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Hive is hogging the Comfy Chair Member	Posted So, Neil mentioned a forthcoming book by Sherman Alexie in his blog. One of SA's books - Reservation Blues - is one of my all-time favourite novels. Anyone else read him, liked him? *********************** There once was a bard of Hong Kong Who thought limericks were too long. - Gerard Benson.
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Hive is hogging the Comfy Chair Member	Posted Hide Post Aw, nuts, no-one else? Not even if I tell you that the premise of Reservation Blues is that Robert Johnson gives his guitar to a Spokane reservation....? Sherman Alexie is another multitasker - novels, short stories, films, poetry, and he does a damn fine reading, too. *********************** There once was a bard of Hong Kong Who thought limericks were too long. - Gerard Benson.
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Weeble Poster of the year, 2007 Member	Posted Hide Post *raises hand* I read Sherman Alexie, I do! I've only read his short stories, though. I picked up his short stories after seeing Smoke Signals. ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ . . ~ Weeble Song! Sing along! ~ courtesy Snazzy Snazzypants
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Xiao Bai Member	Posted Hide Post Saw him read. He's good. Very good. I'm looking forward to this new book.
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Nymeth Member	Posted Hide Post I'm not familiar with him, but you've made me curious.
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The Scoundrel Elah Adonijai Member

Posted Hide Post I saw Smoke Signals. I thought it was pretty good. My wife liked it more than I did I also read one of his short stories in a McSweeney's anthology. It was about zombie Indians, I think (been several years since I read it). That was pretty good, too, but not great. Reservation Blues sounds intriguing, though. ____________________________________________________________________ "Patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer i beg to submit that it is the first." - Ambrose Bierce ---------------------- A Good Scoundrel isn't Hard to Find

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jazzcat Member

Posted Hide Post Yum! He rules! Yes also to Smoke Signals, the movie from his story "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona," which is widely anthologized. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Indian Killer, and The Toughest Indian in the World are some of the most well-known of his 18 books. He's got a new one just out, Flight, and is publishing a young adult novel in Sept., The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Go Sherman! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Taoist “Wooo-weeee!” The bosom that can be tamed is not a real bosom. Dammit babies, you've got to be kind! ~Kurt Vonnegut

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megsish Subliminal ninja Member

Posted Hide Post Saw Smoke Signals and loved it! Then read "Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" and "Reservation Blues". I have Indian Killer waiting for me back at home. I also read a transcript of some PBS news show he was on, with all different minorities. He didn't say much, but when he did it was eloquent and awesome. ~*~ You are a Journeyman. You're perfecting your trade as you move around, packing and unpacking, town to town, up and down the dial. You're more traveled and therefore wiser than most, and you can entertain provincial townsfolk with stories about distant towns and strange customs. Maybe one day you'll settle down, but for now, don't stop -- Royko's Riveting Ren Fair Booth of Obsolete Job Descriptions

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Hive is hogging the Comfy Chair Member

Posted Hide Post I heard him give a talk just after Indian Killer came out. He said something along the lines of thinking that Reservation Blues et al have comedy in them, and was miffed when someone came up to him and said how grim they found them. And then he thought "grim? I'll show them grim" and Indian Killer was the result. (I paraphrase madly, of course.) Not an especially cheery read, but it is powerful. *********************** There once was a bard of Hong Kong Who thought limericks were too long. - Gerard Benson.

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megsish Subliminal ninja Member

Posted Hide Post Oh, geeze. Well, thanks for the info, Hive. I'll make sure to read it when I have a good mood! ~*~ You are a Journeyman. You're perfecting your trade as you move around, packing and unpacking, town to town, up and down the dial. You're more traveled and therefore wiser than most, and you can entertain provincial townsfolk with stories about distant towns and strange customs. Maybe one day you'll settle down, but for now, don't stop -- Royko's Riveting Ren Fair Booth of Obsolete Job Descriptions

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Hive is hogging the Comfy Chair Member	Posted Hide Post Sherman Alexie is going to be on BBC Radio 4's "Front Row" programme, UK time 7.15 pm on Friday. (bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow) *********************** There once was a bard of Hong Kong Who thought limericks were too long. - Gerard Benson.
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