tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post5415325142069750101..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Not this guy ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-19512702971164876032008-10-21T20:57:00.000-04:002008-10-21T20:57:00.000-04:00Yeah, I'm with you, Levi (though Nostromo has that...Yeah, I'm with you, Levi (though <I>Nostromo</I> has that wondeful description of a rowboat entering "a recrudescence of obscurity" - the things one remembers). A bit of trivia: In the early '60s there was a TV adaptation of <I>Victory</I> starring ... Art Carney as Axel Heyst. He was quite good.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-2370834730736770072008-10-21T20:33:00.000-04:002008-10-21T20:33:00.000-04:00I'm picking Victory. Nostromo is wonderful, too, b...I'm picking <I>Victory</I>. <I>Nostromo</I> is wonderful, too, but a bit more beholden to the need to work through a plot, from what I remember.Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-71348741607922419442008-10-21T20:25:00.000-04:002008-10-21T20:25:00.000-04:00'. . . they say they put Middlemarch in because it...'. . . they say they put Middlemarch in because it will "help you understand -- or at least impress -- women"--<A HREF="http://kimbofo.typepad.com/readingmatters/2008/10/heres-one-for-the-men.html#comment-135770081" REL="nofollow">kimbofo</A>.<BR/><BR/>BTW, here's the <A HREF="http://kimbofo.typepad.com/readingmatters/2008/10/heres-one-for-the-men.html" REL="nofollow">link</A>.Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.com