12-07T12:35:55.850-08:00A nice set of books you bought this year. Timequak...A nice set of books you bought this year. Timequake sounds good, thanks for the information on that.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-57969701685994960352018-12-07T10:42:15.022-08:002018-12-07T10:42:15.022-08:00Kilgore Trout wasn't solely Vonnegut's alt...Kilgore Trout wasn't solely Vonnegut's alter ego...it was also his exaggerated portrait of a writer who work he admired enormously, with good reason, and whose life choices he deplored, with just about as much good reason, Theodore Sturgeon. (You'l note the similarity of the names.) Sturgeon particularly was selling a lot of short stories to skin magazines as well as to other markets in the '60s, when Vonnegut introduced the character. Sturgeon was also able to place a science fiction story in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED in 1963, not a common occurrence. Vonnegut wrote the introduction to one of the volumes of Sturgeon's collected stories. Ray Bradbury was Sturgeon's most assiduous student, and wrote almost as well, sometimes. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-45615760625188274682018-12-06T18:39:08.013-08:002018-12-06T18:39:08.013-08:00I like your selection. The Vonnegut one especially...I like your selection. The Vonnegut one especially and also the Khushwant Singh one. Thanks for the updates. Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.com