tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987400789130903662.post488858106573855239..comments2022-10-07T19:17:35.929-04:00Comments on Reading Richard Rohmer: Brian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987400789130903662.post-2871741386387139392014-04-12T15:52:01.104-04:002014-04-12T15:52:01.104-04:00Joe Namath with a Mike Brady perm.Joe Namath with a Mike Brady perm.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987400789130903662.post-30827699731190768902014-04-12T13:03:46.961-04:002014-04-12T13:03:46.961-04:00That's not Joe Namath?That's not Joe Namath?<br /><br />Chris Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925214622987881225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987400789130903662.post-86015941268241903892014-04-12T12:50:07.894-04:002014-04-12T12:50:07.894-04:00I'm trying to remember whether Andrei Gromyko ...I'm trying to remember whether Andrei Gromyko actually speaks or if he's just part of the landscape like Governor Brown in <i>Balls!</i> and all those mentions of former President Jimmy Carter.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987400789130903662.post-7727448321217443142014-04-12T09:21:56.377-04:002014-04-12T09:21:56.377-04:00And one more quick thing: that illustration of Sa...And one more quick thing: that illustration of Said looks a lot like the ex-Revolutionary Guard character Said that would one day appear on LOST.<br /><br />Maybe the name is cursed to being assigned to crazed Middle Eastern terrorist types.Stanley Whytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15579745111959535696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987400789130903662.post-92168847306410914262014-04-12T09:16:52.965-04:002014-04-12T09:16:52.965-04:00Andrei Gromyko appears in that same scene with &qu...Andrei Gromyko appears in that same scene with "Yu" Andropov. Andropov is a General in the book; he wasn't in real life. I'm guessing these select inclusions of real people are supposed to add gravity to the stories. Insert emoticon for "yeah, right!" here. Stanley Whytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15579745111959535696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987400789130903662.post-49059523526765834822014-04-10T12:43:42.374-04:002014-04-10T12:43:42.374-04:00Of course, Giscard d'Estaing! How could I have...Of course, Giscard d'Estaing! How could I have forgotten? Could it be because the enormously successful god-like president with the wry smile wasn't anything like the d'Estaing I remember?<br /><br />Rohmer's reaction to the attack on the Cole would make for an interesting read. Now I'm tempted to drive out to the University of Windsor, which holds his papers, including "research files for his 17 novels". Bet those files include lots of maps and diagrams and graphs.<br />Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987400789130903662.post-20832215487316338282014-04-10T11:16:26.011-04:002014-04-10T11:16:26.011-04:00I agree; it's a lot less goofy than the earlie...I agree; it's a lot less goofy than the earlier novels, which is why it's such a slog. <br /><br />And I love the Globe & Mail illustration. Red Periscope: The D&D Module.<br /><br />I wonder what Rohmer thought, the morning al-Qaeda blew that hole in the side of the USS Cole. Of course, they didn't use radio controlled super mines. Just a guys in a boat.<br /><br />Of all the horrible things that happened on the morning of 9/11, one of the worst was the sensation of entering an awful right wing paperback. I think that's why hysterics like Glenn Beck cling to that moment so tightly. Not because of any feelings of humanity or pity or "unity." Because of the warm glow of being right. The ranting, raving Arab bogeymen had arrived. Now right full rudder... off to Pakistan we go!<br /><br />Arafat isn't the first real person in a Rohmer book. You're forgetting the magnificent Valery Giscard d'Estaing.Chris Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925214622987881225noreply@blogger.com