|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,146
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,146 |
Actually, the book should have been called "A Town Like The Alice", but apparently Shute's publishers didn't like the the, so to speak.
Anyway, wasn't the definitive story about Alice sung by Dr Hook?
"Nevil Shute" was actually short for "Nevil Shute Norway". Mr Norway was an engineer who took to writing books in the evenings at his kitchen table while he was involved in designing the R100 airship. This was the one that didn't crash and burn in France. He also began and ran an aircraft company for several years. He wrote about his life as an engineer and businessman in "Slide Rule", a good read if you haven't bothered up until now. His real life exploits were actually much more interesting than his novels, IMHO!
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 13,803 |
wasn't the definitive story about Alice sung by Dr Hook?
I thought it was sung by Arlo Guthrie.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 5,400 |
Ok HEV,i am a flat liner.. a town like alice refers back to? (cancelled comic strips? nevil shute? something? ) or was it just thrown in the mix.
mind you, it was one of my favorite tv series when it showed here on PBS (public broadcast service)about i was going to say 10.. but it must be closer to 15 years ago.. i never read the book (there is a book? i am guessing here)
and feel free to drag australian anywhere.. i might come visit if you do as Max's thread suggests and drag it into the middle of the atlantic..!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 3,467
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 3,467 |
After his writing career he became an accomplished pianist.
Nevil Shute the Piano Player
TEd
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 477
addict
|
addict
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 477 |
a town like alice refers back to?
Apologies to all you flatliners (???) out there - I've edited my post to give it a reference point! And yes, of troy Nevil Shute was the connection, and there is a book. I must confess to not having read it either, but also enjoying the mini-series on TV. Am much more into books now than I was then...
Hev
"no longer a stranger..."
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,146
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,146 |
wasn't the definitive story about Alice sung by Dr Hook?
I thought it was sung by Arlo Guthrie.
Oh, was it him who lived next door to her? I did rather wonder ...
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,146
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,146 |
mind you, it was one of my favorite tv series when it showed here on PBS (public broadcast service)about i was going to say 10.. but it must be closer to 15 years ago.. i never read the book (there is a book? i am guessing here)
Yeah, Helen, it was back in those benighted days when the film was made from the book rather than the other way around as seems so common these days ...
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 2,605
Carpal Tunnel
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 2,605 |
Anyway, wasn't the definitive story about Alice sung by Dr Hook? As I recall, Consuelo is our resident expert on A.L.I.C.E.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 4,189 |
"You can get Anything you want At Alice's Restaurant ('ceptin' Alice!)"
Or mebbe consuelo's sauteéd mushrooms?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636 |
I burn for a nice plate of mushrooms . post-edit This made more sense before W'ON corrected his spelling! (mumble,mumble)Edit suteéd to sauteéd on me, will ya ! Wreck my riposte, will ya ! I still love ya anyway
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,416
Members9,182
|
Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
0 members (),
578
guests, and
5
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|