tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post7788834453662384415..comments2024-02-12T17:59:33.534-06:00Comments on RAZORED ZEN: Falling off the (book) WagonCharles Gramlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-764647924997879052013-03-30T15:58:36.565-05:002013-03-30T15:58:36.565-05:00Keith, yep, good one. I did order all 4 of the Alt...Keith, yep, good one. I did order all 4 of the Altus Doc Savage books yesterday. Help...Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-7380004316421327292013-03-30T15:58:04.971-05:002013-03-30T15:58:04.971-05:00Keith, yep, good one. I did order all 4 of the Alt...Keith, yep, good one. I did order all 4 of the Altus Doc Savage books yesterday. Help...Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-65786776521554700292013-03-29T22:23:23.228-05:002013-03-29T22:23:23.228-05:00Sage, some day he will!
Richard R., libraries and...Sage, some day he will!<br /><br />Richard R., libraries and book stores should have signs that read: Abandon all hope "of restraint" ye who enter here.<br /><br />Keith, good un.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-71932378180205468952013-03-29T19:37:09.051-05:002013-03-29T19:37:09.051-05:00Richard, come over to the Doc Side...Richard, come over to the Doc Side...Adventuresfantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907562789681407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-60870604375319734562013-03-29T17:10:43.317-05:002013-03-29T17:10:43.317-05:00Ah, how well I know that demon, how often I have f...Ah, how well I know that demon, how often I have fallen to that gutter, sadly promising not to go there agin, only to find one day I'm on that devil's path. I have been fighting the purchase of the Doc Savage books for weeks now. Don't know how much longer I can hold out....Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-75656064996891317582013-03-29T09:37:58.845-05:002013-03-29T09:37:58.845-05:00Congratulations to your son... Maybe he could des...Congratulations to your son... Maybe he could design a house for you, with more bookcases!sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-79013421209020900042013-03-29T08:40:26.007-05:002013-03-29T08:40:26.007-05:00Erik, when strangers come in my house I don't ...Erik, when strangers come in my house I don't ever worry about them stealing my books<br /><br />Aimless writer, book bub and book baby? tell me more.<br /><br />laughingwolf, lol!Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-48806364915815796222013-03-29T06:59:43.961-05:002013-03-29T06:59:43.961-05:00well done, josh!
papa, no point in saying anythin...well done, josh!<br /><br />papa, no point in saying anything to you, except: HIT THE BOOKS! ;) laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-4365292205877857012013-03-29T06:23:48.384-05:002013-03-29T06:23:48.384-05:00Congratulations to your son!
Buying books? It'...Congratulations to your son!<br />Buying books? It's an addiction and I can't stop. Now with kbooks, ereader, bookbub and bookbaby emailing me free and cheap books for my kindle I could go crazy. Sometimes I just hit the delete key without opening the email because I know I'll download something if I open it. However I've discovered a lot of new authors this way. Aimlesswriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012050763172251381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-60264611694715947132013-03-29T00:07:44.990-05:002013-03-29T00:07:44.990-05:00That's really cool about your son!
I hear you...That's really cool about your son!<br /><br />I hear you on books. Not a bad addiction, though. I may have mentioned this before but once I had a car that had dozens of books in view broken into -- not one tome was stolen. Only a six dollar set of jumper cables. Some of the books looked particularly alluring adorned with glass shards, and I finally got around to reading them.Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-70592536891598442562013-03-28T19:52:43.419-05:002013-03-28T19:52:43.419-05:00Chris, it is particularly problematic when I also ...Chris, it is particularly problematic when I also need to pay for a new roof. :)<br /><br /> Riot Kitty, that’s what Lana tells me.<br /> <br /> Ty Johnston, oh yes, if a new used bookstore opened up here I’d be off the wagon in an instant! Oh, the treasures.<br /><br /> Keith, thanks, and no it isn’t helping. :)<br /><br /> Vesper, when I get down to less than 2000 unread ones around I start to get antsy! <br /> <br /> Prashant C. Trikannad, thankee. I did try for a while to read 5 for every one I bought. Sometimes I keep that up. Not always.<br /> <br /> ivan , amen about the things you love potentially becoming cloying. I think that has happened to me with teaching my writing class at Xavier.<br /> <br /> Bernard Lee DeLeo, that is true about the writing. When I’m going well I read less for sure.<br /> <br />Ron Scheer, yes, I really do love to see full bookshelves, even if I haven’t read them all.<br /> <br /> Randy Johnson, I must believe that saying because I sure do keep adding. I’m gonna have to move some to the other end of the house to balance the weight.<br /> <br /> Deka Black, Haven’t read any Vance in a while but I do like his stuff and have a few of his still around in my unread pile.<br /><br /> X. Dell, I have my unread ones separated into general categories. SF/fantasy. Thriller/horror. Westerns. Short stories, etc.<br />Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-91213871668245018482013-03-28T19:25:59.307-05:002013-03-28T19:25:59.307-05:00I could get lost in your library. Something in me...I could get lost in your library. Something in me wants to catalog all your unread strays.X. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561609651507566271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-72062626644377585872013-03-28T17:19:05.166-05:002013-03-28T17:19:05.166-05:00Currently i'm reading Lyonesse III: Madouc, by... Currently i'm reading Lyonesse III: Madouc, by Jack Vnce. After that, i'll return to the pulp train with The Mad Horde (a The Spider adventure).<br /><br /> But i'm always searching for good sword & sorcery stuff, Howard-style. That was my first book love and still isDeka Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328847551867893941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-76905438660484030292013-03-28T12:55:43.224-05:002013-03-28T12:55:43.224-05:00It hits me all the time. Such as it is with reader...It hits me all the time. Such as it is with readers. You know the old saying: "There's no such thing as to many books."Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-18057353976998221372013-03-28T10:32:53.243-05:002013-03-28T10:32:53.243-05:00I go in cycles like this, too. As a kid I remember...I go in cycles like this, too. As a kid I remember buying books and simply enjoying the collecting, seldom if ever reading them. So I guess the "addiction" started early.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-63073002536023035102013-03-28T08:50:28.531-05:002013-03-28T08:50:28.531-05:00I'm the same way. If I start a book, I have to...I'm the same way. If I start a book, I have to finish the book. Another obstacle in reading quantity is writing quantity. I've noticed reading goes down in direct proportion to how good the writing is coming along. :)BernardLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09722619048888613647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-11509413217931276082013-03-28T05:21:22.288-05:002013-03-28T05:21:22.288-05:00Yep.
"On the writing of books there is no en...Yep. <br />"On the writing of books there is no end," says Ecclesiastes, the preacher.<br />It's got to be the best little apochrypha in the Bible.<br /><br />And then, our imported symphony conductor, Yucca-Pucca Soriastes, from Findland, said, "I have had enough of stuffy Toronto," packed his bags and flew back to Helsinki, Finland. I think he is succeeding there.<br />"Just as well, said a friend here.<br />"What do you expect with a name like Yucca-Pucca Sorryass."<br /><br />That which you love can become cloying,I suppose-- it seemed that my forty years as a commercial writer had somehow blunted my creativity.<br /><br />That's when I quit the Star Weekly<br />Omigod. No rent, and I am bent.<br /><br /><br />(But then i saw the much vaunted Broadway play, "Rent."<br />What a disappointment.<br />Sometimes you need to see a bad play to get your own juices up)!ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662075375182633162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-88096705705630682372013-03-28T01:09:54.771-05:002013-03-28T01:09:54.771-05:00Congratulations to your son, Charles.
I fall off ...Congratulations to your son, Charles.<br /><br />I fall off the book wagon so often that I have promised myself I won't buy a new or secondhand book till I have read at least a dozen in my unread collection. I can't imagine what I might be missing.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-11109444856705632832013-03-27T22:57:07.787-05:002013-03-27T22:57:07.787-05:00I know exactly the feeling. I keep saying "I&...I know exactly the feeling. I keep saying "I'm not buying anymore books until I read everything I have" and then I buy some more.. For a day or two I feel guilty like hell and then the pleasure of having, not just reading these books, takes over... :-)<br /><br />Most importantly, congratulations to your son!Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-66381274900095404142013-03-27T22:51:01.120-05:002013-03-27T22:51:01.120-05:00Congratulations to your son.
As for books, there&...Congratulations to your son.<br /><br />As for books, there's this great used book store just over on...<br /><br />Oh, wait, that's not helping is it?Adventuresfantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907562789681407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-10441461780188377982013-03-27T21:57:20.077-05:002013-03-27T21:57:20.077-05:00I tend to stop buying books for months at a time, ...I tend to stop buying books for months at a time, then I go on book-buying splurges over a month or two. Usually this happens when I run across a used book store that is new to me. I loved used book stores, especially older ones. There's always a few gems hidden away on a dusty shelf or beneath a stack of faded paperbacks.Tyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09192814826756623212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-74929935677971866322013-03-27T21:25:09.273-05:002013-03-27T21:25:09.273-05:00Books is a good addiction.Books is a good addiction.Riot Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725825736285347870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-39896894964781128492013-03-27T15:14:09.576-05:002013-03-27T15:14:09.576-05:00Entirely too many books myself, but I still indulg...Entirely too many books myself, but I still indulge. Ugh.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070278104646895235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-69264928976040802532013-03-27T14:45:51.795-05:002013-03-27T14:45:51.795-05:00Merisi, I know, I know. Lana said, at least it isn...Merisi, I know, I know. Lana said, at least it isn't heroin.<br /><br />Paul, there's not much hope for us.<br /><br />Cloudia, I believe you're right, or at least you should be.<br /><br />Alex, thanks, man. Yes, it looks pretty good.<br /><br />Snowbrush, yeah, I will always remember him as Max Brand. He wrote under several different names, thoughCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-56888087730790076572013-03-27T13:30:06.873-05:002013-03-27T13:30:06.873-05:00Gee, old Max died at 51 of shrapnel wounds, and hi...Gee, old Max died at 51 of shrapnel wounds, and his real name was Frederick Schiller Faust. I'm glad you inspired me to look him up.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.com