tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post6264448784617495570..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: The Iron Trail - Jackson Cole (Peter Germano)James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-80947602437301850482010-11-22T02:22:46.776-06:002010-11-22T02:22:46.776-06:00Not to me...I had formal typing class on battered,...Not to me...I had formal typing class on battered, humidity-ridden manuals in my Hawaiian hs...the year after the home computers had started showing up in my New Hampshire hs...but the Smith-Corona electric at home was my medium...the Commodore VIC-20 wasn't quite as good a word processor as its heirs would be...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-18081184057886847432010-11-20T11:34:45.549-06:002010-11-20T11:34:45.549-06:00Typing was one of the best and most helpful course...Typing was one of the best and most helpful courses I took in high school. Not to mention the fact that the teacher was single, about 25, and very good-looking, which certainly didn't hurt. I even took Typing II the next year, but she didn't teach that one. I learned how to type on an electric typewriter, though. Typing I was all on manual typewriters. (Sounds positively prehistoric now, doesn't it?)James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-37684672105715254902010-11-20T11:03:26.663-06:002010-11-20T11:03:26.663-06:00My senor year, I only needed one credit(English) t...My senor year, I only needed one credit(English) to graduate and, if I hadn't changed things around, would have had three study halls.<br /><br />I'd wanted phys Ed II, but it was only available in the afternoons. I dropped it and took typing(a wise choice), along with Social Studies, so I got afternoons off to go my job(the local hamburger joint.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-44491518339368874292010-11-20T09:25:53.059-06:002010-11-20T09:25:53.059-06:00Fanny Hill wasnt bad at all - search images.google...Fanny Hill wasnt bad at all - search images.google.com for the illustrations by Paul Avril that accompanied the original editions. Lovingly hand colored porn, that.<br /><br />Another one you might want to try - Venus in India, by "Charles Devreaux". I can tell you the guy's been in India. And the sex beats Fanny Hill hollow.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Venus-in-India-ebook/dp/B000FBFLVC/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=AH9CGK6QR37LL<br /><br />That's the kindle edition, you can also buy it in paperback. Kindle - just download kindle for the pc off amazon.com, no need to buy a kindle.Suresh Ramasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115337255064583852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-17152604342372041882010-11-19T23:57:02.081-06:002010-11-19T23:57:02.081-06:00John Cleland doesn't hold up so well, but at h...John Cleland doesn't hold up so well, but at his age...well, insert Viagra joke here...<br /><br />I remember frontloading my senior year, as well, so that the second semester was pretty damned slack...AP courses, but nothing too scary there. I was the only kid who read books in my first high school's detention, I remember.Todd Masonhttp://www.socialistjazz.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-44631320404952109862010-11-19T20:05:40.392-06:002010-11-19T20:05:40.392-06:00Looks like a good read, James. I'm halfway don...Looks like a good read, James. I'm halfway done a Luke Short that Leisure must've brought out before they got out of the mass market paperback market.<br /><br />Ed LynskeyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-31537979981865851102010-11-19T18:52:04.576-06:002010-11-19T18:52:04.576-06:00They weren't what yoyu'd call school sanct...They weren't what yoyu'd call school sanctioned, James. One was my official lunch, one was a study hall I ditched when library call was announced, and the final, which was for the last half of the year, was supposed to be another study hall once driver's ed was completed.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-33368387297022478842010-11-19T17:42:05.514-06:002010-11-19T17:42:05.514-06:00Three consecutive lunch periods . . . That's i...Three consecutive lunch periods . . . That's impressive!<br /><br />I've never read FANNY HILL. One of the many classics I've never gotten around to.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-64662748658055311902010-11-19T14:40:23.052-06:002010-11-19T14:40:23.052-06:00In my senior year I managed three consecutive lunc...In my senior year I managed three consecutive lunch periods. Since my house was literally 30 feet from the school house I went home and watched TV during that time. The only book I read during that time was FANNY HILL.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-75396261572364508282010-11-19T13:25:42.400-06:002010-11-19T13:25:42.400-06:00Jerry,
That's a great story. I don't thin...Jerry,<br />That's a great story. I don't think I ever had any books confiscated. One day I thought my algebra teacher (who was also the head football coach) was going to take one of my Shell Scott books away when I was reading it in his class, but it turned out he was a big Richard S. Prather fan and just wanted to talk about the books.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-36387899605176285502010-11-19T10:46:03.709-06:002010-11-19T10:46:03.709-06:00I, too, used high school study hall for reading. ...I, too, used high school study hall for reading. I had only one book confiscated during that time: Terry Southern's CANDY. (That book made the rounds of about four teachers before it was returned to me a week later with a thank you.)Jerry Housenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-67160600667615643522010-11-19T08:44:43.388-06:002010-11-19T08:44:43.388-06:00George,
When you read a Jackson Cole novel, let me...George,<br />When you read a Jackson Cole novel, let me know the title and I can probably tell you who the actual author was, if you're interested. I forgot to mention in the post that the author of GUNSLINGER'S RANGE, the first Hatfield novel I read, was Tom Curry, who tied with Leslie Scott, the creator of the character, as the most prolific Hatfield author. I think they each wrote something like 55 of the novels.<br /><br />Charles,<br />That's "The Way to Cheyenne", isn't it? I've always thought that's one of the best short stories I've written, and I'm glad you liked it.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-78784447871145006102010-11-19T08:21:01.842-06:002010-11-19T08:21:01.842-06:00Had to tell you that your story in "Desperado...Had to tell you that your story in "Desperadoes" has just become one of my favorite western tales of all time. I read it last night and had to run and tell Lana about it. Humorous, exciting, surprising. All around excellent.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-5124926887780814582010-11-19T08:14:18.090-06:002010-11-19T08:14:18.090-06:00I have a stack of Jackson Cole westerns. I need t...I have a stack of Jackson Cole westerns. I need to read one. Great reminiscence of study halls long ago. I did a lot a reading in study halls, too. But I was in a science fiction mode back then.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com