Blades upon Books - Traditionals

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redsparrow said:
1992 saga of a idealistic young man attempting to "live deliberately" / a totally practical folding hunter
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Nice photo. There’s a Buck 110 (or, more likely, a clone) with blue scales that appears in the film version. After posting about it in the traditional knives in movies thread, I read a few articles and then re-read the book, looking for any mention of knives that McCandless might have taken with him to Alaska. Here are links to the posts, in case they happen to be of interest — Post #869 and Post #876.

DKIN said:

Not pictured here, but McCarthy's first book in fifteen years (The Passenger) comes out today. Then a companion book comes out later this year. Looking forward to both.
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Thanks for the heads up, I didn’t realize he had a new book coming out. I hope it’s as cheery as his other works. 😁
 
btb01 said:
Thanks for the heads up, I didn’t realize he had a new book coming out. I hope it’s as cheery as his other works. 😁
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Cheery McCarthy might be great! But I'll settle for no cannibalism. By all accounts, the new book sounds like a departure from the western, the apocalyptic, and the apocalyptic-western. So, there's that.
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DKIN said:
Cheery McCarthy might be great! But I'll settle for no cannibalism. By all accounts, the new book sounds like a departure from the western, the apocalyptic, and the apocalyptic-western. So, there's that.
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Did I read somewhere that at least one of his new novels has a major character with mathematical interests??

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
Did I read somewhere that at least one of his new novels has a major character with mathematical interests??

- GT
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I think you're right about that, Gary.

Years ago I read an account of McCarthy mingling with his fellow Pulitzer or MacArthur Prize nominees. He didn't have much time for fiction writers. He only wanted to talk to the math and science crowd. His interest has been there for a while and now we may get it on the page.
 
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btb01 said:
Nice photo. There’s a Buck 110 (or, more likely, a clone) with blue scales that appears in the film version. After posting about it in the traditional knives in movies thread, I read a few articles and then re-read the book, looking for any mention of knives that McCandless might have taken with him to Alaska. Here are links to the posts, in case they happen to be of interest — Post #869 and Post #876.
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Thanks Barrett,
Not having seen the movie it's a coincidence for me to have coupled my 110 with the book.
"Blue handled knife", was the only reference that I remember the book containing. Just thought a folding hunter might be something McCandless would have liked to have had.
Krakauer's writing in "Into the Wild" was very good so now I plan to see if his mountain climbing stories are equally satisfying.
 
DKIN said:
I think you're right about that, Gary.

Years ago I read an account of McCarthy mingling with his fellow Pulitzer or MacArthur Prize nominees. He didn't have much time for fiction writers. He only wanted to talk to the math and science crowd. His interest has been there for a while and now we may get it on the page.
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Thanks for the interesting information. :thumbsup: :):thumbsup:
I know nothing about McCarthy (except I've read a couple of his novels), so this was a new insight for me.

- GT
 
JM2 said:
Looks cool. What’s the synopsis?
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…of the book? Its an 1880 account of the 1851 “discovery” of Yosemite Valley by the Mariposa Battalion. Bunnell was a member of the battalion who went on to be a surgeon in the Civil War.
 
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Markeologist said:
…of the book? Its an 1880 account of the 1851 “discovery” of Yosemite Valley by the Mariposa Battalion. Bunnell was a member of the battalion who went on to be a surgeon in the Civil War.
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Man that would be a neat read. Thanks.
 
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