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Entertainment Multiple  

                              Philip Roth - The Ghost Writer   
A middle-aged writer recalls his younger self. At 23, Nathan Zuckerman has had four stories published and a small, flattering Saturday Review up-and-coming-author profile (complete with a photo of him playing with his ex-girlfriend's cat), which he purports to scorn. As genuine and polite as he seems, Zuckerman has already hurt his family with his autobiographical art and ruined his relationship with adultery and honesty.

Richard Brautigan - Revenge of the Lawn, The Abortition and So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away (3 in 1)

Richard Brautigan ("the gentle poet of the young") was a playful fantasy-smith, a somber memoirist, an ironic observer from the margins of society, a sexual adventurer, a literary craftsman, and even a loving husband and father. He killed himself in 1967, disillusioned about life, our political systems and his own inability to make a change. The Abortition is his best novel.

SF
          MIKE RESNICK: Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future

                            Another superb Resnick's novel: The Widowmaker Unleashed

Music books 

 
          The Classic Rock Quiz Book : From the Animals to Frank Zappa
by Presley Love

Ravel 1875-1937 (Kalmus Classic Library)

 

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Essays, Biographies

Re Joyce by Anthony Burgess

 

The Joycian disciple Anthony Burgess has written the book for both the neophyte and the seasoned lover of Joyce's work. Re Joyce does not attempt to explicate or annotate the entire Joycean canon, nor is it exactly a biography. Rather, it is a very personal "reading" of Joyce; a delightful "companion" and a brilliant illumination of his narrative technique. The fascinating autobiographical sketch and the analysis of the early works are merely a fitting prelude to the bulk of the book, which is devoted to Joyce's dizzying last novels, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. The critical analysis of the last two is both brilliant and eminetly approachable, and more than any of the other volumes of scholarly work on Joyce's last two novels, Burgess's analysis helps to make them both understandable and enjoyable.

Rock

Iggy Pop and The Stooges - Raw Power  

The dim, lo-fi Raw Power became an inspiration for punk and indie movements and showcased Iggy Pop at his most potent best. 

 

          The Rentals - Seven More Minutes

Former Weezer bassist Matt Sharp comes up with the second album from what was at one time supposed to be a one-off project and now is his full-time job. Seven More Minutes takes much more of a Brit-pop feel and even includes the work of Damon from Blur.

Movies

   Tim Robbins in:  The Shawshank Redemption

Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, et al.
Director: Frank Darabont

Edition Details: DVD
Region 1 encoding (for use in US and Canada only)

               From a novella by Stephen King. Tim Robbins plays a straight-arrow banker named Andy who's railroaded for a double murder and sent to Shawshank Prison in the late 1940s. As he gets to know another life-term prisoner named Red (Morgan Freeman), we realize there's reason to believe the banker's crime was justifiable. We also realize that Andy's calm, quiet exterior hides a great reserve of patience and fortitude, and Red comes to admire this mild-mannered man who first struck him as weak and unfit for prison life. So it is that The Shawshank Redemption builds considerable impact as a prison drama that defies the conventions of the genre (violence, brutality, riots) to illustrate its theme of faith, friendship, and survival.

Everything about this movie is inspiring. The music is very powerful, The low string sounds touch the soul. The cinematography is flawless as well. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Actor, and Screenplay, it's a remarkable film that signaled the arrival of a promising new filmmaker--a film that many movie lovers count among their all-time favorites.

Other details of this DVD edition: HiFi Sound. Commentary by actor Morgan Freeman. Production notes. Theatrical trailers. Gallery of Never-Before-Seen Photos From Writer/Director Frank Darabont's Collection. Widescreen letterbox format.

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