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RIP John Updike

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by The Good Doctor, Jan 27, 2009.

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  1. Frank_Ridgeway

    Frank_Ridgeway Well-Known Member

    I loved the Rabbit Angstrom novels and read the first two several times each. Rabbit was a hot-type printer at a newspaper, as was his dad, before he began selling cars for his father-in-law. What was really funny is that he'd sometimes think of his daily life in terms of headlines, sort of like:

    CAR SALESMAN BANGS PRINTER'S WIFE
    Father-in-law mum on daughter's fling
     
    Frank_Ridgeway, Jan 27, 2009
    #13
  2. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    Nope.
    Michael Jordan opened a boutique that day.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Jan 27, 2009
    #14
  3. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Good stuff, DD. "Gods do not answer letters" is my favorite line ever written in a sports story.
     
    buckweaver, Jan 27, 2009
    #15
  4. Clerk Typist

    Clerk Typist Guest

    Adieu, Mr. Updike.
     
    Clerk Typist, Jan 27, 2009
    #16
  5. Walter_Sobchak

    Walter_Sobchak Active Member

    Krusty: What's your name again?
    This Guy: John Updike.
    Krusty: Whoa, whoa! I didn't ask for your life story.

    RIP.
     
    Walter_Sobchak, Jan 27, 2009
    #17
  6. WaylonJennings

    WaylonJennings Guest

    Damn.

    Damn, damn, damn.

    One of the true literary lions of the 20th century. Wow. Who's left? McCarthy. Roth. ...
     
    WaylonJennings, Jan 27, 2009
    #18
  7. KevinmH9

    KevinmH9 Active Member

    Wow. What a great writer. I really enjoyed his "Rabbit" series, especially "Rabbit, Run."
     
    KevinmH9, Jan 27, 2009
    #19
  8. trifectarich

    trifectarich Well-Known Member

    I had the wonderful opportunity to have a 5-minute conversation with him . . . 15 years ago, it was . . . then listen to him talk for half an hour. Oh, how I wish I had that taped.
     
    trifectarich, Jan 27, 2009
    #20
  9. Blitz

    Blitz Active Member

    I've got that book but at times it was hard for me to understand its greatness
    Same with "Catcher in the Rye"
    That's just me, though.
     
    Blitz, Jan 27, 2009
    #21
  10. Zombie Vonnegut

    Zombie Vonnegut Guest

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/books/28updike.html

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/books/28appr.html?hp

    http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/01/27/books/1231546398585/a-conversation-with-john-updike.html?hp
     
    Zombie Vonnegut, Jan 27, 2009
    #22
  11. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    It's been a tough two years for American letters. In the last 24 months, we've lost David Hallberstam, Norman Mailer, Molly Ivins, Kurt Vonnegut, William F. Buckley, Michael Crichton, James Crumley, Tony Hillerman, David Foster Wallace, Studs Turkel, and now John Updike.

    Damn.

    J.D. Salinger turned 90 earlier this month, btw.

    Damn.
     
    Double Down, Jan 28, 2009
    #23
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