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Well, I thought Thomas was a little formal between friends!I love it when you call me Tom!
....I would have done this regularly myself...but was afraid of being to familiar...Well, I thought Thomas was a little formal between friends!
Far and Wide by Neil Peart
35 concerts. 17,000 motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime.
In May 2015, the veteran Canadian rock trio Rush embarked on their 40th anniversary tour, R40. For the band and their fans, R40 was a celebration and, perhaps, a farewell. But for Neil Peart, each tour is more than just a string of concerts, it’s an opportunity to explore backroads near and far on his BMW motorcycle. So if this was to be the last tour and the last great adventure, he decided it would have to be the best one, onstage and off.
35 concerts. 17,000 motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime.
In May 2015, the veteran Canadian rock trio Rush embarked on their 40th anniversary tour, R40. For the band and their fans, R40 was a celebration and, perhaps, a farewell. But for Neil Peart, each tour is more than just a string of concerts, it’s an opportunity to explore backroads near and far on his BMW motorcycle. So if this was to be the last tour and the last great adventure, he decided it would have to be the best one, onstage and off.
Neil Peart is incredible. One of the best, if not the best drummers in rock. And to overcome the tragedies he's had to endure. Such a badda$$.
Geddy and Alex ain't bad either...
Indeed. Neil wrote about those tragedies and his motorcycle trip afterward in Ghost Rider: Travels On The Healing Road. A book I can't recommend highly enough, especially if you just lost someone dear to you.
As far as Geddy & Alex go, neither one has written anything yet but I hope they do. Alex, IMO, is a criminally underrated guitarist.
No cape, lol, but you nailed the rest. Hmmm, my immediate two choices are probably books you've already read or, at the very least, heard about. Ghost Story by Peter Straub and The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I liked them both. I'd need to know a little more about your reading tastes/sensibilities but here are some mysteries you may want to try.
1.) Them Bones by Carolyn Haines (Book one in a series about a failing actress who returns to Mississippi to save her ancestral home which happens to be haunted by a ghost named Jitty. The African American ghost has resided in her home for generations and has become the protagonist's conscience, in a way. Try this only if you enjoy a humorous turn in an otherwise Southern Gothic.)
2.) The Devil's Hearth by Philip DePoy (Here's another modern day Southern Gothic with plenty of folklore, oddities, and Shakespeare references.
Fever Develin is the young, white-haired protagonist that lives alone in the Appalachian hills of Georgia and he's haunted by his past and, with the help of his childhood pal Skidmore (now Sheriff), he solves mysteries. The whole series is an engrossing, literary banquet of characters and spooks.
Lighter than Elizabeth George but as substantial as one could ask for in a mystery genre.)
3.) Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz (If you haven't read it, trust me. It's neither time-travel nor ghost story but it's very atmospheric and somehow the shoe fits. Gripping read.)
Hopefully, this is a beginning and there's a winning match in the bunch.
The Devil's Hearth wasn't available on kindle so I read Them Bones. It was good
It was more of a romance than a mystery but I enjoyed it. The ending was a surprise but thinking back, there were clues - I just missed them lol.Next I'm going to read one of the 99 cent sci-fi series books I found on BookBub. I'm not expecting much but you never know
That's great. I'm glad you enjoyed it. If I can find a copy of The Devil's Hearth I will send it to you.The Devil's Hearth wasn't available on kindle so I read Them Bones. It was good
Next I'm going to read one of the 99 cent sci-fi series books I found on BookBub. I'm not expecting much but you never know
You can get as familiar with me as you like, GNT!
...it is an honor my friend....You can get as familiar with me as you like, GNT!
The James Bond novel Brokenclaw by John Gardner. I'm 116 pages into it at the moment.
Exquisite Corpse, by Poppy Z. Brite. Here's the synopsis:
Certainly one of the most horrific novels I've read in a long time. I don't usually have physical reactions while reading, but this one has turned my stomach five times already — and I'm only 80 pages in. It reminds me of some of the stories found in Clive Barker's Books of Blood.
To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the sole ambition of bringing his “art” to new heights. Tortured by his own perverse desires, and drawn to possess and destroy young boys, Compton inadvertently joins forces with Jay Byrne, a dissolute playboy who has pushed his “art” to limits even Compton hadn’t previously imagined. Together, Compton and Byrne set their sights on an exquisite young Vietnamese-American runaway, Tran, whom they deem to be the perfect victim.
Swiftly moving from the grimy streets of London’s Piccadilly Circus to the decadence of the New Orleans French Quarter, Poppy Z. Brite dissects the landscape of torture and invites us into the mind of a killer. Exquisite Corpse confirms Brite as a writer who defies categorization. It is a novel for those who dare trespass where the sacred and profane become one.
Swiftly moving from the grimy streets of London’s Piccadilly Circus to the decadence of the New Orleans French Quarter, Poppy Z. Brite dissects the landscape of torture and invites us into the mind of a killer. Exquisite Corpse confirms Brite as a writer who defies categorization. It is a novel for those who dare trespass where the sacred and profane become one.
Certainly one of the most horrific novels I've read in a long time. I don't usually have physical reactions while reading, but this one has turned my stomach five times already — and I'm only 80 pages in. It reminds me of some of the stories found in Clive Barker's Books of Blood.
I think the magazine is just Australian, but you could get a digital copy online.That looks interesting. Do you have a subscription to the magazine or is it something I might find in my local grocery store? My local grocery store isn't in Australia so I'm kinda doubting I'll find it there
Poppy is just way too graphic and depraved for me. I read this one and just couldn't believe that someone would actually publish it.
And he is now known as Billy Martin.
I`m reading "Fevre Dream" by George R.R. Martin. Only on page 160th of the 400, but I love it. Anyone who likes "scary" and "mysterious" stories (which you all obviously do) will like this one also.
P.S. Beware of Vampires!
P.S. Beware of Vampires!
You are totally right in my opinion. Watership Down is a big masterpiece.
Took a dive in my John Dickson Carr (aka Carter Dickson) collection. Read The Judas Window, The Hollow Man and She Died A Lady. One of the best puzzlemakers in crimewriting. His Locked room mysteries are probably the best ever. His speciality. The first two are classics. When i read these old mysteries i sometimes think why does everything nowadays necessarily have to be so very realistic? Why is it not good enough to to paint a terrific, seemingly impossible, mystery even if the things described very rarely if ever happen in reality? It is meant to entertain and it sure does, why cant that be enough? So many nowadays dont manage to walk the line between fiction and realism and their books get long and boring because of it. The best of the new is, i think, Tana French.
Well...Derf? Does he still publish under the Poppy Z Brite name? I mean, I know he considers himself a trans man or what not, but I don't see why he'd wanna go and confuse a loyal and considerable fan base. And the name 'Poppy' can really go either way, I figure.
Never read any of his stuff. Once you've read Anne Rice, you've had enough New Orleans-based horror to last ya the rest of yer life. Heh.
I think Poppy/Billy has said that he has retired from writing. Who knows.
That's very kind of you
I'm pretty sure it won't be necessary though - the third, forth and fifth books in the series are kindled so it shouldn't be very long until the first and second books are also kindled.- Status