Hey, does A Walk in the Woods paint a good picture of the Appalachian trail & such? I've been looking for good, interesting guides to the area for a friend who is interested and wasn't sure if this was more about author on the trail trail, or trail itself, if you know what I mean....(emphasis, I guess.)
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sarameg - Dec 13, 2004 11:51:21 am PST #6575 of 10002
Katie M - Dec 13, 2004 11:52:28 am PST #6576 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
It's more about the author on the trail--it's not something you'd use as a guidebook.
sumi - Dec 13, 2004 11:55:11 am PST #6577 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
But there must be many many good guidebooks for that trail.
Jessica - Dec 13, 2004 12:10:52 pm PST #6578 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ATC.org is a fantastic guide site, and it has links to guidebooks under the ATC Store section.
I found A Walk in the Woods irritating as hell, as I have found all of Bryson's books except for In A Sunburnt Country. When he's writing about anywhere except Australia, he seems to go out of his way to be as unpleasant a human being/tourist as possible, and then bitches and moans about how unaccomodating everyone is being.
Katie M - Dec 13, 2004 12:13:45 pm PST #6579 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Oh, yeah, absolutely, though I couldn't point you at any myself.
sarameg - Dec 13, 2004 12:19:44 pm PST #6580 of 10002
Thanks! I've been sort of lazily looking. The friend is spending his retirement plotting out a novel and writing bits and pieces. A good part of it takes place along the Trail. He has no intention of actually finishing it, he just likes doing the research and and convoluting the plot. It's a fun puzzle to him ( I vaguely recall it is partly a deliberate exercise to keep his mind working- he was diagnosed with Alzheimers proabably a decade ago.)
Consuela - Dec 13, 2004 1:23:41 pm PST #6581 of 10002
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See, I found A Walk in the Woods endearingly self-deprecating. He was willing to be charmed, and found himself charmed. There is less charm in Lost Continent, although not none. He loves Savannah and Charleston. (Well, who wouldn't?)
meara - Dec 13, 2004 4:30:20 pm PST #6582 of 10002
Ooh. Appalachian Trail books. Tempting.
Yep, Amazon actually emailed back and said "It must've been lost, we'll send you another by 2 day shipping". Which is awesome--especially because the trip I was buying them for has been postponed anyway, so I won't be missing reading material! Of course, I'm not *quite* counting my blessings--until the books actually get here.
sarameg - Dec 13, 2004 4:57:34 pm PST #6583 of 10002
Whenever I tried to visit part of the AT...it was socked in with fog. And I lived in NC for almost 4 years... It was comical.
Volans - Dec 13, 2004 8:38:41 pm PST #6584 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Dang, I remember when you could count on Calvin and Hobbes, Far Side and Bloom County every day. We thought it would last forever. sniff
Geezers with Hec. I more-or-less keep up with Get Fuzzy and Boondocks, but it's not the same as the Golden Days.
Thing is, I read a lot of webcomics now. Not daily, but every 6 weeks or so I'll hit my bookmarks and read all of them at once. Of course, with some of them the author/artist manages to get only one out in 6 months.