tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post7606864988794144827..comments2024-03-24T11:34:36.903-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: On the Beach: Nevil ShuteTracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-22663721915923058602019-07-10T15:01:41.328-07:002019-07-10T15:01:41.328-07:00Thanks for the suggestion, dfordoom. Another vote ...Thanks for the suggestion, dfordoom. Another vote for No Highway. I will be looking for copies of some of his books at the book sale this fall.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-9368305105405613192019-07-10T07:57:44.387-07:002019-07-10T07:57:44.387-07:00Nevil Shute was not a bad writer. I didn't lik...Nevil Shute was not a bad writer. I didn't like ON THE BEACH but I thought NO HIGHWAY was brilliant.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-88171693572996257522019-06-04T12:43:40.562-07:002019-06-04T12:43:40.562-07:00Thanks, Debbie. I will be looking for copies of th...Thanks, Debbie. I will be looking for copies of those books. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-33592175414265323912019-06-04T12:35:52.662-07:002019-06-04T12:35:52.662-07:00Thanks, Brona, I am always interested in adaptatio...Thanks, Brona, I am always interested in adaptations of books I read.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-87929384152206435812019-06-03T09:33:49.550-07:002019-06-03T09:33:49.550-07:00I might suggest The Pied Piper, Beyond the Black S...I might suggest <i>The Pied Piper, Beyond the Black Stump,</i> and <i>A Town Like Alice</i>.Debbie Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630059470408161434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-52650846701026793822019-06-03T03:46:05.137-07:002019-06-03T03:46:05.137-07:00I second A Town Like Alice (there's also a gre...I second A Town Like Alice (there's also a great tv series from the early 80's to check out too).Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-55626020230410226052019-06-02T21:41:12.443-07:002019-06-02T21:41:12.443-07:00I was surprised to see the name Moira. You are rig...I was surprised to see the name Moira. You are right, it is not used often in books. I don't know exactly why I like apocalyptic fiction, but I do like the different ways it is interpreted. This one is very serious, but I did not find it depressing.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-85565353333195129662019-06-02T11:49:48.997-07:002019-06-02T11:49:48.997-07:00I have enjoyed a lot of Neville Shute books, but d...I have enjoyed a lot of Neville Shute books, but did not want to read this one - like many of your commentators, not a fan of apocalyptic fiction. but very glad to see a character called Moira! There aren't many of them in books... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-58665457656231290642019-05-24T21:47:52.465-07:002019-05-24T21:47:52.465-07:00Thanks for the suggestions, Katrina. I have heard ...Thanks for the suggestions, Katrina. I have heard of A Town Like Alice; your other suggestions are new to me. I will look into them more.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-28138780647991327132019-05-24T21:46:51.476-07:002019-05-24T21:46:51.476-07:00I don't know much about Shute's other fict...I don't know much about Shute's other fiction, but I am definitely going to try it out, Mathew. <br /><br />I have not seen the movie adaptation of On the Beach. We would like to watch it.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-44300057615631262452019-05-24T21:42:42.653-07:002019-05-24T21:42:42.653-07:00I can imagine the book would be terrifying for a c...I can imagine the book would be terrifying for a child, Patti. I think I blocked out a lot of my reactions to horrible events when I was in my preteen and teen years. I remember very little of the racial tensions in Birmingham when I was a teenager, yet they must have affected me at the time.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-79756467506742160872019-05-24T14:03:51.767-07:002019-05-24T14:03:51.767-07:00Thanks for the mention. You might like to try The ...Thanks for the mention. You might like to try The Chequer Board next, A Town Like Alice or No Highway.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-57527142339574258182019-05-24T06:45:36.996-07:002019-05-24T06:45:36.996-07:00Never read it, Tracy. The movie was enuf. Like the...Never read it, Tracy. The movie was enuf. Like the Col. I'm not a fan of apocalyptic stories--other than to joke about zombies, killer wasps, giant spider invasions, and such. Maybe it's like Patti says, that real life is becoming the more immediate nightmare. But I might give Shute a look. I prefer speculative fiction by writers with science backgrounds, like Fred Hoyle.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-18349617819387813372019-05-24T06:09:33.717-07:002019-05-24T06:09:33.717-07:00This one terrified me as a kid. Now that real life...This one terrified me as a kid. Now that real life is the scariest thing I wonder if it would. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-42627912822673673252019-05-23T21:20:39.289-07:002019-05-23T21:20:39.289-07:00I can understand that, Col. The end of the world (...I can understand that, Col. The end of the world (or some version of that) is a difficult subject.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-65520097315807704522019-05-23T21:14:16.519-07:002019-05-23T21:14:16.519-07:00Thanks, Rick. I don't know why I haven't t...Thanks, Rick. I don't know why I haven't this book before, but I did enjoy it a lot. And I think I would like some of his other novels.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-7278584110777003722019-05-23T21:09:03.052-07:002019-05-23T21:09:03.052-07:00Some people find On the Beach too depressing to re...Some people find On the Beach too depressing to read it during times like this, Margot. I really enjoyed the book and thinking about it afterward. I like the way Shute writes.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-29887201773238487862019-05-23T12:39:05.041-07:002019-05-23T12:39:05.041-07:00Not a massive fan of apocalyptic fiction TBH. I th...Not a massive fan of apocalyptic fiction TBH. I think I'll give this a miss thanks.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-29115424466421237822019-05-23T10:05:44.068-07:002019-05-23T10:05:44.068-07:00I commented just yesterday, on another blog, that ...I commented just yesterday, on another blog, that I wasn't much for apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic novels, but had read and enjoyed this one, and here it is. I read it when I was in high school, about 1960, so my viewpoint was a cold war one, and would probably think differently about it if reread today. A very nice review. Thank you, Tracy. Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-64464878325847448762019-05-23T08:57:18.003-07:002019-05-23T08:57:18.003-07:00This one's considered a classic in apocalyptic...This one's considered a classic in apocalyptic fiction, Tracy, as you know, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Shute certainly gave us an awful lot to think about in the novel. And, even though the exact fears he wrote of haven't come to pass (at least, not yet in our lives), he does address some issues (in my opinion, anyway), that we are still facing.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.com