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Indlæser... The Marijuana Chronicles (Akashic Drug Chronicles) (udgave 2013)af Jonathan Santlofer (Redaktør)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. A kind of hodge podge of stories and poems some of which more or less related to cannabis use. Generally apolitical with some sloppy science fiction additions. The Oates story is the one I liked best. There seemed to be some irony there. I kept thinking throughout how exactly does any of this really compare to any number of other stories or novels I've read throughout the years where these characters or those were partakers of the herb and the answer is that for the most part these stories fall short. Anyway better luck with the next collection. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. This is an uneven collection of stories, sharing only the central theme of marijuana. Maggie Estep's story "Zombie Hookers of Hudson" is a standout, as is Abraham Rodriquez's "Moon Dust". This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. A decent collection of short stories that share the theme of marijuana. Some were far better than others, a few were downright strange, but overall was a decent read. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I thought "The Marijuana Chronicles" was a so-so compendium of stories that sort of had something to do with marijuana. The best stories in the collection: Thad Ziolkowski's "Jacked", and Cheryl lu-lien tan's "Ganja Ghosts", and Rachel Shteir's "Julie Falco Goes West..." all caught some truths about marijuana users and growers. But most of the stories feel like they weren't finished yet, and were I the editor, I would have sent the stories back for more work. For example, Joyce Carol Oates's story "High" starts out wonderfully well, really capturing the despair of the protagonist following the death of her husband. But of all the ways the story could have gone - of all the ways the author could have unleashed her heroine - the story that finally gets told seems unlikely, and un-real."Go back and try it again, please". Similarly, Abraham Rodriguez's story, and Maggie Estup's story had the bones of being fine works...but they both feel like they were just sort of ended, and were not burnished or finely finished."You can tell this better, go back and try it again until you get it right." And you can tell Edward M. Gomez's story has the feel of truth, but did the story succeed in taking us to that truth? Nope, "You almost have it Edward, go back and with just a little more work, you'll have it." I think a better compendium would not have asked current writers to submit a new story for the book. Rather if the editor had combed the body of stories written about marijuana in the last fifty years, he could have put together a more comprehensive, better told, better argued and better imagined anthology. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
"Like film, literature has been no stranger to marijuana and hashish, going back to Charles Baudelaire's 1860 Artificial Paradises, in which the French poet not only describes the effects of hashish but postulates it could be an aid in creating an ideal world. The pleasures, pains, and complexities of marijuana are more than hinted at in works by William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Henry Miller, Hunter S. Thompson, and Thomas Pynchon, to name just a few, and I hope this anthology will add to that legacy and keep the flame of pot literature burning bright . . . This diverse group of writers, poets, and artists makes it clear that there is no one point of view here. Each of them approaches the idea of marijuana with the sharp eye of an observer, anthropologist, and artist, and expands upon it. Some writing projects are difficult; this one was smooth and mellow and a continual pleasure . . . I hope you will sit back, relax, and enjoy these wide-ranging tales of the most debated and discussed drug of our time. Though, according to former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'That is not a drug, it's a leaf.'"-- No library descriptions found. |
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The book is the fourth in a series of literary collection of drug themes, the previous ones are cocaine, heroin, and speed. ( )