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coyotegothWorking my way slowly through a few new books (we just had a change in health benefits at work... which, of course, I promptly celebrated by losing my glasses. Thank the gods I'm farsighted, though; I can still compose a frame.) Headaches are currently limiting my reading time (what fun for a proofreader!), but here's what I'm carrying in the backpack, for the odd eyestrain-free moment:
Space: The Free-Market Frontier, edited by Edward L. Hudgins. The commercial potential of outer space has been underexploited for far, far too long; Hudgins and his authors (including Buzz Aldrin) explore the problems and opportunites of this new frontier.
Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Seutonius- I've read and reread this ever since since I read Gore Vidal's essay on same in high school.
A Saucer of Loneliness, an anthology of Theodore Sturgeon edited by Paul Williams for North Atlantic Books.
Making Movies by Sidney Lumet. Only John Sayles' Thinking in Pictures rivals this as an exploration of the nuts and bolts of what a director (and screenwriter, in Sayles' case) actually does, from designing the film's visual plan, to working with collaborators, to the myriad day-to-day choices that subtly and not-so-subtly inform the final product. An excellent book about making movies, from a man who has made many, many excellent films himself.
...and far, far too many photography-related collections and reference books to easily count. Raah, browsing at B&N. So, what are you reading??
Space: The Free-Market Frontier, edited by Edward L. Hudgins. The commercial potential of outer space has been underexploited for far, far too long; Hudgins and his authors (including Buzz Aldrin) explore the problems and opportunites of this new frontier.
Lives of the Twelve Caesars by Seutonius- I've read and reread this ever since since I read Gore Vidal's essay on same in high school.
A Saucer of Loneliness, an anthology of Theodore Sturgeon edited by Paul Williams for North Atlantic Books.
Making Movies by Sidney Lumet. Only John Sayles' Thinking in Pictures rivals this as an exploration of the nuts and bolts of what a director (and screenwriter, in Sayles' case) actually does, from designing the film's visual plan, to working with collaborators, to the myriad day-to-day choices that subtly and not-so-subtly inform the final product. An excellent book about making movies, from a man who has made many, many excellent films himself.
...and far, far too many photography-related collections and reference books to easily count. Raah, browsing at B&N. So, what are you reading??
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Date: 2003-03-05 01:12 am (UTC)I hope that you read 'I Claudius' then, by Robert Graves. That is very verisimilar, and wonderfully written. Based on Tacitus, btw, and he's delightfully sarcastic :-)
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Date: 2003-03-06 08:04 pm (UTC)Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy. I like Lemony Snicket. I do. He's uproarious, which is a word that here means 'funny,' as in funny amusing, not funny like your grandfather's old teeth. Somehow this book isn't doing it for me, though.
Katie MacAlister, Improper English. I read it twice when she showed it to me in draft form, true, but I didn't see what she did with my comments about the American Werewolf in London scene or the book's final chapter, so I have to read it all over again.
Agnes Miller, The Linger-Nots and the Whispering Charm. Just don't ask. It was published in 1920, okay?
Karen Elizabeth Gordon, The New Well-Tempered Sentence. It's an indispensable grammar, and I'm reading it from front to back again.
Virginia Rowans, The Loving Couple. Virginia Rowans is really Patrick Dennis, author of Little Me and Auntie Mame. This 1950s-era book has an interesting premise; it's the story of a couple deciding to end their marriage. Half the book is his story, and half the book is her story, and they dovetail at the end. The publishers printed the book so that each of their stories has its own front cover, title page, copyright page, and the like; once you've finished one, you flip the book upside down and start over again. I'm rereading it to see if a children's book idea can be cribbed from the premise.
Drummer Magazine. Are you happy?
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