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Karl Henning

Quote from: Elgarian on March 15, 2012, 09:31:54 AM
This is more bad luck than a single Amazon buyer should have to put up with!

All I can say is ... I  consider the book is worth all this hassle. (I just hope you agree!!!)

I am sure it will, Alan. I wonder if I should just get it on the Nook, instead, now!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Bogey

Quote from: MN Dave on March 20, 2012, 10:25:28 AM
I do not know because I do not know your 13-year-old.  ;D

I certainly dig it and I don't usually like novelizations. Does that count?

That was what I was getting at....superhero novelizations....not usually very good.  Sounds as if this has a shot.  Is it overly graphic with its violence?
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Ataraxia

Quote from: Bogey on March 20, 2012, 11:04:48 AM
That was what I was getting at....superhero novelizations....not usually very good.  Sounds as if this has a shot.  Is it overly graphic with its violence?

I'm only 90 pages in or so but I think if he can read the DC comic, he can read this. However I accept no responsibility for the Joker's actions later in the book.  ;D

Bogey

Quote from: MN Dave on March 20, 2012, 11:08:08 AM
I'm only 90 pages in or so but I think if he can read the DC comic, he can read this. However I accept no responsibility for the Joker's actions later in the book.  ;D

:D
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Ataraxia

I'm still reading the Brahms bio as well because that's how I roll...

And the violence in the Brahms bio is excruciating.

Karl Henning

Dude, you are wicked: I've downloaded the Nook app for my Droid . . . .
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Ataraxia

Quote from: karlhenning on March 20, 2012, 11:19:02 AM
Dude, you are wicked: I've downloaded the Nook app for my Droid . . . .

You'll be reading Dickens in the outhouse.

Karl Henning

Now, if the Swafford Ives bio had been available for Nook . . . .
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Ataraxia

Quote from: karlhenning on March 20, 2012, 11:20:59 AM
Now, if the Swafford Ives bio had been available for Nook . . . .

Yeah, that one's on my radar even though I don't care much for Ives (yet?).

Karl Henning

Maybe it's a case of not yet; in all events, you'll find his bio a rattlin' good read, laddie.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Ataraxia

Quote from: karlhenning on March 20, 2012, 11:29:47 AM
Maybe it's a case of not yet; in all events, you'll find his bio a rattlin' good read, laddie.

Yep, Swafford hasn't let me down yet. His classical volume is well-thumbed.

Bogey



http://www.amazon.com/Nights-Red-Moon-Milton-Burton/dp/0312648006/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1332295150&sr=1-1-catcorr#_

Worth a look, Dave.  This author seems to take a Texas/noir angle....at least based on his book reviews I looked at.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz


Sergeant Rock

the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Karl Henning

Quote from: Elgarian on March 15, 2012, 09:31:54 AM
This is more bad luck than a single Amazon buyer should have to put up with!

All I can say is ... I  consider the book is worth all this hassle. (I just hope you agree!!!)

Quote from: karlhenning on March 20, 2012, 10:27:03 AM
I am sure it will, Alan. I wonder if I should just get it on the Nook, instead, now!

This is so entirely the right idea that, even though a parcel landed yesterday which I figure must be the proper book . . . I've not opened it, and I am inquiring into returning the hard copy.

Iron discipline, really, for I am intensely curious to read the book. Shouldn't take long to sort things out, and then a download of the e-book will be all but instantaneous.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Elgarian

Quote from: karlhenning on March 21, 2012, 09:07:44 AM
This is so entirely the right idea that, even though a parcel landed yesterday which I figure must be the proper book . . . I've not opened it, and I am inquiring into returning the hard copy.

Iron discipline, really, for I am intensely curious to read the book. Shouldn't take long to sort things out, and then a download of the e-book will be all but instantaneous.


Well, I wouldn't know: I'm so emphatically a 'book in the hands' chap, that the notion of ebooks upsets my digestion. Particularly with Her Fearful Symmetry, where all the US hardback editions (illustrated with faded photos of Highgate Cemetery and artificially aged title pages) have such a physical presence that they actively contribute to the atmosphere of the book. In fact, I hope to proceed to post some photos of my newly acquired US Special signed edition (designed by the author) before long.

Karl Henning

I don't like to think of having interfered with your digestion, dear chap. Not at all what a hero is supposed to do, so far as I can tell.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Elgarian

Quote from: karlhenning on March 21, 2012, 09:27:19 AM
I don't like to think of having interfered with your digestion, dear chap. Not at all what a hero is supposed to do, so far as I can tell.

Fortunately, it's only e-digestion. So it doesn't really count.

Bulldog

Quote from: Elgarian on March 21, 2012, 09:25:04 AM
Well, I wouldn't know: I'm so emphatically a 'book in the hands' chap, that the notion of ebooks upsets my digestion. Particularly with Her Fearful Symmetry, where all the US hardback editions (illustrated with faded photos of Highgate Cemetery and artificially aged title pages) have such a physical presence that they actively contribute to the atmosphere of the book.

"Atmosphere" is a great word to use in this context and a quality that's non-existent with downloads.