Comments on: This Side of Jordan - Violent jazz age novel by Charles M Schulz's son Monte http://boingboing.net/2009/10/16/this-side-of-jordan.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: DOuG pRATt http://boingboing.net/2009/10/16/this-side-of-jordan.html#comment-614675 DOuG pRATt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614675 Monte's first novel, "Down by the River," has a character named Jane Crockett who is very likeable -- and sexy in a free-spirited, non-sleazy way. I wouldn't say that "This Side of Jordan" has a character comparable to Jane, but being memorable is as good as being likeable. Monte’s first novel, “Down by the River,” has a character named Jane Crockett who is very likeable — and sexy in a free-spirited, non-sleazy way.

I wouldn’t say that “This Side of Jordan” has a character comparable to Jane, but being memorable is as good as being likeable.

]]> By: Little John http://boingboing.net/2009/10/16/this-side-of-jordan.html#comment-614726 Little John Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614726 <b>Cory or Admins:</b> Still (at least) two occurrences of <i>Shulz</i> to be changed to <i>Schulz</i>. Cory or Admins: Still (at least) two occurrences of Shulz to be changed to Schulz.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/10/16/this-side-of-jordan.html#comment-614738 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614738 Done. Done.

]]> By: Avram / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/10/16/this-side-of-jordan.html#comment-614511 Avram / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614511 It's not just you, <b>Dewi</b>, but it's also not everybody. I know a lot of people who can't read a book that doesn't have at least one character in it that they like, but I myself am perfectly capable of enjoying a book full o' bastards. It’s not just you, Dewi, but it’s also not everybody. I know a lot of people who can’t read a book that doesn’t have at least one character in it that they like, but I myself am perfectly capable of enjoying a book full o’ bastards.

]]> By: Dewi Morgan http://boingboing.net/2009/10/16/this-side-of-jordan.html#comment-615028 Dewi Morgan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-615028 Doesn't need to be a *like*. Just an *empathise with*. I guess in my mind, "being able to relate to someone" is a prerequisite for "being at all interested in them". This, to me, feels like a brokenness: I should have at least some interest even in people I cannot relate to. I shall have to probe this further, possibly with the aid of this book. Doesn’t need to be a *like*. Just an *empathise with*. I guess in my mind, “being able to relate to someone” is a prerequisite for “being at all interested in them”. This, to me, feels like a brokenness: I should have at least some interest even in people I cannot relate to. I shall have to probe this further, possibly with the aid of this book.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2009/10/16/this-side-of-jordan.html#comment-614278 grimc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614278 Schulz Schulz

]]> By: Darwindr http://boingboing.net/2009/10/16/this-side-of-jordan.html#comment-614287 Darwindr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614287 Everything but the time period sounds a lot like Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. A horrifying storyline that is so well written I couldn't stop reading. I love McCarthy, but I need to take long breaks between his books. Everything but the time period sounds a lot like Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. A horrifying storyline that is so well written I couldn’t stop reading. I love McCarthy, but I need to take long breaks between his books.

]]> By: jetfx http://boingboing.net/2009/10/16/this-side-of-jordan.html#comment-614323 jetfx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614323 The cover of this book heavily reminds me of Jason Lutes' "Berlin Trilogy", which is a graphic novel set in late Wiemar Republic Germany. It's got a diverse cast of characters - rich, poor, artists, intellectuals, workers, Communists, Nazis, Jews and even a black American jazz band make an appearance. It captures the social, economic and political fragmentation of the inter war period – the disappearance of “traditional” morality, the cultural ferment, the extremist politics and the economic depression. I think you'd really like it Cory, if you haven't already read it. The cover of this book heavily reminds me of Jason Lutes’ “Berlin Trilogy”, which is a graphic novel set in late Wiemar Republic Germany. It’s got a diverse cast of characters – rich, poor, artists, intellectuals, workers, Communists, Nazis, Jews and even a black American jazz band make an appearance. It captures the social, economic and political fragmentation of the inter war period – the disappearance of “traditional” morality, the cultural ferment, the extremist politics and the economic depression.

I think you’d really like it Cory, if you haven’t already read it.

]]> By: Dewi Morgan http://boingboing.net/2009/10/16/this-side-of-jordan.html#comment-614375 Dewi Morgan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-614375 "most of the dramatic tension came from waiting for someone who wasn't an utter fool or villain to do something, anything, to change the situation." - maybe it's just me, but without at least one empathic character, there's no empathy; hence no stake in the outcome of the story. I've yet to find a story like this that I enjoyed. Still: I generally like Corey's picks, so if I see this book, I'll pick it up anyhow, just to see if I can be converted :) “most of the dramatic tension came from waiting for someone who wasn’t an utter fool or villain to do something, anything, to change the situation.” – maybe it’s just me, but without at least one empathic character, there’s no empathy; hence no stake in the outcome of the story. I’ve yet to find a story like this that I enjoyed.

Still: I generally like Corey’s picks, so if I see this book, I’ll pick it up anyhow, just to see if I can be converted :)

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