RobF Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

RobF

Pretty sure (A)licia and (B)obby in Cormac McCarthy's last pair of novels (the Passenger & Stella Maris) are an example of Cormac McCarthy's interest in chiral symmetry & quantum entanglement. They aren't the same, aren't twins, but they share a strong relationship/attraction. https://t.co/momhc7Av43

RobF

Do I already own all of Cormac McCarthy’s published books? Yes. Do I already own a couple extra copies of Blood Meridian and the Road? Yes. Do I have poor impulse control? Also yes. https://t.co/4duD9N2HZQ

RobF

Just finished my 2nd @Harkaway — Angelmaker. I could try to describe it w/ elements of Charles Dickens (Bleak House), Neal Stephenson (Baroque Trilogy), Thomas Pynchon (Against the Day), and steampunk at its best. But it is it’s own “Ruskinite” creation: riffing on family, et al. https://t.co/vyYdqfFK4G

RobF

Do I already own all of Cormac McCarthy’s published books? Yes. Do I already own a couple extra copies of Blood Meridian and the Road? Yes. Do I have poor impulse control? Also yes. https://t.co/4duD9N2HZQ

RobF

@danieledited @_ryanruby_ Look up Nathaniel Philbrick’s ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ & ‘Why Read Moby-Dick’. Although not set in Nantucket or the East Coast, the vibe of John Banville’s ‘The Sea’ might work. ‘Cape Fear’ aka ‘The Executioners’ by John D McDonald.

RobF

@danieledited @_ryanruby_ Look up Nathaniel Philbrick’s ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ & ‘Why Read Moby-Dick’. Although not set in Nantucket or the East Coast, the vibe of John Banville’s ‘The Sea’ might work. ‘Cape Fear’ aka ‘The Executioners’ by John D McDonald.

RobF

Finished “Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell” and started “Song for the Unraveling of the World”. Evenson is simultaneously a 21st Century Poe and Kafka; Bradbury and Jackson AND none of these. Locating where his short-stories belong is like mapping Aesop Rock’s genealogy. https://t.co/a7Jr9n3lWu

RobF

Just finished @Harkaway’s Titanium Noir. Very good mix of Noir & NH’s sci-fi vision. He executes this expertly. But what I WANT from a Harkaway novel is less trying to flavor noir with his funky style, but instead 110% Nick Harkaway. I read Nick for Nick. Noir becomes a dilution. https://t.co/k9QJMlnUs2

RobF

“We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. — E.M. Forster, A Room with a View https://t.co/c6jhiM7zIl

RobF

If you’ve never read Lance Olsen, are you even experienced? I’m super excited for his next novel about David Bowie: ‘Always Crashing in the Same Car’. Also Lance is one of the nicest guys ever. A writer’s writer and a gentleman’s gentleman. https://t.co/DLrqYxJzGT