The Naked and the Dead

The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author | Norman Mailer

so-so

I really struggled with reviewing this book. I think it‘s important. I think Mailer has a deep talent for writing. I just slogged through some of this while also being completely engrossed in other parts. So it‘s a so-so, for me. This was my April #BookSpin The-Most-Popular-Book-the-Year-You-Were-Born (1949).

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 3mo

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TheSpineView

The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author | Norman Mailer

#Movie2BookRec @Klou
Movie: Saving Private Ryan

Klou Perfect! 13mo

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QBub

The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author | Norman Mailer

pan

The book has been hailed as the best book from WWII. I don‘t get it. Was pretty good for the first 600 pages, but… the ending left me disappointed. After writing for 600+ pages Mailer didn‘t conclude his book so much as he stopped writing. The deus ex machina end to the patrol was right out of a high school writing assignment. I expected so much more from this book. It was for me the literary equivalent of overwrought empty calories.

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Therewillbebooks

The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author | Norman Mailer

Working on an episode about friendship amongst authors (or friendships that went sour/enemies who became friendly) There's Vidal/Mailer and Hemmingway/Fitzgerald and Hawthorne/Melville... Anyone got any other examples?

Susanita Lewis/Tolkien 4y

wanderinglynn Truman Capote & Harper Lee and Pratchett & Gaiman (edited) 4y

Ruthiella Not sure if this counts, but Richard Ford was so angry with a review of his book that Colson Whitehead wrote, that he spit on him in public. Now I‘m no longer interested in reading any Richard Ford books. Also, didn‘t Gore Vidal feuded with everyone...? 4y

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Therewillbebooks @SusanitaGood one! 4y

Therewillbebooks @wanderinglynn Those are perfect. The Pratchett Gaiman friendship lead to one of the funniest collaborations I've ever read. 4y

Therewillbebooks @Ruthiella That definitely counts! I will be researching that altercation 😄
and yes, Vidal did feud with plenty of people, though he and Mailer got along in their later years. 4y

vivastory @Ruthiella Speaking of Richard Ford reminded me of him shooting & mailing a Hoffman book to her after she gave one of his a bad review. I wasn't aware until just now that she has also reacted very poorly to negative reviews, although not nearly as bad as Ford!
https://ew.com/article/2016/03/23/richard-ford-alice-hoffman/ 4y

vivastory This is a good list of literary feuds
https://lithub.com/25-legendary-literary-feuds-ranked/ 4y

Therewillbebooks @vivastory Thanks! These are great links 4y

dainarmb @Susanita yes, this one! Visited the pub they would meet at in Oxford when I studied abroad. 4y

Therewillbebooks @dainarmb The Eagle & Child? 4y

dainarmb @Therewillbebooks yep, that one! I'll see if I can find the photo of me standing outside and post it hahah 4y

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M1frosty

The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author | Norman Mailer

pick

This is one of the best reads of my life. The pace of the story and the amazing characters have been with me for twenty years. Maybe a little longer, but who‘s counting.

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Leftcoastzen

The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author | Norman Mailer

#1940s #LetsTravelJuly some from the stash published in the 1940s.

OriginalCyn620, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

batsy Gosh, those editions of Wright, West, and Waugh! (lol... And a dash of alliteration) 6y

Leftcoastzen @batsy 😂👏Thanks! 6y

OriginalCyn620 ❤️❤️❤️ 6y

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twohectobooks

The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author | Norman Mailer

Current read has this list of “important books” on the back, and the only one I‘ve ever heard of before is the tagged book. Any opinions out there about the rest of them?

DivineDiana Love lists of “books to read” but alas, I have not read any of these! 7y

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HannaPolkadots

The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author | Norman Mailer

pan

Finished this as it was falling apart. Not sure what to think about this book - I didn't dislike it, but I have no intention of reading it again.

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HannaPolkadots

The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author | Norman Mailer

Sometimes missing the bus is not too bad.

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HannaPolkadots

The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author | Norman Mailer

Finally! It's taken me a while but I'm starting to care about what's going to happen further in the book.

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HannaPolkadots

The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author | Norman Mailer

1. Norway
2. Impossible to answer.
3. The Gentlemen Bastards
4. A Philadelphia Story
5. Buffy and Gilmore Girls
6. Nirvana
7. Green
8. Everything except crime and horror
9. High school teacher
10. No pets

#meetthelittens - great idea @maich !💚

maich Hy to Norway👋😘 The Norway ski jumping team is the best.❤ Do you watch winter sports? 8y

HannaPolkadots @maich I do, but mostly crosscountry skiing, where we tend to win. I don't know much about our ski jumping team, though ⛷😀 8y

maich @HannaPolkadots I watch it every winter. And I know that the Norway team is the best. ❤They always win competition in our contry. ☺ Our boys are also good. Not like team but separate. 👍 8y

ChloeTallis Buffy 👏🏻👱🏼‍♀️⚔️ 8y

HannaPolkadots @ChloeTallis ❤ 8y

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HannaPolkadots

The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author | Norman Mailer