SJ your movie

[NoHall]

Ok, I have one click ordered it from Amazon. Will post a response after I read it, should have it by Wednesday and will read this weekend at the beach. Amazon let me read a couple of pages and it looks very interesting. SJ, now I am curious as why y'all say it is so sad.

I did not read the copyright, how long has this book been out? How come I don't remember it?

The stark, sad truth of it was printed on the front cover of the copy I was given. Click to enlarge.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Ok, I have one click ordered it from Amazon. Will post a response after I read it, should have it by Wednesday and will read this weekend at the beach. Amazon let me read a couple of pages and it looks very interesting. SJ, now I am curious as why y'all say it is so sad.

I did not read the copyright, how long has this book been out? How come I don't remember it?

It was published in 1996, one year prior to Krakauer publishing Into Thin Air, another great work about climbing Everest. I believe that Into Thin Air is more likely remembered because he also shot film of the horrific climb when so many climbers died on that one day. I think you could say that Into Thin Air upstaged Into the Wild.

I won't ruin the book for you, but I'll bet you a shot of Chopin that you will cry.

 

[Smiling JOe]

The stark, sad truth of it was printed on the front cover of the copy I was given. Click to enlarge.

That jacket copy does say a lot about the sadness, but it doesn't begin to describe the reason why people were so drawn to Christopher. blah, blah, blah. I'll give everyone a chance to read it before spilling the beans and having a book discussion.

 

[DD]

The stark, sad truth of it was printed on the front cover of the copy I was given. Click to enlarge.

:shock: I might not see the movie after all...

It was published in 1996, one year prior to Krakauer publishing Into Thin Air, another great work about climbing Everest. I believe that Into Thin Air is more likely remembered because he also shot film of the horrific climb when so many climbers died on that one day. I think you could say that Into Thin Air upstaged Into the Wild.

I won't ruin the book for you, but I'll bet you a shot of Chopin that you will cry.

I just read Into Thin Air not long ago.....:shock: haunted me for days.

 

[NoHall]

That jacket copy does say a lot about the sadness, but it doesn't begin to describe the reason why people were so drawn to Christopher. blah, blah, blah. I'll give everyone a chance to read it before spilling the beans and having a book discussion.

I probably should read it again. I was thinking about it anyway. My folks just came back from camping in Alaska (if you could see my folks, that statement would make you ) and I was telling them about it.

The shock of the senseless end to his life overpowers the fact that people were drawn to him for me. I guess that's why I should re-read it--to remember more about his life and not just that it ended too soon.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Yes, the end... OOPS! You tried to break my vow of silence regarding the book.

 

[NoHall]

Yes, the end... OOPS! You tried to break my vow of silence regarding the book.

heh, heh...;-)

 

[ThatPersianGirl]

SJ, these are Scott's favorite books. I have never read any of them and am now really inspired to do so! I have to see which ones we have at the house.

 

[NoHall]

SJ, these are Scott's favorite books. I have never read any of them and am now really inspired to do so! I have to see which ones we have at the house.

Hee, hee... a few years ago I was walking through a high school during the first week of school, and a friend of mine was teaching AP English. He had just handed the class a copy of Into Thin Air, and when he saw me walk by he yanked me into the room and said, "And this is my friend Leanne, who will be speaking to you in a few weeks about her experience on Everest just last year!" I just smiled and nodded, and some of them still think I hiked Everest. (I love lying to teenagers!)

 

[Jdarg]

:shock: I might not see the movie after all...



I just read Into Thin Air not long ago.....:shock: haunted me for days.

We have it- I have just been too chicken to read it.