Cormac McCarthy
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Southern Elk
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Thought of you, NHY, when I saw that earlier. RIP
rtraverdavis
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There was a time when I wanted to be a writer. Reading McCarthy wrecked me. I wanted to write like him so badly, but I couldn’t. No one can.
One of the greatest to ever pick up a pen.
Rest in peace.
One of the greatest to ever pick up a pen.
Rest in peace.
rtraverdavis
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That man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate.
-Blood Meridian
-Blood Meridian
Dougfirtree
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“Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.” -CM
WildWill
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"Nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave."
Cormac McCarthy
RIP
Cormac McCarthy
RIP
WildWill
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All the pretty horses
The crossing
Cities of the plain
Known as the border trilogy and well worth your time.
Schaaf
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If you would have asked me this morning who the greatest author alive was I would have told you Cormac McCarthy.
I never had someone paint a landscape across my imagination as vividly as he could.
Wildabeest
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I don’t read much fiction, but he makes fiction feel real. RIP.
SAJ-99
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I’m a fan. He was a unique mind and he shall be missed.
Hem
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Have all his books. Great writer....but.
WildWill
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Oh absolute piece of work. Wanted to release wolves in Arizona, had his family living in poverty so he could focus on writing. As author's go though that seems to be the norm. Apparently having a tortured soul is good for your creativity.
beagle001
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I’ve read Blood Meridian twice and listened one and a half times. It’s so vivid that once I had kids there were a few things that made me turn it off and I haven’t had the gumption to ease back in.
I was turned onto him thanks to the Ben Nichols solo album “Last Pale Light in the West” which was basically written as a soundtrack to Blood Meridian. I can still listen to THAT at least.
I have a bunch more of McCarthy’s work to read, just need the time. And more gumption
I was turned onto him thanks to the Ben Nichols solo album “Last Pale Light in the West” which was basically written as a soundtrack to Blood Meridian. I can still listen to THAT at least.
I have a bunch more of McCarthy’s work to read, just need the time. And more gumption
tarheel
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And make sure you read them in that order.
woods89
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I have these 3. In some ways I hate reading them, because it can be depressing, but occasionally I just feel like reading one again. I feel he, more than any author I know, writes with brutal honesty about consequences for choices.
And yeah, he's the master of vivid word pictures.
