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Michener Recommendations
Posted on 7/5/18 at 7:02 am
Posted on 7/5/18 at 7:02 am
I have wanted to get started on Michener novels, and would like recs on where to begin.
Any that are outstanding? Any that are not great?
TIA
Any that are outstanding? Any that are not great?
TIA
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Posted on 7/5/18 at 8:04 am to Tigertown in ATL
I enjoyed Texas. Caribbean was interesting and I learned a few things, but I thought Texas was better.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 8:36 am to Tigertown in ATL
I've read Space and Tales of the South Pacific. I enjoyed them both.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 3:44 pm to Tigertown in ATL
I have read a bunch of them throughout the years. The Source is very good. I read Alaska before going on an Alaskan cruise. It was a great book and really added to the cruise experience. Centennial was interesting. Mexico and Caribbean were good.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 6:35 pm to Tigertown in ATL
I have only read The Bridges At Toko-Ri. It was great. Great movie too.
Posted on 7/6/18 at 1:01 am to Tigertown in ATL
Absolutely Hawaii. His multi-generational approach was still reasonably fresh and the theme of Western Values helping/harming natives still resonates. He also creates a complex protagonist in Reverend Hale.
Posted on 7/6/18 at 6:59 am to Tigertown in ATL
Centennial is great.
The Source is great for how it is structured.
The Source is great for how it is structured.
Posted on 7/6/18 at 7:49 am to Tigertown in ATL
So far I have:
Texas
Space
Caribbean
Tales of the Pacific
Centennial
Hawaii
The Source
Alaska
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Mexico
So it seems I can't go wrong.
Appreciate the recommendations.
Texas
Space
Caribbean
Tales of the Pacific
Centennial
Hawaii
The Source
Alaska
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Mexico
So it seems I can't go wrong.
Appreciate the recommendations.
Posted on 7/6/18 at 11:43 am to Tigertown in ATL
I enjoyed the legacy.
Posted on 7/7/18 at 5:04 pm to Tigertown in ATL
I read most of them as or soon after they were published. (Decades ago.)
These are the memories I have:
Chesapeake: especially the part about boat building and then advancing in the craft.
Hawaii: exotically wonderful
Colorado: the prehistory at the beginning was vivid (and I knew the rocks from field camp)
Caravans: I knew nothing about that part of the world and it was one vivid description after another.
These are the memories I have:
Chesapeake: especially the part about boat building and then advancing in the craft.
Hawaii: exotically wonderful
Colorado: the prehistory at the beginning was vivid (and I knew the rocks from field camp)
Caravans: I knew nothing about that part of the world and it was one vivid description after another.
Posted on 7/8/18 at 10:03 pm to real turf fan
quote:
(and I knew the rocks from field camp)
That part sold me on reading the rest of the book...and that is titled Centennial. ;)
Posted on 7/10/18 at 7:22 pm to Tigertown in ATL
I have read Texas, Centennial, and Hawaii and enjoyed all of them.
Posted on 7/10/18 at 8:51 pm to Tigertown in ATL
I have read virtually all of them..
Pick one, they are all amazingly great.
Pick one, they are all amazingly great.
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