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You May Know Him As the Guy Whose Book Was Made Into the Movie ‘True Grit’
By Geo Ong Or you may not know him at all. His name is Charles Portis, and he’s an American novelist. Before True Grit was a Coen Brothers movie, it was a 1969 movie directed by a fella called Henry … Continue reading
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Tagged absurdism, atlantis, black humor, black humour, books, books into movies, catch-22, charles portis, coen brothers, comedy, fiction, gnomon society, gnomonism, henry hathaway, masters of atlantis, novels, pythagoras, the master and margarita, thomas pynchon, True Grit
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Contemporary Profiles: Terrence Malick
By Geo Ong It’s a bit odd to call Terrence Malick a contemporary artist. After all, his debut feature film Badlands was released in 1973. In terms of career span, Malick’s productivity rate is a bit comparable to Thomas Pynchon, … Continue reading
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The Urchin in Its Natural Habitat
By Geo Ong Crikey! Another Urchin sighting! Note: I meant to say ’600-word caption’, not ’600-page caption,’ and even that’s not correct. It was really a 250-word caption. *** Yes, Hunter S. Thompson has that reputation of his. But above … Continue reading
1st Annual Urchie Award Winners!
What a show! Sincere thanks to all who read and voted! Here they are, your winners! Book of the Year Imperial by William T. Vollmann Novelist (that’s right, novelist) William T. Vollmann spent ten years of his life on this … Continue reading
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Tagged 826, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, award shows, Away We Go, beatles, belgium, books, brussels, cheryl cole, chris cleave, clean breaks, dave eggers, edinburgh, ewan mcgregor, george clooney, hanson, imperial, inglourious basterds, inherent vice, jackson browne, jeremy smith, kathryn bigelow, nonfiction, paul mccartney, richard hammond, scotland, st. vincent, The Hurt Locker, thomas pynchon, Up, urchie lifetime achievement award, urchies, vendela vida, Washington D.C., Where the Wild Things Are, william t vollmann
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1st Annual Urchie Award Nominations!
[UPDATE: Find out who won!] The day you have been waiting for is finally here. The Golden Globes and Grammys have passed. The Oscars loom forebodingly in the not-so-distant future. But none of that matters! The only important award show … Continue reading
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Tagged 826, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, academy awards, award shows, Away We Go, brussels, cheryl cole, chris cleave, clean breaks, dave eggers, edinburgh, ewan mcgregor, film of the year, george clooney, grammys, hanson, imperial, inglourious basterds, inherent vice, jackson browne, jeremy smith, judd apatow, little bee, long way round, Oscars, paul mccartney, Pixar, Quintin Tarantino, richard hammond, st. vincent, Stand Up Stand Up, The Hurt Locker, thomas pynchon, Todd Phillips, Up, urchies, vendela vida, Washington D.C., Where the Wild Things Are, william t vollmann
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Geo Takes a Survey
*Survey courtesy of Shelf Awareness On your nightstand now: An alarm clock-radio set to a country music station to ensure I bolt out of bed to turn it off, seven cents in pennies, a capsule of vegan multivitamins, my 2009 agenda … Continue reading
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Tagged a clockwork orange, anthony burgess, bertolt brecht, book covers, books, catch-22, country music, fiction, finnegans wake, gertrude stein, gravity's rainbow, hunter s. thompson, imperial, invisible man, james joyce, joseph heller, kathy wilburn, marian potter, nonfiction, novels, penguin, philip k. dick, prefaces to shakespeare, ralph ellison, reading, rebecca skloot, shelf awareness, soren kierkegaard, survey, the arcades project, the immortal life of henrietta lacks, the little red caboose, thomas pynchon, tony tanner, valis, walter benjamin, william t vollmann
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Defenestration a la Pynchon
By Geo Ong In V. by Thomas Pynchon, Winsome tries to commit suicide. Pig tries to stop him. ‘And on it goes. Anybody who continues to live in a subculture so demonstrably sick has no right to call himself well. … Continue reading
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