Last Jack London I read was the Cruise of the Snark....great non fiction novel ...I like Steinbeck and Updike a lot for short stories...Raymond Carver as well..
Having no cell service in my neck of the woods, the transmitter for my monitor have to be sent from a hotspot down the mountain...have to send them in every two days...my heart specialist is amazing...he keeps really close track of my situation and is really dedicated to helping me...like a great teammate..
As a sci-fi fan I highly recommend 2 books written by Isaac Asimov. The first, "The Caves of Steel," is a science fiction murder mystery novel about a human detective teaming with a humanoid robot in order to find and stop a killer. The second, "Robot Dreams," is an anthology of short stories about robots and multivac (a supercomputer). I think you will enjoy as much as I do.
Sounds more like C3P0! I had to wear a heart monitor for a month last year. I had rare supraventricular and ventricular ectopys. My heart essentially beats an extra early and late beat. Sounds like your in good hands @riverman despite the comfort factor.
We were assigned that in the 7th grade and I still think of it sometimes, like just a week ago. It's about a man facing death, so I wouldn't recommend it for you at this time, Riverman. Maybe sometime when you're longing to feel depressed. This thread is a day old and I just saw it and skipped to the last page. Sorry I'm late, but Riverman, I think you'll survive better than most, due to your calm, Buddhist-like thinking style. Of all the excitable people, I'm less surprised that a calm person's heart was 25%. That's what made you calm. My father had low blood pressure and got a pacemaker in about 1980. It worked great. Communicating with excitable people may be bad for your heart. Maybe you should go to a message board about flowers or cooking or bird-watching. Too bad everyone here can't be as professional and focused as me. If you ever need to talk to a happy old guy, just ask, uh, me. I'll find one for you if it's the last thing I do.
I can always get into a Jack London Book. Steinbeck is one if my favorite authors. The Wayward Bus is one of my favorites of his. Updike...I just read AANDP, good story. As for Carver, Cathedral is one of my favorite short stories.
Well, to be completely truthful, there are two versions of that story. The man lives in the first version and dies in the second. 1st version - 1902 http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/Uncollected/tobuildafire.html 2nd version - 1908 http://london.sonoma.edu/writings/LostFace/fire.html However, if you are looking for sunshine and roses this is not the story for you.
I didn't know that. Back in the tough old days when tough nerds read tough books, he died. We 12-year-olds saw killings on TV cowboy and detective shows every night, so of course we were assigned the original version in which he dies. So Riverman, read the version he's talking about. Actually, better for your blood pressure, read about flowers, cooking, or birds.
I always thought any sailor would know you don't sail the Pacific by yourself without a first mate on board...that is a classic fuck up by most standards..London's writing about surfing, the leper colony on Molokai and all his views of Hawaii back in his day were beautifully written and inspired...it's not a technical manual...it's a journey...he was a rookie seaman but figured it out along the way. The biggest sailing fuckup would be sanding or applying sealants without a particulate filter mask...which I saw a picture of you doing long ago when you were building your vessel....but hey...it's your liver that will complain about that one day...good writing speaks for itself.
River, you mentioned that you like Science Fiction. Might I recommend the BattleTech/MechWarrior book series? I have about 70 books from that series, and I'm a huge fan. They've been out of print for about 10 years now, but the storylines are epic. I strongly recommend the "Legend Of The Jade Phoenix" series, which is a 3-book sub series of the BattleTech book series. Written by Robert Thurston, one of my all-time favorite authors. Him and author Blaine Lee Pardoe are legends of BattleTech and MechWarrior.
There's about 100 b0oks total in the series. Many for sale on Amazon. Just look up "BattleTech Series" or "MechWarrior book series" on Amazon, or check out Powell's books if you can. That's where I got all of mine. In fact, mentioning this sent me on a search of some books I've missed, and I'm ordering one right now. My younger years come back to life!
Get well soon, @riverman. Love you, big guy. Love having you around this board. Hope folks understand the significance of why it’s important to be kind and deliver disagreements with each other in a kindly manner. This is a forum, after all. Life is too short. It’s not what you say, but how you say it. riverman is a gentleman and a vet of our country. Have opinions and takes but we’re all rooting for the same team. Get well, riverman!
Riverman, you're one of my favorites. Glad to see you kick death in the face and tell it to kick rocks. You're a really good person from the things I've seen on here. Keep it up in recovery, enjoy retirement, and just take it one quarter at a time as you say!
Try Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. I think at least a little of what's in the novel applies to all of us. A whole lot applied to me.
I read that and all Conrad's novels I could get my hands on..Heart of Darkness is a favorite...the one Apocalypse Now was inspired by....also Graham Green and Thomas Mann....classic authors...good stuff
