tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367682155970735252.post8792349243575867166..comments2024-01-30T20:59:06.397-08:00Comments on Man Book Club: Peter No LieUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367682155970735252.post-29084309221878086402009-05-07T16:27:00.000-07:002009-05-07T16:27:00.000-07:00Tom, we only admitted you b/c you've been threaten...Tom, we only admitted you b/c you've been threatening to start your own men's book club and we couldn't stand the thought of competition. Well, ok, that's why I voted for you. I shouldn't speak for the others.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12017834763548542404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6367682155970735252.post-67888322259411586132009-05-04T22:16:00.000-07:002009-05-04T22:16:00.000-07:00Thanks to all for admitting me into the club, alth...Thanks to all for admitting me into the club, although I'm reminded of Groucho's famous quote along those lines and what that says about you.<br /><br />For those who are gluttons for more context surrounding a book they're no longer obliged to care about, The New York Times has three articles, spaced over eight years:<br /><br />April 1990: "A Storyteller For the War That Won't End"<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/03/books/a-storyteller-for-the-war-that-won-t-end.html?pagewanted=all<br /><br />October 1994: "The Vietnam in Me"<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/20/specials/obrien-vietnam.html<br /><br />September 1998: "Wrestling With War And Love; Raw Pain, Relived Tim O'Brien's Way"<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/02/books/wrestling-with-war-and-love-raw-pain-relived-tim-o-brien-s-way.html?pagewanted=all<br /><br /><br />In the 1990 article about him, he seems happy and focused. But his own 1994 article is nearly as horrifying as John Wade's story. Apparently he didn't go back to Vietnam in 1990 after all, and the 1994 trip tore him up. By 1998, he's telling his interviewer how much he was falling apart in 1994, and how he wishes he hadn't written "The Vietnam in Me".Tom A.noreply@blogger.com